Bruder Toy Truck and Trailer Ramps and Ramp Mount

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My son kept ripping the ramps off of the flimsy mounts on his Bruder trailer so I rebuilt a heavy duty set that are holding up to the little monster just fine. I removed all of the original mounts from the back of the trailer with a dremel and side clippers then sanded it down to a nice smooth finish using a sanding block and 220 paper. The new mount covers the majority of the back of the trailer so you dont have to worry about what it looks like. I printed two ramps and the new mount using some gray PLA filament I had laying around that happened to match the toy gray close enough. I used 10mm round rod that I cut to 180mm and smoothed both ends with a sander. I test mounted the rod into the mount and through the ramps and then marked where the holes for securing the rod would go using a fine tipped black pen. I removed the rod and used a drill press to drill two holes through it where indicated that would allow a M3 bolt to pass through. I then test fitted it all again to make sure the holes in the ramp mount lined up well enough with the holes in the rod. I disassembled everything and then used CA glue (super glue) to attach the main ramp mount to the back of the trailer. Once it was dry, I installed the ramps and rod using M3x12mm bolts and nuts. I had printed the ramps with the intention of adding grip tape (like a skateboard top) to each ramp so I had indented the surface of each ramp and then used supports to support while printing. Turns out the supports kinda look like a roughed up surface of a ramp so I just left them in place for aesthetics.