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ramp over 1 foot high earth berm

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delagina

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I only have 1 foot high berm with 1 foot crown width also. if I use 10% slope ramp, is this ok?
I'm confused about ground clearance of truck.
I don't want to unnecessarily widen the berm crown with at the ramp location though.
 
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this is for a semi truck
 
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thats a speed bump
 
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