Slippery Ramp?

This stuff works great in my back yard when the ground is soggy from rain and the grass/mud gets very slippery. I'm guessing it would work as well at the ramp (although I've never had problems with wheel-spin at any ramp)? I cut the 27 side in half and put a ~14" runner under each rear tire. This even works when I use the front hitch (which significantly inhibits rear traction due to about 1,000 lbs tongue weight in front of the engine) to push the rig slightly uphill.

Home Depot

They come up pretty clean and after one rain they look like this - ready to become a trellis?

This slippery 5hit used to frustrate me no end

Only The Best for Me

When I was building a garage for my $7,000 house in Oregon, I had a friend help me. 

Click f/ Oregon House 

We both went to the lumber yard and I was being very concerned about the quality of the stuff that was going to be used for my garage.

He asked, "Do you want to use 50 year wood for a project that is likely to last less than 10 years?"

We settled on only what was necessary to get the structure up - mostly the cheapest materials. I realized that there was no rationale in using the best/most expensive components for a $7,000 investment?"

We moved 2 months later, rented it for 3 months, sold the whole shebang 6 months later, and entire lot was leveled in less than a year by the next-door utility company.

I know we anyways want the best - but how often is it really necessary (especially for this 70 year old)?