This ramp is very lightweight and easy to use. My 2 dogs are small and extremely pampered. 1 absolutely refuses to get on it though. That will just take patience and training. The first time my other one got on it, she kept holding her paws up. Took me a while to figure out that the anti slip coating was too rough on her paws. My friend borrowed the ramp for her 100lb dog to take him to the vet and she said it worked like a charm. The dog easily got up and down from the back of her SUV. She will be buying one as she cannot lift her old boy in and out any more!