[Shop-talk] car ramps

[Karl Vacek]

I never had ramps till a couple of years ago, when I hit a sale on the heavy 
Rhino Ramps, and I love them.  It's far faster than jacking and then 
adjusting and inserting the jackstands, then carefully lowering the vehicle 
onto the stands, and then jacking the vehicle up again and retrieving the 
stands once the job is done.

Like everyone else I've shot my ramps out a time or two, but only with the 
Suburban when I didn't put it into 4WD.  The Cobra and Midget go up very 
cooperatively, of course without any benefit of 4WD.  Some long strips of 
carpet or even some long lengths of webbing would be nice for assurance 
though.

Never tried the Model T on them though - it's high enough without ramps 
;-)

Karl




> Ive been thinking that I should get some ramps as it would be
> faster and easier to get cars up on them than to jack them up.
>
> What should I look for in ramps?  I'd be putting sporty cars
> (lowered Mistu Eclipse, VW R32, mazdaspeed3) and probably
> a VW Eurovan on them.
>
> Eric
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