Tom, I notice that you have beautiful photographs on your web site. Any chance you can post a picture of the ramps some place on the Internet. It's still not clear to me how to construct my own set of ramps. Thanks. Regards, Craig
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:27:12 -0800, Tom Sinclair <neeemo@yahoo.com> wrote: > I made my ramps out of 2x8's. They are very stable, > easy to drive on and you can add more 2x8's if you > need the bus higher. I started with a 40" 2x8 then > went down 10 inches per board--ie 30" on top of that, > then 20" then 10" and a small piece at the end to keep > from driving off the ramp. They are very easy to > drive on because the weight of the van on the first > level holds them in place while you drive up the other > three levels--no sliding in other words. > > Tom > > > > > --- jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote: > > > On 12/12/04 9:36 PM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" > > <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote: > > > > > Stands w/the front wheels chocked. Most of the > > ramps sold at your FLAPS are > > > just too flimsy to risk performing major repairs > > under... IMHO. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > Note on ramps. Most of the ramps that I looked at > > yesterday at the FLAPS > > are way to low for use with almost any vehicle. The > > rest were not rated for > > heavy truck/van/SUV. They said they could order me > > the heavy ones like I > > have but they didnšt stock them. Had to stop at > > another FLAPS and they had > > the heavier ramps in the higher heights. So you may > > have to shop around to > > find them and read the labels closely. > > > > jimt > > > > > ===== > http://www.TomSinclair.com > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.