Date:         Mon, 13 Dec 2004 05:17:17 -0700
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: stands vs ramps
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On 12/12/04 9:43 PM, "Paul & Becky Oliver" <oliver8@TDS.NET> wrote:

> I've taken the time to bill yet another set of ramps (keep selling them
> after someone else sees them. These lift my vanagon 16" off the ground,
> giving me all the clearance I need. I have wielded "stops" to keep from
> going to far. I made them out of an old trailer home frame. A 1/4"X 12" I
> beam.
>
> Heavy but safe, I plan on building a shop next summer and will put in a pit
> as well as a lift. After driving OTR for so many years, where we used a pit
> to most of the vehicle's service, I find it hard to get along without one.
>
> Paul
I havent seen a pit used in the US in many years.  I remember as a kid
seeing even some larger home garages had pits.  I always wondered how the
owners managed to not go into the pit with one side or the other of the
vehicle.  What I keep looking at are the new low profile semi portable lifts
that are now available.

Jimt