Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 15:33:38 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
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Hey Rocky, for those of us who mainly work on gravel, 2 x 8 works pretty
well. If you want you can just jack up each wheel and put a couple or three
pieces under the tire. Plenty of room for my 'manly girth' that way.
Or you can get fancy and screw three different lengths together to get a
'ramp-like' effect - you can even bevel the ends if you don't have anything
better to do...
I like my steel ramps in the dirt, especially with the Posi diff... ;)
Seeya, Jake
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> do whatever you like of course.
>> I don't recommend them. they are dangerous.
>> or sure can be.
>>
>> when a van is on jackstands, it's not going anywhere.
>>
>
> Humph. If jackstands had bigger feetsprints I'd agree. But I bet that if
> you lift a Vanagon eight or so inches and stick it on top of four of
> those on a driveway tilted at 5 degrees, it wouldn't take much of a push
> to topple them. My driveway is 5 degrees. It's either work in the
> driveway or on the busy street. Not a big fan of working on a busy
> street. Curb on one side, fast cars on the other.
>
> I used ramps for my Westy and my bay window on the driveway at the house
> in Cali, which was about 5 degrees, too, and there were no stability
> problems. I just feel safer with ramps.
>
> The kind I had were the heavy plastic ones. They had a nice pocket on
> top to prevent the vehicle from rolling. Pretty good, all 'round but
> they were a bit shorter than I wanted, and didn't have lead-in skirt
> which caused them to skitter forward in front of the tires.
>
> I also used them to raise the front end of the van when it was stored on
> a gravel patch by the driveway during winter. It was steeper than 5
> degrees there, more like 10. Jackstands would have gone right over if
> someone had leaned on the rear of the van.
>
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
Crescent Beach, BC
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