Date:         Tue, 25 May 2010 09:31:08 -0700
Reply-To:     cesar quiros <cesarquiros@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         cesar quiros <cesarquiros@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
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Just remember to throw a jackstand underneath regardless, shop teacher told me never to trust those things. And I believe him, considering they are made of just folded and welded, sheeet metal.






 

> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 09:01:18 -0700
> From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Mister Tom wrote:
> > I use "Rhino Ramps" from my FLAPS. They lift about 6 1/2". When I did my
> > engine conversion I could scoot around underneath with my creeper, no
> > problem. Syncro, so maybe more room. Only problem is storage. They're
> > kinda big.
> >
> 
> The pair I left behind in Cali look to have been Rhino Ramps, based on
> the photos on the Internets. You're right -- they are bulky. They also
> kinda spread out a bit when the van got on them, causing no little
> concern that one might collapse and smoosh me. I'm still here so they
> never did, I'm just saying that I eyeballed them with more than a little
> distrust. They also skitter along the pavement when trying to drive up
> on them. I've seen ramps, I think, with flat skirts in front of the
> rampy bit so the tires can first pin the things to the ground before
> ascending them. Or that might be my imagination.
> 
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
                                          
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