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Date:         Tue, 25 May 2010 15:33:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4BFC4A5E.9060503@gmail.com>
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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

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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