Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 09:27:16 -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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You're making this waaaay too hard Rocky.
Just lift up each wheel in turn and put some dimension lumber under there -
nothing's going to fall off those and you'll get whatever it is done.
Unless you prefer talking about it to actually doing it...
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> David Beierl wrote:
>
>> At 06:27 PM 5/25/2010, Rowan Tipton wrote:
>>
>>> I've got jack stands but they are VERY unsafe on my unlevel driveway.
>>> I use my floor jack to jack up a corner of my van, put a ramp (4 ton
>>>
>>
>> Rowan, MIke -- make yourself some wooden pads that match the angle of
>> your driveway. Stick some ~1/8" steel on the top to take the puncture
>> loads from the stand feet. Hey Presto -- instant level driveway.
>>
>
> The only part about this is I'm having a hard time picturing what to put
> the floor lift on to lift the end of the vehicle which is sitting atop
> the wood pads.
>
> Say I need 8'' of wood pad to park the downhill end of the van on to
> make it level when it's on the driveway. Lifting the uphill (unpadded)
> side with a floor jack is easy. Once that end is up on jackstands, I
> need to lift the other side to make the van level.
>
> Either I use a very high lift jack (normal + 8'') or build an additional
> platform for the jack. Put the jack on it to lift the van, bearing in
> mind Scott's warning about not letting the jack tug the van off the
> first two stands, then put in the other two jackstands.
>
> I don't know how much lift one can expect from a small floor jack (which
> is all I have room for, have not bought yet, Harbor Freight has a small
> two-ton model for $30). I figure this would be good to know before
> shopping for the wood bits to build the pads. Maybe I'll first buy the
> jackstands and the floor jack and do some prep work with a tape measure.
>
>
> --
> 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
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