Date:         Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:31:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Plastic Ramps
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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But, will this help once the tires start up the incline and the ramps start
skidding away?
  Or do you just make a quick run at it and hope not to overshoot?

I'm just sayin......

Mike B.

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From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 7:18 PM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Plastic Ramps

> B Feddish wrote:
>> OK, the only ramps I could find at any store for my van where those
>> plastic
>> ones. OK, 1 hour later and the bottoms are all scraped up from sliding
>> forward as I try to drive onto them.. I even tried jacking the van up a
>> bit
>> and sliding the ramps under and trying to drive the rest of the way up.
>> No
>> good.  What is the trick to using these pieces of crap?
>>
>
> I read a brilliant yet simple suggestion here last week: if there isn't
> already a hole at the leading edge of the ramp, then drill one. 1/4'' or
> so. Tie a bit of nylon rope or webbing or whatever through that hole and
> lay it on the ground so the tire drives on the rope first. The ramp
> ain't goin' nowhere once the tire pins the cord to the ground. Oh, it
> may complain, but it's yours. Land that baby.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR