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Date:         Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:52:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Mister Tom <TomsGroups@SALICOS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mister Tom <TomsGroups@SALICOS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Plastic Ramps
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4C06E6DA.6050802@gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:19 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

I would re-consider the suggestion to modify the ramps in any way. If they ever failed for any other reason, you might be giving the manufacturer a defense in a liability lawsuit. No, I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV. It just crossed my mind.

Tom Salicos

'87 Syncro Westy EG-33


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