Now, if the removable center section can be added.

 

i will definitely do this, it will be vey useful for me

 

Me I have a couple of lifts, but I used to use the curb on a dead end street.

I really dont like the high vett wood ramps, they have no bracing to keep them from skewing sideways, and thats dangerous. The ends should be braced by at least a 2x8 or more or else the box can slip if you move the steering or when your loading. Braces are cheap and then you could have one side UNBOLT to allow side access; as the wheels are now self anchoring, side to side.

Ever try to ride up the one piece metal ramps and have them slip and get out of alignment?? After I put up with that, I got a lift at my shop for maintenence of the fleet and one lift for the home toy garage.

BEEEEE safe, life is already short - like toooo short. Woody



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These look kinda cool.. just add $$$$$

YouTube - Hot New Race Ramps

 

$2500 is stupid.

Hydraulic lifts are only a bit more and retain their value. Woody

 

Those $2500 ramps are for stuffing in your trailer so you can work on the car while far from home.

I totally agree though, $2500 is stupid. If you really wanted ramps like that for your race tour, you could build them yourself cheaper. Sure they'd be heavier (solid wood is heavy) but you can get a lot of wood for $2500.

 

I was just kicking this idea around, and it seemed to me that 18 inches for each riser was too long. You could tighten that up, increasing the angle of the rise while still not scraping your car on the ramp.

I would like to get 12 inches of height out of my ramps. Since 2 X 10's are actually 1.5 inches thick (approx), you need eight of them. To get an angle of about 10 or 11 degrees for the ramp, each board needs to be 8 inches longer than the one above it.

Top board: 24" long (2'-0")
Second: 32" (2'-8")
Third: 40" (3'-4")
Fourth: 48" (4'-0")
Fifth: 56" (4'-8")
Sixth: 64" (5'-4")
Seventh: 72" (6'-0")
Eighth: 80" (6'-8")

That makes the ramps almost seven feet long, but a 12" rise on them would make working under there much easier.

 

This looks like a good idea.
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My dad was recently crushed to death because of homemade ramps my uncle made. I don't understand how this could happen. I'm a girl and know nothing about cars, although I wish I knew the answer to this haunting question. People please be careful. You would never want to put your family through this.

 

Very sorry to hear this.

This should be a good warning to all of us DIY mechanics. Tragic circumstances can and do happen. I personally would never get under a car that is not fully supported on load tested and certified axle stands. I also put a spare wheel and chocks of wood under the car subframe for additional security.

 

So sorry to hear your sad news, many people have been injured, and worse, with DIY made car ramps and lifting gear. Good quality steel ramps are cheap enough to buy, but us guys just like making things. That's cool, but soo much care is needed where personal safety is concerned.

 

Thanks for the information. Still waiting on the police report and medical examiners report to find out more details. He was out of town when it happened. Thanks again!

 

What city, state did this accident happen??

 

It happened in Dunbar, WV. They were someone elses ramps.

 

I have been identifying the risks in suck ramps because they can slid out of position and parallelogram collapsing in the process.

The vet on the ramp would really require two focused people to get up the BOARD and not fall off. Strong enough to stand on but were looking at 20 stout peoples weight in most cases.

Like I said I used to use a curb on a dead end street.

Woody

 

That is close to where I live, that is awful.

These are the ones I use, I do not see them breaking on me:

 

This one shows imagination.
Headroom? No problem, find a higher drop.
It could easily be copied with two planks, two stepladders and one idiot.
Don't do this at home folks.

 

It's hard to see in the picture but do you think he sent his wife under there to fix the car?