so take a sander to em, then treat them with a wood stain or something.
Low Profile Car Ramps
- Thread starter XxChristalSSxX
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so take a sander to em, then treat them with a wood stain or something.
Tyrone Biggins
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Honestly I never trusted ramps. I know two guys that have died because the ramps turned over. These were mechanics that were older and knew what they were doing. I just have some steel rims that I set under the wheels when I jack it up. I dont even trust a jack by itself. But thats just my own option
Cobalt Tom
Platinum Member
i trust ramps over a jack alone, bu thiese would be nice for quick stuff or to put the car up, jack it a few inches and then set on jack stands, cause to get a car that high on jack stands with just a jack you risk tipping a jack stand over...
XxChristalSSxX
Platinum Member
RR tie ramps = fail. I'm sure the oily substance within that material is bound to seep out.
On another note, I gave my friend with the Mustang my original ramps. He didn't want to wait for me to nail some together, lol. So I made another set specifically for my Z28. I got pressure treated because I'm not lugging 30+lbs of wood for each ramp in and out of the house... and no, I don't have a garage.
I bought 6 pcs of 2x8 - 8' PT. I left 2 pcs whole (no cutting) and used those as the bottom level of the home made ramp. Then I cut 2 pcs of the 8' to 66" with 30" remaining. The 66" are used as the 2nd level of the ramp and the remaining 30" will be the top level of the ramp. Then I took the 2 remaining pcs of 8' and cut 54" to use as the 3rd level. The remaining 42" will be used as the 4th level of the ramp. Then I just cut a 3" pc off of another pc of PT wood I had at the house and used it as the "stoppers" on the top "step" of the ramp.
All in all, the Z28 is lifted about 7" or 8" off the ground. With the front wheel being at the top of the ramp, the bottom level of the ramp extends almost to the rear wheel. I had to make the bottom ramp 96" (8') because the height of clearance mixed with the length of the nose would have hit if I started with 66" @ 12" intervals.
Anyway, for long nose cars like mine, 6 pcs of PT lumber from Lowe's to be used as ramps cost <$35. & I already had a carton of 2 1/2" nails
I have pics of the car on the ramps. I'll upload tomorrow for all to see. So far she's been on the ramps since last Thu or Fri and she hasn't budged a bit. In my opinion, I'd trust these WAY more than any jackstand or jack. Just my $0.02.
On another note, I gave my friend with the Mustang my original ramps. He didn't want to wait for me to nail some together, lol. So I made another set specifically for my Z28. I got pressure treated because I'm not lugging 30+lbs of wood for each ramp in and out of the house... and no, I don't have a garage.
I bought 6 pcs of 2x8 - 8' PT. I left 2 pcs whole (no cutting) and used those as the bottom level of the home made ramp. Then I cut 2 pcs of the 8' to 66" with 30" remaining. The 66" are used as the 2nd level of the ramp and the remaining 30" will be the top level of the ramp. Then I took the 2 remaining pcs of 8' and cut 54" to use as the 3rd level. The remaining 42" will be used as the 4th level of the ramp. Then I just cut a 3" pc off of another pc of PT wood I had at the house and used it as the "stoppers" on the top "step" of the ramp.
All in all, the Z28 is lifted about 7" or 8" off the ground. With the front wheel being at the top of the ramp, the bottom level of the ramp extends almost to the rear wheel. I had to make the bottom ramp 96" (8') because the height of clearance mixed with the length of the nose would have hit if I started with 66" @ 12" intervals.
Anyway, for long nose cars like mine, 6 pcs of PT lumber from Lowe's to be used as ramps cost <$35. & I already had a carton of 2 1/2" nails
I have pics of the car on the ramps. I'll upload tomorrow for all to see. So far she's been on the ramps since last Thu or Fri and she hasn't budged a bit. In my opinion, I'd trust these WAY more than any jackstand or jack. Just my $0.02.
Cobalt Tom
Platinum Member
thats awesome, i still need to make a set, have to wait till i have my driveway back lol, we have an old p/u being worked on in my normal spot right now haha
SpringerDesigner
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what's this mean... 
AAS G5
Full Access Member
WOW they look similar to mine. I took 5- 2x8 and cut an angle on them and screwed them together and the put a scrap piece of 2x2 at top.
XxChristalSSxX
Platinum Member
Here are some pics of what I made for the Z28 I discussed in detail in the previous post:
Cobalt Tom
Platinum Member
noice
cobalt123
Platinum Member
can i borrow it: by it i mean the z28