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11-18-2008, 04:38 AM
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#1 | | Launching!
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|  Want to make my own TALL ramps
I want to make my own ramps that will get the car pretty high in the air, high enough to pull the tranny, or whatever needs to be done. I thought about getting some planks of wood (12" wide or so) and cutting an incline into the front, and doing two of these so each side of the car could drive up onto it. Does this make sense to everyone? Will wood be strong enough to support the weight of the car?
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11-18-2008, 07:56 AM
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#2 | | TECH Fanatic
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My wooden ramps....work great!!!
Make sure you scroll all the way through that thread. There are my ramps, as well as some other guys' ideas. Wood is plenty strong as long as you stack it and build it right. I trust wood over plastic at this point...I had a rhino ramp shatter.
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11-25-2008, 10:58 AM
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#3 | | TECH Junkie
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Whatever you do, just be careful. Over engineer everything when it comes to your safety. | |
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11-25-2008, 11:44 PM
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#4 | | Teching In
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11-26-2008, 12:12 PM
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#5 | | Staging Lane
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Originally Posted by Rich2279  | You wouldn't see my ass crawling under that thing....looks like a death trap to me. Can you say Darwin Award Winner 
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11-26-2008, 12:28 PM
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#6 | | TECH Junkie
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Well, my concern with the wood ramps is the racking that could occur. I don't see many/any diagonal braces under it. | |
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11-26-2008, 01:35 PM
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#7 | | Teching In
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Originally Posted by spm4520 You wouldn't see my ass crawling under that thing....looks like a death trap to me. Can you say Darwin Award Winner |
Me either.--I heard he is an engineering student. lol | |
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11-26-2008, 01:42 PM
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#8 | | TECH Regular
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dunno if anyone knows the intermodal container world...but im planning on building a drive up rack on an incline + 4 jost dolly legs...kinda hard to explain but it will all get built out of steel x-members and a total lift of 4 ft...
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11-26-2008, 09:16 PM
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#9 | | On The Tree
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man, just save your lunch money and get a kwiklift www.kwiklift.com | |
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11-26-2008, 11:12 PM
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#10 | | TECH Regular
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^^^hell no, that thing is a joke. so 12 hundred for something a floor jack and 4 jackstands can do...
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11-27-2008, 12:12 AM
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#11 | | Staging Lane
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Originally Posted by ttranssam ^^^hell no, that thing is a joke. so 12 hundred for something a floor jack and 4 jackstands can do... | Agreed!
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11-27-2008, 12:46 PM
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#12 | | TECH Regular
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ha good the one i wanna build would be steel and 4 ft tall
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