http://www.classic1800.com/ramp-pit-plans

6/30/2006 12:08:49 PM

looks like a deathtrap to me

6/30/2006 12:39:07 PM

or a sweet way for you to run your car right into the back wall of your garage.

6/30/2006 12:50:37 PM

that is not safe lol

6/30/2006 12:53:41 PM

There's no way in hell I'd crawl under wood ramps. Fuck that shit. I even had a set of metal ramps from walmart collapse one time. Pulled a small truck up on them, and was gathering up my tools when BAMMM!. Another 5 minutes and my head would have been under that bitch. Always block your shit up, even on ramps.

We've got some old steel trailer ramps at the shop that work great. Another alternative is to find a hill and build two CMU walls, filled with concrete.

6/30/2006 1:12:34 PM

or a jack and jackstands? i dont even hafta jack my shit up to change oil/work on it an even better solution

6/30/2006 1:28:17 PM

Heh, my head won't even fit under the Z sideways. Nor can I use ramps(the approach angle is too shallow).

6/30/2006 10:02:45 PM

no way i'd use those plans... esp w wood

6/30/2006 10:12:27 PM

Wood is stronger than you all think, hell you are probably in a wood building. Just make sure you brace properly and use high quality lumber and fasteners.

6/30/2006 10:26:30 PM

done plenty of work with wood and construction... i just dont want my car sitting over me with wood, that's all... cause i work in a metal shop, and steel would be my preference

6/30/2006 10:48:29 PM

i can't believe none of you assholes took woodworking in middle school 'cause if you did, you would know how strong that design really is.

6/30/2006 10:51:54 PM

heh, i dont guess we have any achitects in the garage, there is more weight in the buildings you live your lives in everyday that pointloads on less supported area than that ramp...

6/30/2006 11:11:33 PM

yeah, no shit. and some of these assholes probably have a waterbed that they sleep on every night on the 2nd floor of their house too.

6/30/2006 11:14:20 PM

ive helped build half my house.. i didn't say it wasn't sound, i just don't want to trust it, if that helps clarify at all

6/30/2006 11:33:55 PM

my point was that it could teeter over and run ur shit/slide it into whatever was in front. at least how that guy had it w/ no wheel chocks.

6/30/2006 11:37:57 PM

He says about 50 times how he is working on a better design for the wheel chocks and how you need to have some.

7/1/2006 12:42:59 AM

so does he have them installed on HIS ramp? nope. therein lies my point

7/1/2006 1:11:28 AM