DIY Car Servicing Ramp

greasy

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I'm building a set today I plan to do 12x12 and somewhere between 12-15" tall will figure out the height as I go, I may only do 2 today I haven't decided yet if I need a set of 4 or not, but I'm going to use these to drop the Trans out of my mustang for the converter install

Now I just have to make something to get the car up high enough


Looking good! I got sick of doing this below.....

You have to out it up that high in steps. I have 4 jack stands as well so I can have a medium point in between. This is just way more solid and creates more space underneath the vehicle vs jackstands. I have all of my wood cut, I just need to screw everything together. It cost me less than $40 for the material.

I am going to build another 2 that are about half the height as an intermediary step to eliminate that step with jackstands.

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I have this rhino ramps that I drive on and then I can just set my jack up
under it and crank a bit and then release the ramps from under if I need
to. Faster and easier than cranking with my crappy vehicle included jack.

I've seen crazy stuff like this and can't imagine how they feel any bit safe.
I don't even feel save with just 1 thing holding the car up. I usually have a
2nd thing as a back up incase the jack decides it wants to fail or it slips off
which has never happened yet thankfully to me. I know someone who it has
but they ended up okay.

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greasy

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I purchased a set of Race Ramps for the Cobra from JeffsLightning JeffsLightning and wouldn’t you know it that don’t work for the Hellcat because the approach angle is too steep for the front lip. I was using some half-ass rigged option of some other pieces I made a while ago for driving up on, basically flipping them upside down and laying they against the ramp to get me a better angle.

Well they would crack under the weight of fatty Hellcat and I wanted to make a better option. Yesterday I cobbled together these and they work purrrrfect. Tested them out today.

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