DIY Car Servicing Ramp

[EmersonHart13]

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[Dasfinc]

 

[Mook]

well ill be damned.

 

[SirMarco]

 

[EmersonHart13]

Check out this link:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-...ion/2416498-diy-build-your-own-car-ramps.html

 

[SirMarco]

I've seen some pretty unique DIY ramps before.

 

[CrunkMaro]

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at using straight lines to support/distribute weights.

 

[budsang1]

I would never feel comfortable being under my car supported by wood, no matter how safe it looked

 

[EmersonHart13]

You could do this right, there is no doubt would can support a car. It really just matters how it is engineered.

 

[greasy]

I am almost done building mine, they are just like these below! I like the ones below because you can slde out from underneath the car easier. So funny that you posted this.

 

[EmersonHart13]

That looks like cribbing... Do you drive on those?

 

[greasy]

It is cribbing. You raise the car like you would jackstands. I like these because they take up less space and give you the versatility to have the car on just the rear or front wheels. After reading about a kid dying from having his Cobra fall on him when he had it on jackstands I wanted to make these.

 

[Mook]

those look like jenga blocks.

 

[EmersonHart13]

So do you make another set to support the jack to get it high enough to still raise the car? I imagine you need to use a bottle jack too?

This is cool, not as convenient as above but smaller and more portable and still effective at getting the vehicle way up in the air.

 

[greasy]

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.

 

[DanJ]

I thought you were kidding at first. That's a pretty cool idea.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Greasy is the Jenga master!

That first ramp looks sketchy.

Cool ideas though....my car is too low to get my low profile jack to the front cradle so some sort of ramp would make that easier but it would have to be pretty long

 

[greasy]

Greasy is the Jenga master!

That first ramp looks sketchy.

Cool ideas though....my car is too low to get my low profile jack to the front cradle so some sort of ramp would make that easier but it would have to be pretty long

That is why I drive onto blocks the raise the car for the jack.

 

[GOON]

I have race ramps, expensive but worth it imo

misspelled from kindle fire

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I drive up on a 2x4 and that's enough to jam my jack under....and I mean jam

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

I would never feel comfortable being under my car supported by wood, no matter how safe it looked

houses are made of wood... do you feel safe inside?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

But those wood houses are supported with concrete or rocks

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

 

[EmersonHart13]

And you put these ramps on concrete....

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Like a house.

Except I've never put my car on my roof.