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Shedendman
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To make them yes.
dieselsamurai
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I had some of these but not for long winding them up was a pain in the ar$e if I made some id use a porta power or hydraulic jack to raise them not a screw
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Or weld on a hex nut and power with an impact wrench?
W.olly
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Yes I can see it being a pain.
My plan would be Bottle jack.
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I've seen ones that don't scissor, you drive on and then remove the ramps?
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And there's nothing to keep the floating bit horizontal either.
If the wheel was offset fore or aft the whole top thing would pivot that way.
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£300 got me a 4 post lift, yes, it's still sat on a trailer awaiting a concrete base.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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the wheel does always drop into the center of the raising bit but I always thought the pivot points of the scissor bit were too close together so would not use them without axle stands under the chassis so that to me defeats the point of rampsAnd there's nothing to keep the floating bit horizontal either.
If the wheel was offset fore or aft the whole top thing would pivot that way.
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This is what you want. 
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I made these a few years ago
They were very expensive to make back then.
I then made these -
These were even more expensive to build.
Unless you get everything for free I can't see you making anything cheaper than a commercial manufacturer.
I have since bought a 2 post lift, as I'm lucky enough to have the space. But if I didn't I would be buying either this :-
Or these
Laser cut car ramps.
I decided to build my own set of car ramps as most sets you can buy are too steep and narrow for most modern cars. I came up with the idea of a flat pack design that is self jigging which would hopefully minimise distortion and mean each ramp turns out the same. I used the trial version of...
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I then made these -
Car ramps mk2
I have used the car ramps in the link below for just over a year and have since changed / improved the design. http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/laser-cut-car-ramps.50392/ The ability to lift the car ramps hasn’t really been used that much, instead I made the end platforms a fixed...
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Unless you get everything for free I can't see you making anything cheaper than a commercial manufacturer.
I have since bought a 2 post lift, as I'm lucky enough to have the space. But if I didn't I would be buying either this :-
Or these
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I made a set like that.
My father had a minivan that would foul regular ramps, so I made them 4' long, and also 12" high (most are 8")
To make them light enough to handle, I made the ramps come off.
BTW my cross bars are also angle, but I put them upside down for 2 edges for every cross piece, easier on the tires.
A mate of mine was an auto electrician. He had an amazing set of ramps. Really long and the tables were about 2' high. Even very low sports cars could get on without the spoiler hitting. Then take the ramps away. They were so heavy duty he had lorries up on them. Sadly he flogged them and emigrated to Australia!
I always said if I was going to build a set it would be like those. I used to borrow them quite often. Stupidly heavy though.
A 2 or 4 poster would be a much better bet.
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ive a set of car ramps and use them when im doing some thing on the engine bay areas
that way you can get both sides up in half the time it would take you to jack one side and put stands under then do the other and there prob safer as when you jack the 2nd side up you got to watch the first side does not lean a bit
the ramps i got fowl on the bumper but i get over this by putting 2 pieces of wood a bit up the ramp so as you drive on the wood the slope is lower and also has the bouns of the weight of the car driving on the wood holds the ramps in place (ive had a few times where the ramps slide a bit before you drive up so there not stright or ones slide half an inch so one wheel ends up not fully on the top so you have to start again
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I don't like using ramps or jacks, they both scare me a bit.
But I'm quite happy to use heavy concrete blocks...
Plenty solid enough for my Disco TD5, runs up there no worries.
Disco is standard height so goodish room anyway, but these lift it about another 8-inches, quite handy.
And very cheap...
Could do with a few more blocks to make it an even lift , but I'm a bit tight...
But I'm quite happy to use heavy concrete blocks...
Plenty solid enough for my Disco TD5, runs up there no worries.
Disco is standard height so goodish room anyway, but these lift it about another 8-inches, quite handy.
And very cheap...
Could do with a few more blocks to make it an even lift , but I'm a bit tight...
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What if you need to work on brakes ?
