Tilting car ramp
Discussion
Anyone know where you can buy a ramp like this ready built? I could make it myself but don't really have the time for another project 
http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/
http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/
http://www.showroomevent.co.uk/rentramp/main.htm
Although looking through their website suggests likely to be over £1000.
Might be worth finding a local steel fabricator & seeing what they could do you the one in your pic for?
Although looking through their website suggests likely to be over £1000.
Might be worth finding a local steel fabricator & seeing what they could do you the one in your pic for?
Edited by paintman on Thursday 19th January 00:17
I'm trying to think of all the advantages but can only come up with the downsides.
I'd poo bricks driving my pride and joy up them.
You need an aircraft hanger to use and store them in.
You need to be friends with the local rugby club when you wish to move them into position, or put them away.
I think I'll stick with a set (4) of these.
500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
I'd poo bricks driving my pride and joy up them.
You need an aircraft hanger to use and store them in.
You need to be friends with the local rugby club when you wish to move them into position, or put them away.
I think I'll stick with a set (4) of these.
500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
I use a set and they are fantastic.
They have a set of wheels to move them (removable), live outside as they are galvanised, take upto 2.5t, use them inside or outside, a metal pad on the ramp part allows the use of stands when wheels are off and a jack, the ends hinge and drop down to act as legs to keep them up/stable and shorten the length. They can be used as drive up ramps onto a flat bed if needed (but I have not needed that ) Scored my ones dirt cheep from a car sales garage that was closing down.
http://www.showroomevent.co.uk/
They have a set of wheels to move them (removable), live outside as they are galvanised, take upto 2.5t, use them inside or outside, a metal pad on the ramp part allows the use of stands when wheels are off and a jack, the ends hinge and drop down to act as legs to keep them up/stable and shorten the length. They can be used as drive up ramps onto a flat bed if needed (but I have not needed that ) Scored my ones dirt cheep from a car sales garage that was closing down.
http://www.showroomevent.co.uk/
finishing touch said:
I'm trying to think of all the advantages but can only come up with the downsides.
I'd poo bricks driving my pride and joy up them.
You need an aircraft hanger to use and store them in.
You need to be friends with the local rugby club when you wish to move them into position, or put them away.
I think I'll stick with a set (4) of these.
500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
Please excuse my ignorance but what are these? Do you trust them to go underneath? And is that a Formula Vee sitting on them?I'd poo bricks driving my pride and joy up them.
You need an aircraft hanger to use and store them in.
You need to be friends with the local rugby club when you wish to move them into position, or put them away.
I think I'll stick with a set (4) of these.
500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
Mine are 3 ton carstage ramps often called see-saw ramps. I used to park on them in a regular sized garage but now have them at our farm lockup. A lot depends on the height more than length!
They are a doddle to move around on your own if you have a set of wheels in the centre - it's just like pushing a large trolley.
I have used mine for all sorts and you can, if you fancy it, place a jack on them and still jack the car to remove a wheel etc.
They are also good if you get the pivot point just right because you can then lift them up as per the pic, or tilt them back down so you get more height at the front or the back (depending on which way you parked on them)
I purchased mine second hand for £300 iirc and they do crop up on ebay now and then.
I also have a set of smaller tilting ramps which wind up and down with a drill which can also be found on ebay.
You can get the pivot point on these, too and just tip as you prefer.
I did used to always keep a few old steel wheels under them though, just as a back up should anything drop If I was underneath.
http://www.carstages.com/
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOBILE-SCISSOR-LIFT-TILT...
They are a doddle to move around on your own if you have a set of wheels in the centre - it's just like pushing a large trolley.
I have used mine for all sorts and you can, if you fancy it, place a jack on them and still jack the car to remove a wheel etc.
They are also good if you get the pivot point just right because you can then lift them up as per the pic, or tilt them back down so you get more height at the front or the back (depending on which way you parked on them)
I purchased mine second hand for £300 iirc and they do crop up on ebay now and then.
I also have a set of smaller tilting ramps which wind up and down with a drill which can also be found on ebay.
You can get the pivot point on these, too and just tip as you prefer.
I did used to always keep a few old steel wheels under them though, just as a back up should anything drop If I was underneath.
http://www.carstages.com/
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOBILE-SCISSOR-LIFT-TILT...
finishing touch said:
I think I'll stick with a set (4) of these.
500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
I've been looking for something exactly like these. I've googled 'scissor platform' but couldn't find anything like them. Do you know where you can get these from?500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
NDNDNDND said:
finishing touch said:
I think I'll stick with a set (4) of these.
500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
I've been looking for something exactly like these. I've googled 'scissor platform' but couldn't find anything like them. Do you know where you can get these from?500mm lift and takes up hardly any room to store under the bench.
Paul G
However, as they are based on motorbike and quad bike maintenance stands 20 seconds on Google found these.
At 500kg working load 4 of them should lift a Merc. Maybe a bit of 12mm ply screwed to the top?
I've seen metal checker plate ones sold by Sealey.
finishing touch said:
That will be because I made them.
However, as they are based on motorbike and quad bike maintenance stands 20 seconds on Google found these.
At 500kg working load 4 of them should lift a Merc. Maybe a bit of 12mm ply screwed to the top?
I've seen metal checker plate ones sold by Sealey.
Ah, I did wonder - I did some more googling and did find some motorbike/ATV stands that look quite similar:However, as they are based on motorbike and quad bike maintenance stands 20 seconds on Google found these.
At 500kg working load 4 of them should lift a Merc. Maybe a bit of 12mm ply screwed to the top?
I've seen metal checker plate ones sold by Sealey.
http://www.toolstop.co.uk/index.php?option=shop&am...
Not sure how much I should trust it supporting a car. My Chevy weighs a heck of a lot more than a Lotus 20! As for making my own, I'm not sure I trust my manufacturing skills...
I remember imagining a jack that was something like a conventional scissor jack, but with a U-shape welded to the base and another U-shape welded to the jacking pad. You would slide the jack so the lower 'U' was around the tyre and bracing the jack against the floor, and the upper 'U' would lift the car by the tyre. Four of those could make for a very stable way to lift a car...
S6PNJ said:
finishing touch said:
That will be because I made them.
In the nicest possible way, they did look homemade so well done! Any plans or drawings showing construction please?Now number one is design. I can do that.
Number three is slapping it together. Yup! no prob with that either.
It's two and four were I fall down. Two is drawing it up. If I do one and three I don't need two, so I'm cutting out the middle man.
The final finish, well, I'm rubbish at any sort of painting. Did the garage floor once and got loads of runs.
That's why the car I built isn't painted.
Paul G
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