Because the front of the Mustang is so low and protruding I can't get it up on to my metal ramps, has anybody tried Plastic Rhino ramps? Bit dubious about them but they seem to have various advantages. I think they only raise the car an additional 6 1/2 inches and in a low slung car is that enough to get under?
Plastic Rhino ramps .....
Jun 06, 2015
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Jim at the Common Riding scribbled
Jack it up and put the higher metal ramps under the wheels.
Jim at the Common Riding explained on 06/06/2015 :
The usual solution is two short bits of plank, with a bit of angle or what ever, so they hook onto the metal ramps. You get a more gradual rise then.
been doing that for years ....pain in the neck ...
never tried that ...
Jim at the Common Riding scribbled
In that case, dig a trench.
watch me ...
what do you think of these Harry ?...german engineering .....
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IIRC from a number of years ago, a steel ramp was available with a jack section on the flat area. Sorry, no refs.
Malcolm
Better still get an unmodified normal car?
got one ...
first time I had trouble getting a car up a ramp was an abysmal Volvo 440 ......nothing modified about that ...
He resents the comparison.
you calling me a plank ? .....
Sounds like the ramps you have are not designed very well. Perhaps if they are detachable, somebody could make some with a longer slope to reduce the gradient enough? Brian
Not at all, just similar to those mentioned.
Jim at the Common Riding wrote on 06/06/2015 :
I use that method every time I use ramps, its far too low to go up normal ramps without the help of a short bit of plank. For the un-driven wheels, a strip of carpet or similar, looped around a rung - so the wheel gets on the carpet first, prevents the ramp being pushed out of the way.
on 07/06/2015, Jim at the Common Riding supposed :
Not many modern cars are able to climb up a normal ramp these days, they are just too low at the skirt, unless you buy some extra long ramps. As said, a short bit of plank with a bracket to hook firmly on the ramp has worked fine for me for decades.
My old Primera wouldn't go up ramps.
Andy
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