

| Subject: | Re: jackstands vs. ramps |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Thu, 9 Nov 2000 20:08:53 +1200 |
If your ramps have stops at the ends you shouldn't be able to drive off the end. I don't trust axlestands, as they have narrow bases and are not really all that stable...especially on soft ground. I found a good set of homemade ramps secondhand,very cheap. They're really heavy and would probably not slide on a concrete floor. They're also higher than usual, which should make working anywhere underneath relatively easy. I'd only work under a vehicle sitting on a jack if there was a really solid item (say a section of treetrunk) there to take the weight if the jack blows its seals. In fact you can jack the vehicle, insert the stump and remove the jack. I did this a lot with my 57 back in the late 70s-early 80s (still have that stump somewhere). It was also a great thing to use for engine removals...slide under engine, loosen engine & pull stump out, engine & all. Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 Caravelle (currently SVX engine waiting for a trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel van/wagon 1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel
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