Jim,

Every Jiffy Lube I've been to uses a pit.  For them it's all about speed,
one guy on the engine, one guy underneath, one guy doing tires and windows.

Cheers,

Jeff

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of jimt
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:17 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: stands vs ramps

On 12/12/04 9:43 PM, "Paul & Becky Oliver" <oliver8@TDS.NET> wrote:

> I've taken the time to bill yet another set of ramps (keep selling them
> after someone else sees them. These lift my vanagon 16" off the ground,
> giving me all the clearance I need. I have wielded "stops" to keep from
> going to far. I made them out of an old trailer home frame. A 1/4"X 12" I
> beam.
>
> Heavy but safe, I plan on building a shop next summer and will put in a
pit
> as well as a lift. After driving OTR for so many years, where we used a
pit
> to most of the vehicle's service, I find it hard to get along without one.
>
> Paul
I havent seen a pit used in the US in many years.  I remember as a kid
seeing even some larger home garages had pits.  I always wondered how the
owners managed to not go into the pit with one side or the other of the
vehicle.  What I keep looking at are the new low profile semi portable lifts
that are now available.

Jimt