

| Subject: | Re: stands vs ramps |
| From: | Paul & Becky Oliver |
| Date: | Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:53:22 -0600 |
That's build not bill Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul & Becky Oliver" <oliver8@TDS.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: stands vs ramps > 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 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Morgan" <JM060356@AOL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:39 PM > Subject: Re: stands vs ramps > > > > I only use ramps. I launched my brother's toyota cresida over a set of > ramps. > > scared the dickens out of me . tossed them in the dumpster. Still hear > about > > it and it has been 10 years. > > What i do with the van is I use two jacks one at each point ( the factory > > crank type) > > takes anout two min to get it on the stands . > > > > > > Jim Morgan > > 86Gl auto "breadbox" 214,000,0 miles > > Westlake,Ohio > > jm060356@aol.com >
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