Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> do whatever you like of course.
> I don't recommend them. they are dangerous.
> or sure can be.
>
> when a van is on jackstands, it's not going anywhere.

Humph. If jackstands had bigger feetsprints I'd agree. But I bet that if
you lift a Vanagon eight or so inches and stick it on top of four of
those on a driveway tilted at 5 degrees, it wouldn't take much of a push
to topple them. My driveway is 5 degrees. It's either work in the
driveway or on the busy street. Not a big fan of working on a busy
street. Curb on one side, fast cars on the other.

I used ramps for my Westy and my bay window on the driveway at the house
in Cali, which was about 5 degrees, too, and there were no stability
problems. I just feel safer with ramps.

The kind I had were the heavy plastic ones. They had a nice pocket on
top to prevent the vehicle from rolling. Pretty good, all 'round but
they were a bit shorter than I wanted, and didn't have lead-in skirt
which caused them to skitter forward in front of the tires.

I also used them to raise the front end of the van when it was stored on
a gravel patch by the driveway during winter. It was steeper than 5
degrees there, more like 10. Jackstands would have gone right over if
someone had leaned on the rear of the van.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
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