> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:19 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Plastic Ramps
>
> B Feddish wrote:
> > OK, the only ramps I could find at any store for my van where those
> plastic
> > ones. OK, 1 hour later and the bottoms are all scraped up from sliding
> > forward as I try to drive onto them.. I even tried jacking the van up a
> bit
> > and sliding the ramps under and trying to drive the rest of the way up.
> No
> > good.  What is the trick to using these pieces of crap?
> >
>
> I read a brilliant yet simple suggestion here last week: if there isn't
> already a hole at the leading edge of the ramp, then drill one. 1/4'' or
> so. Tie a bit of nylon rope or webbing or whatever through that hole and
> lay it on the ground so the tire drives on the rope first. The ramp
> ain't goin' nowhere once the tire pins the cord to the ground. Oh, it
> may complain, but it's yours. Land that baby.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR

I would re-consider the suggestion to modify the ramps in any way.  If they
ever failed for any other reason, you might be giving the manufacturer a
defense in a liability lawsuit.  No, I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on
TV.  It just crossed my mind.

Tom Salicos

'87 Syncro Westy EG-33