Just so you are really safe,
whatever your method is.
58 is just getting started.

On 8/22/2012 1:02 PM, Courtney Hook wrote:
> Won't disagree with you Scott, but I use them all the time, WITH jack
> stands
> under the front axle of my 77 Westy, or on the rear if I'm working at the
> back. I have mild claustrophobia and the idea of that van coming down
> on me
> just makes my hair stand on end. Sometimes I even put two trolly jacks
> up as
> well. Overkill I'm sure, but I'm a big fan of safety. That's how I've
> made
> it to 58 so far. :-) Oh yeah, and big solid rubber chocks behind the
> wheels.
> Courtney
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
>
>
>> Ramps are always inherantly dangerous.
>> My father would be dead if I did not remember to go out the garage, on
>> time,  and tell him it was time to stop car work and go to his job ....
>>   Smashed between a creeper and the bottom of the car,
>> yelling for 45 minutes...no once could hear him........passing out.
>> Another half hour he might have been dead..or brain damaged or whatever.
>>
>> they are inheritantly  dangerous.
>> they save one step , jacking up the car ..
>> totally not worth it IMO.
>>
>> scott
>>
>>
>> On 8/22/2012 12:26 PM, neil n wrote:
>>> Thanks David.
>>>
>>> For a future fuel tank reseal, I'd considered making ramps so I could
>>> back
>>> the van onto them (rear of van facing downhill) and get the front
>>> end up,
>>> but didn't take the ramp idea any further.
>>>
>>> Are you suggesting one ramp per vehicle corner, each providing room and
>>> level surface for a jack and jack stand?
>>>
>>> Like this?  image:
>>> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zCqGzE1KbmI/UDUyJPKF0WI/AAAAAAAAF_U/cBj1mBmkZ-Q/s800/ramp.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> For what I need, 2 ramps should suffice for now. (work on one end of
>>> vehicle at a time)
>>>
>>>
>>> Neil.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:22 AM, David Beierl
>>> <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> At 02:09 AM 8/22/2012, neil n wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm
>>>>> uncomfortable
>>>>> raising the rear up on jack stands. I'm OK with raising one front
>>>>> corner
>>>>> at
>>>>> a time to do the upper control arm bushings.
>>>>>
>>>> If the slope's within reason, build four inverted ramps that match the
>>>> slope; have all weight-bearing points  on a level surface. That will
>>>> take
>>>> away all the horizontal components of your load vectors on both van
>>>> and
>>>> stands, and give you a setup that's just as stable as it would be
>>>> on the
>>>> flat.
>>>>
>>>> Yrs,
>>>> d
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Neil n
>>>
>>> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
>>>
>>> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
>>>
>>> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>>
>>> Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
>>>
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>>>
>>>
>