> My ramps are fabricated from angle iron - I got them when my father-in-law
> got fed-up with them skidding. I tried them on my concrete garage floor
> (smooth but certainly not polished) and had the same problem. The
solution?
> Turn them over and add some dots to the bottom surfaces with the MIG -
works
> fine now!!
>
> Neil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
> To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:41 PM
> Subject: Rhino Ramps
>
>
> >
> > 40 years of working on cars and I've never used any ramps. No
particular
> > reason, it's just not that hard to jack the car up and use jackstands.
> One
> > thing always bothered me about ramps though -- it's always seemed to me
> that
> > they'd scoot out from under the tires when you try to drive up on them.
> >
> > Yesterday I decided to try the 12,000-pound capacity (really 3,000
pounds
> > each) Rhino Ramps. They look well-built, and for $30 seem like a good
way
> to
> > speed up oil changes. Lots of people use them - must be no problem.
> >
> > The first car, my daughter's fwd Olds went up just fine, I changed the
> oil,
> > and away she went. Then I tried to drive the Suburban up. As soon as I
> got
> > near the top, the ramps would just squirt out forward, despite the
weight
> of
> > the truck and the single rubber foot under the front of each ramp.
> Finally,
> > after 5 tries, I threw it in 4WD and climbed right up. Don't know what
> will
> > happen when I try to drive one of the Mustangs up, but I bet without fwd
> the
> > ramps will shoot out just like with the Suburban.
> >
> > Is it just me and my crappy asphalt driveway, or is this typical with
> ramps?
> > Do I have to block them in place somehow or anchor them to a long board
> that
> > will extend under the rear tires (thus making storage a real PIA) ??
> > More/better/bigger rubber feet?
> >
> > Karl
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