Moment of silence

[Pullstart 62,902]

She gone.

 

 

[Handy Don 12,232]

In systems we called that an "unrecoverable fault".

[rmaynard 15,481]

I never did trust those sheet-metal ramps. Glad you weren't under the trailer when she blew. 

 

Now if the ramp had been made by Wheel Horse, it would have been all 1/4"  steel angle-iron.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2022 by rmaynard

[Pullstart 62,902]

Thoughts were to Jack up the rear axle with purpose of servicing the front… then swap the ramps.  Well I’ll swap that one to the scrap heap.

[ebinmaine 67,527]

Perhaps that's the new "fold-for-storage" ramp set-up?? 

[Alex175 784]

Awww, it just wanted to give the tire a hug 

[ri702bill 8,326]

You evedently exceeded the design limit of the device !!  Glad that you were not onder it at the time of failure.

Way back in 1973, I worked in the Automotive garage of a chain Department Store. A retail customer bought a pair of Foxcraft ramps like yours (your now??) and oil & filter to do an oil change on his 2 year oil Buick. He got the car up on the ramps in the garage, but forgot the filter strap wrench in the basement. He  crawled out, came back with the wrench only to find both ramps squashed flat. He tried to return them - we had to send him to the Store Customer Service area.... I recall we did his oil change for free .....

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

I've got an OLD pair of ramps that I can hardly lift anymore, VERY heavy material.

 

I STILL don't trust them!  ALWAYS use jack stands in addition.

 

A guy I knew a LONG time ago was unfortunately killed when a ramp collapsed with him under the car.

 

 

[Pullstart 62,902]

I crushed 2 more of my 4, just to make them unusable   I think I’ll make a set out of wood, solid, not crushable.  Maybe even bore a hole through both ends and make ‘em stackable and hang on a post in the shop!

 

 

 

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

I’ve done stuff that’s nearly killed me when I was working on my rj . Like when I push the front wheels on a makeshift wood ramp and at first I forgot to chock the wheels but then I chocked the wheels and wouldn’t you know it rolled back when I was under it so if I hadn’t chocked those rear wheels I’d be dead or in some cast’s 

Edited September 26, 2022 by The Freightliner Guy

[Pullstart 62,902]

I wouldn’t:t want to have an RJ roll over me, but I can’t imagine it would kill me either.  Stay safe, especially under stuff!

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

27 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

wood, solid, not crushable

 

I do have two 'blocks' that I use sometimes.  They're not ramps, just stacks of 2x6 nailed together.  Think solid non-adjustable jack stand.

 

But I can see the advantage of making solid ramps out of 2X12 ...  gonna be heavy, but isn't that the point?

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,318]

I have a set of those plastic ones and they sure seem tough. 
  Something like these:

[ri702bill 8,326]

55 minutes ago, Sparky said:

I have a set of those plastic ones and they sure seem tough. 
  Something like these:

Ihave the same pair bought from the same place - they work well.

I also have a pair of PT wooden ramps my son and I built about 25 years ago. - no "bump stop" - we use a driver and a spotter to use these - and we DO use them

[SylvanLakeWH 25,576]

Regardless of type used, redundancy is advised. As @Jeff-C175 notes above, always use jack stands or equivalent… 

[rmaynard 15,481]

My cousin was killed when he was 18. He jacked up his car and stacked cinder blocks, not concrete blocks, under the axle, on their sides, not upright with the holes pointing up. They crushed and the car came down on him and crushed him. This was back in the early 1960's before the era of the litigious society that would have sued to have warning labels placed on cinder blocks.

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

2 hours ago, ri702bill said:

no "bump stop"

 

Wow... that could sure cause some damage if you 'overshot the runway' !

 

One foot on the brake, one foot on the gas!

 

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

48 minutes ago, rmaynard said:

not upright with the holes pointing up

 

Even if they WERE the 'right way', I would NEVER trust a cinder, or even a concrete block for that use. EVER...

Sorry to hear about your cousin.

 

 

[ri702bill 8,326]

2 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

Wow... that could sure cause some damage if you 'overshot the runway' !

 

One foot on the brake, one foot on the gas!

 

Not in my house!! It's ether a 4 or 5 speed standard 3 pedal setup - the "Millennial Anti-Theft Device"

[ri702bill 8,326]

Yep -Kevin @Pullstart knows Exactly what I'm a'talkin' about... AND drove plenty of no brake cars into my FIL's garage that AAA dropped off in front of the house...!!!

[Pullstart 62,902]

My cousin’s 16 year old son recently drove his truck over these ramps.  He learned how not to drive up them when they caved in the rockers of his rust free OBS Ford.  I told him hat’s the cost of hot rodding, he wanted to cut off his exhaust and install an electric dump Y pipe 

Edited September 26, 2022 by Pullstart

[Handy Don 12,232]

17 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

16 year old

At that age we know everything except how much there is to know.

[ri702bill 8,326]

32 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

At that age we know everything except how much there is to know.

And how much it costs to put your tail between your legs, act sincere and ask an ADULT to "fix" what you just ruined.. .. If handled correctly - priceless. If handled poorly - worthless...

[Shynon 7,459]

10 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Thoughts were to Jack up the rear axle with purpose of servicing the front… then swap the ramps.  Well I’ll swap that one to the scrap heap.

Make them out of  wood, service station in town uses them

[rmaynard 15,481]

7 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said:

Even if they WERE the 'right way', I would NEVER trust a cinder, or even a concrete block for that use. EVER...

 

Roger that.