WarrenJ Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 I wouldn't use ANY ramps that weren't cross-braced. If I didn't know their weight bearing capacity, I'd give them to someone I didn't like, even if they WERE cross-braced. (Did YOU get your ramps from someone who didn' like you?) Food for thought . . . . That said, ramps are not a real problem for me. I'm old enough and with enough cash on my hip that it would be someone ELSE under the ramps. navion is correct, however, there's only ONE way to go. A hydraulic floor jack and jack stands that are heavily overated. Back in the '60s (Okay, maybe '70s) the Editor of Corvette Magazine proselitized about NEVER getting under a Corvette on a floor jack without jack stands in place. I'll give you one guess how he died. Regards, Warren There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjayzway Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Definately weld the braces on the sides, I have crushed a set of these myself! It is not fun...They cause some damage when you do crush them. Life is too short to grow up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonA Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 I really hate to belabor this thread (I really do), and I also hate to get into a "mine's better" war, but there are apparently two different Blitz Rhino Ramps out there (or at least two styles). The kind I have don't match JimD's at all...perhaps mine are the 12,000 pound ones and Jim's are the 8,000 pound models? Mine have a lot more internal ribbing, and like I said earlier, I think I could set my house on these and they wouldn't break! Jason(2001 STS, White Diamond) "When you turn your car on...does it return the favor?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYES Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I wouldn't drive a Toyota up on ramps, and I hate Toyotas! I have been called by buddies, and people who "know what I do" to ask me to help them get their cars off these ramps because they lost traction while ascending on them leaving the car in a precarious situation! Usually it is the ramp that loses grip, and slides to a position that we don't even want to wish on a Honda owner! But if you bolt them to the ground, so they can't move, then and only then will I consider them an asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadiKing Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 [...My Rhino Ramps work like a hose.... adallak, There goes that bragging again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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