DIY wood car ramps

[Subyman]

I think I'm going to make things easy for myself and just have Home Depot cut the 2x10s to length for me. I'll store these indoors so I'll probably end up going with regular pine. Since each step is only 1.5 inches in height, I'm not going to bother to angle the edges of each "step" since I don't think any car is going to have trouble going over a 1.5 inch ledge.

So really all I'd need to do is drill some pilot holes and screw the cut pieces together.

Finished weight of each ramp should be approximately 24 lbs per ramp if I build 3 steps (18-28-38 inch, 4.5-inch lift), or 33 lbs if I build 4 steps (18-26-34-42 inch, 6 inch lift). I'll probably attach some handles for easier carrying.

Let us know how it works out for you.

 

[MistaFreeze]

Will they make it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbUBjnz9llQ

That's awesome!

 

[thomsbrain]

I'm going to make a set of 4 out of stacked plywood as soon as I get 30 minutes free to do so. I just need an inch or two to get the car high enough to for my low-profile jack to get to the front and rear jack points on my lowered S2000 so that I don't have to do the perilous entire-side-lift method to get stands on the side jack points. That will also give me clearance to do top-side oil changes. I plan to make the front set of ramps double-ended so that I can just leave them in place in the garage and back over them when I enter the garage. That way the car is always ready to work on.

 

[996GT2]

Built the ramps today and used them for an oil change. Ended up weighing about 30 lbs each, but they're not too hard to move since I mounted handles on the sides for easy carrying. Ramps didn't shift at all when driving onto them, and it's easy to "feel" when you've driven over each step.

 

[Flavioguy]

Flavioguy... Lets start a new thread as this one is rather old...

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Bartman39



Has anyone seen ramps like these??

[Is there some sort of trick to getting an image here?!?!?!?!]