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Having borrowed a very old set of ramps I've now decided to treat myself to a pair.



I thought it would be a fairly straight forward purchase with very little choice . . . . . . .boy was I wrong !?!

Here is the "Best Car Ramps of 2015" list, proving the internet is indeed a wealth of semi-useful information :

http://www.rampsdirect.org/what-are-the-best-car-ramps/

I'm thinking of opting for the Torrex Ramps that are 2 ton rated and 225mm wide.

But before I open my wallet I thought I'd turn to the 80-90 community for any actual recommendations from real people

I put a post on last year asking if people used leveling ramps when camping (you know the Fiamma style). Well I ended up buying a set and use them quite frequently for getting under the van to work on. Only raise it up about 15cm but its still a good amount on a lowered van.

I bought the wider set from machine mart. They work fine.

syncropatrick wrote:I bought the wider set from machine mart. They work fine.

Cheers syncropatrick,I think I might go for a set of these.

Made an utter tit of myself!!! Been given some car ramps and so I tried to back the van up on to them, the problem was, I have a gravel drive - a touch of wheel spin and next thing I know the ramps are in front if the rear wheels!! As luck would have it, the height of the van meant that I could just slide the ramps out sideways. No damage was done fortunately. I have to admit, I did look around to see if there were any witnesses - not much chance as I live down a little lane


Be careful out there, folks

Thats up there with the jacking your van with a fork lift truck incident

itchyfeet wrote:Thats up there with the jacking your van with a fork lift truck incident

. . . . . . . . . . or this

Drove right over the ramp with my daughter's Punto last week - I wasn't used to all that power after driving the van! Only a little bend in the bottom of the wheel arch.

I wish I'd taken a pic of my van with the ramps ' the wrong side' of the wheels. To be honest, I was too busy trying to clear up 'the crime scene' before anyone could witness it!!