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My new ramps...

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Barn Owl

#15
May 29, 2006, 11:00:20 PM
We use modified wheel risers where I work. We buy the aluminum ones and add stops to the ends. For those with the money, check out these links:

http://www.tseq.com/products/ldsol/wheel_risers.htm

http://www.ptwheelrisers.com/

Or Google "wheel risers"

The aluminum ones can be carried but you can add casters to the ends and roll them around like a wheel barrel. If I can get the time I will try to post pics of the ones from work.
L. Christley - W3EYE Amateur Extra
Blue Ridge Mountains, S.W. Virginia
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Barn Owl

#16
June 01, 2006, 10:52:56 PM
This is what I was talking about. The ramps are U.S. Ramps from McMaster Carr. I added the stops and the casters. The casters make it very easy to roll around and I don't have to go looking for a dolly. Even though they are aluminum I wouldn't want to carry them any distance, they can get nasty dirty.
L. Christley - W3EYE Amateur Extra
Blue Ridge Mountains, S.W. Virginia
It's the education gained, and the ability to apply, and share, what we learn.
Have fun, be great, that way you have Great Fun!

Busted Knuckle

#17
June 01, 2006, 11:31:38 PM
Nice ramps there Barn Owl! A lot more convient than my old ones I still have and use sometimes! But most times I use the pit that has spoiled me so! BK!
Busted Knuckle aka Bryce Gaston
KY Lakeside Travel's Busted Knuckle Garage
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Ace

#18
June 02, 2006, 05:32:15 AM
Barn E nice ramps you got there at the shop but after checking the prices from MC, at about 350 bucks EACH I'll stick to the good ole soild wood ones!  ;)

Ace

Barn Owl

#19
June 02, 2006, 10:21:22 PM
Quote from: Barn Owl on May 29, 2006, 11:00:20 PM
We use modified wheel risers where I work.

Those ramps will never get to see the underside of a bus. I work for a very large package delivery company (the brown one) and one thing brown won't do for you is to let you borrow any of their tools. I do not have a set of ramps yet; I am trying to figure out what type of ramps I want to build. It will most likely be wooden. I am also contemplating digging a very long "foxhole" (no, I'm not kidding) that I could slither into and use as a quasi pit until I can dig the real thing.
L. Christley - W3EYE Amateur Extra
Blue Ridge Mountains, S.W. Virginia
It's the education gained, and the ability to apply, and share, what we learn.
Have fun, be great, that way you have Great Fun!

pvcces

#20
June 02, 2006, 11:21:23 PM
I don't know why those aluminum ramps should be so heavy; I suppose it must be the safety factor. George Lowry let me use his once; I thought that they were pretty heavy, as well.

Our solid laminated douglas fir ramps are under half the weight of the same length aluminum ones. And because they're laminated with the layers on different angles, I don't halve the slightest worry about them carrying any load that I will ever put on them.

I have heard from a commercial fisherman that aluminum trolling poles are heavier than wood ones, too.

Tom Caffrey
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Ketchikan, Alaska
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