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[chrisgixer]

The 1.8 ton alloy jack in costco is exactly the same as Kevs, just about a 5th bigger in physical size.
I've considered the costco one purely on grounds of weight for lugging around in the car. The 3.0 ton Arcan is way too heavy to be portable and needs to be boxed in in the boot or it will destroy the boot innards and dent the lpg tank.
Just not worth the agro, hence make do with the scissor for portable use. That won't last too long either though with the vibration from the impact wrench and it doesn't like uneven ground or being pulled over out of vertical.

[Yasmine Lee]

Oh. Back then it cost £78 inc VAT too

[Andy B]

....... I'm a tad concerned that the extensions look a lot narrower than the main ramp ....
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Agreed. I think you'd be better of with just 2 short planks ........ should be able to find them almost anywhere! 

[Entwood]

....... I'm a tad concerned that the extensions look a lot narrower than the main ramp ....
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Agreed. I think you'd be better of with just 2 short planks ........ should be able to find them almost anywhere! 

I used planks many years back when raising a Zephyer 6 (ok on to breeze blocks not metal ramps but the principle is the same) and it all got exceedingly messy after this big cracking sound as one of the planks gave way .. leaving the car at a very weird angle .. and me trying to get a bottle jack under the broken plank side whilst wondering how long the other side was going to last ..... it was sagging very badly... after "rescuing" the situation - and not killing/injuring myself - I vowed NEVER to use planks to raise a car again .....  my level of cowardice grows as I get older ...... 

[Andy B]

.... .....  my level of cowardice grows as I get older ...... 

I think you meant common sense 

[chrisgixer]

I think it better to jack the front of the car high enough to place the ramps under, rather than try to drive into them, especially with an Irmscher front air dam fitted. There simply isn't room. Reversing on to raise the rear is less restrictive I'm told.

But the front will need extensions much too long to be useable, with the added risk of bending, even if made of metal, with the car running standard ride height.

The number of cars I've jacked up round here, ramps would be very useful to drive onto. But they are just too steep for the omega when covering all ride heights especially.

[Entwood]

I think it better to jack the front of the car high enough to place the ramps under, rather than try to drive into them, especially with an Irmscher front air dam fitted. There simply isn't room. Reversing on to raise the rear is less restrictive I'm told.

But the front will need extensions much too long to be useable, with the added risk of bending, even if made of metal, with the car running standard ride height.

The number of cars I've jacked up round here, ramps would be very useful to drive onto. But they are just too steep for the omega when covering all ride heights especially.

Not tried that as I don't have ramps .. but my thought is that the jack doesn't go high enough once the suspension droops ... I suppose the answer would be to jack it on the bottom shock absorber mount ... is that strong/safe enough

I have 4 axle stands.. so can get all four corners up .. but the height is not huge, and its a faf ...

[Andy B]

I think it better to jack the front of the car high enough to place the ramps under, rather than try to drive into them, especially with an Irmscher front air dam fitted. There simply isn't room. Reversing on to raise the rear is less restrictive I'm told.

But the front will need extensions much too long to be useable, with the added risk of bending, even if made of metal, with the car running standard ride height.

The number of cars I've jacked up round here, ramps would be very useful to drive onto. But they are just too steep for the omega when covering all ride heights especially.

Not tried that as I don't have ramps .. but my thought is that the jack doesn't go high enough once the suspension droops ... I suppose the answer would be to jack it on the bottom shock absorber mount ... is that strong/safe enough

I have 4 axle stands.. so can get all four corners up .. but the height is not huge, and its a faf ...

How about building a set of steps with various short/shorter/shortest planks as a ramp up to a set of ramps 

[chrisgixer]

I think it better to jack the front of the car high enough to place the ramps under, rather than try to drive into them, especially with an Irmscher front air dam fitted. There simply isn't room. Reversing on to raise the rear is less restrictive I'm told.

But the front will need extensions much too long to be useable, with the added risk of bending, even if made of metal, with the car running standard ride height.

The number of cars I've jacked up round here, ramps would be very useful to drive onto. But they are just too steep for the omega when covering all ride heights especially.

Not tried that as I don't have ramps .. but my thought is that the jack doesn't go high enough once the suspension droops ... I suppose the answer would be to jack it on the bottom shock absorber mount ... is that strong/safe enough

I have 4 axle stands.. so can get all four corners up .. but the height is not huge, and its a faf ...

Ahem.... You might want to think about that for a minute.

[chrisgixer]

When torquing wishbone bolts, I regularly jack the car onto ramps, but I have the Arcan 3.0 jack in TB's link.

[Bigron]

I thought it was just me that couldn't find anything useful on Costco's website; no matter what you ask for, it can't find it!
Will this help:-
www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9/275-1001255-9348613?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=car ramps&sprefix=car+ramps%2Ckitchen%2C318

Ron.