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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #15 on: 22 February 2010, 10:46:27 »
I use blocks of wood as mentioned above.  I don't like the look of those as they would be slippery when wet and not enough cross-members.  'Precarious' to sum up.
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #16 on: 22 February 2010, 11:11:08 »
Interesting post....thank you. I have the same problem...now got some ideas to follow.
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #17 on: 22 February 2010, 13:26:30 »
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The best way to use ramps on an Omega is to jack each side up and slide the ramps under the wheel.

Don't you have to jack it to an enormous height as the wheel would drop as the suspension unloads.. :-/

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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #18 on: 22 February 2010, 15:21:24 »
The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  - I nearly wrecked the car using these as they buckled as I was driving up them >:(
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #19 on: 22 February 2010, 15:30:04 »
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #20 on: 22 February 2010, 15:34:26 »
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The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  -  .....


Mine aren't & have done for years, and the Senator before it!  :y :y :y

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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #21 on: 22 February 2010, 15:48:28 »
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The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  -  .....


Mine aren't & have done for years, and the Senator before it!  :y :y :y


Very tidy, Andy :y

I feel a another welding-project coming on: some angle iron and an hour`s work with the cutter and MIG. ;)
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #22 on: 22 February 2010, 15:56:05 »
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The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  -  .....


Mine aren't & have done for years, and the Senator before it!  :y :y :y


Very tidy, Andy :y

I feel a another welding-project coming on: some angle iron and an hour`s work with the cutter and MIG. ;)

They just sit on the ramps with a pice of flat plate/sheet so hold it in place.  :y
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #23 on: 22 February 2010, 17:57:50 »
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The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  -  .....


Mine aren't & have done for years, and the Senator before it!  :y :y :y

Look good :y
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #24 on: 22 February 2010, 19:34:51 »
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The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  -  .....


Mine aren't & have done for years, and the Senator before it!  :y :y :y


Very tidy, Andy :y

I feel a another welding-project coming on: some angle iron and an hour`s work with the cutter and MIG. ;)


Now .. if you make them shallow enough to cope with a Irmscher front .... and the "price is right" .. I could be in the market  for some ramps with long extensions ......  :)  Might help you re-coup some of your costs ???

:)
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #25 on: 22 February 2010, 19:36:48 »
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The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  -  .....


Mine aren't & have done for years, and the Senator before it!  :y :y :y


Very tidy, Andy :y

I feel a another welding-project coming on: some angle iron and an hour`s work with the cutter and MIG. ;)


Now .. if you make them shallow enough to cope with a Irmscher front .... and the "price is right" .. I could be in the market  for some ramps with long extensions ......  :)  Might help you re-coup some of your costs ???

:)


Just put 'em on the next rung (of the ramps) down!  ;)  ;)  ;)
Seriously, it'd be a case of suck it & see  :y  :y  :y
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #26 on: 22 February 2010, 19:40:08 »
Andy .. I don't have ramps at all .. always used jack/axle stands ... but the idea of ramps with extensions is appealing ...  and if I can put some cash in Debs direction ....   :) 'tis better than giving it to machine mart or similar .. :)
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #27 on: 22 February 2010, 19:55:05 »
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The extensions are crap and WILL NOT take the weight of an omega  -  .....


Mine aren't & have done for years, and the Senator before it!  :y :y :y


Very tidy, Andy :y

I feel a another welding-project coming on: some angle iron and an hour`s work with the cutter and MIG. ;)


Now .. if you make them shallow enough to cope with a Irmscher front .... and the "price is right" .. I could be in the market  for some ramps with long extensions ......  :)  Might help you re-coup some of your costs ???

:)
Me too!!!
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #28 on: 22 February 2010, 20:02:20 »
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Andy .. I don't have ramps at all .. always used jack/axle stands ... but the idea of ramps with extensions is appealing ...  and if I can put some cash in Debs direction ....   :) 'tis better than giving it to machine mart or similar .. :)

I`ll have a 'play' and see what I can come up with. :y
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Re: Low Entry Car Ramps
« Reply #29 on: 22 February 2010, 20:42:09 »
Andy b's extensions look alot more substantial than the puny efforts in Jim's pic and obviously will take the weight of an omega  so those are the one's you should go for  :y
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