now obviously you need a decent welder,
watch the first two video,s carefully
yes two different designs, and you would need to fabricate your own ,
version once you decided on what you needed,
and what best matched your needs
notice the problems with the approach angle ,
extra longer entrance ramps
and the un-needed extra height on both designs,
but certainly a bit of careful measurement and thought could make both designs better.
careful planing and measuring can avoid lots of wasted time,
wasted cash and potential problems
its very important when designing something like this that you keep firmly in mind the characteristics,
intended use and dimensions of the completed project,
if the ramps are to be used with a mechanics creeper a height of about 20" minimum to about -24" max,
from the floor too the car tires is the goal,
any higher and its rather difficult to reach every component under the car,
like if your doing clutch or transmission swaps
I tried to post links,
but the video owners keep blocking the links,
just go to youtube and search the titles
"heavy duty DIY car ramps"
"Car ramps - how to make it - DIY"
BOTH VIDEOS on youtube
watch a third video,
"Using the Kwik-Lift Car Ramp"
once you combine all the info you should be easily able to design ,
something you could BE,
reasonably easily too use and build
(MIG PREFERRED HERE, but TIG or ARC would work)
and you would be smart to think through the cost of materials and welding supplies,
and it would sure help if you had access to a good deal of cheaper scrap salvage materials,
and a metal chop saw.
shop around carefully, you could easily find significant discounts
if you shop carefully
Ive found some places charge 2-3 times what others do,
and some will deliver on orders over $400
sketch out plans, listing dimensions, add up materials and don,t forget,
youll need MIG wire and shield gas, or arc welding rods
http://www.alantlynninc.com/SteelAngle.html
a quick estimate, based on a quick guesstimate,
would be about (18) 20 ft long 2"x 2" 3/16" angle iron
(2) 10 ft long 2" x 2" box steel tube
and 140 ft of 5/8" rebar cut in 16" lengths
certainly not dirt cheap, but certainly not very difficult or complicated to build either
Id be looking at 16.5" inches wide and 20"-22" tall and about 20-22 ft long on the two main support structures
certainly with careful design, under $800 -$900 maybe well under if you shop carefully,
not bad for something you can build that should provide decades of use,
inside your garage,,
Id build it so it could be partially disassembled for less difficult transport ,
and bolted together in use for both increased stability,
and structural strength and it maintained proper alignment and spacing
watch the first two video,s carefully
yes two different designs, and you would need to fabricate your own ,
version once you decided on what you needed,
and what best matched your needs
notice the problems with the approach angle ,
extra longer entrance ramps
and the un-needed extra height on both designs,
but certainly a bit of careful measurement and thought could make both designs better.
careful planing and measuring can avoid lots of wasted time,
wasted cash and potential problems
its very important when designing something like this that you keep firmly in mind the characteristics,
intended use and dimensions of the completed project,
if the ramps are to be used with a mechanics creeper a height of about 20" minimum to about -24" max,
from the floor too the car tires is the goal,
any higher and its rather difficult to reach every component under the car,
like if your doing clutch or transmission swaps
I tried to post links,
but the video owners keep blocking the links,
just go to youtube and search the titles
"heavy duty DIY car ramps"
"Car ramps - how to make it - DIY"
BOTH VIDEOS on youtube
watch a third video,
"Using the Kwik-Lift Car Ramp"
once you combine all the info you should be easily able to design ,
something you could BE,
reasonably easily too use and build
(MIG PREFERRED HERE, but TIG or ARC would work)
and you would be smart to think through the cost of materials and welding supplies,
and it would sure help if you had access to a good deal of cheaper scrap salvage materials,
and a metal chop saw.
shop around carefully, you could easily find significant discounts
if you shop carefully
Ive found some places charge 2-3 times what others do,
and some will deliver on orders over $400
sketch out plans, listing dimensions, add up materials and don,t forget,
youll need MIG wire and shield gas, or arc welding rods
http://www.alantlynninc.com/SteelAngle.html
a quick estimate, based on a quick guesstimate,
would be about (18) 20 ft long 2"x 2" 3/16" angle iron
(2) 10 ft long 2" x 2" box steel tube
and 140 ft of 5/8" rebar cut in 16" lengths
certainly not dirt cheap, but certainly not very difficult or complicated to build either
Id be looking at 16.5" inches wide and 20"-22" tall and about 20-22 ft long on the two main support structures
certainly with careful design, under $800 -$900 maybe well under if you shop carefully,
not bad for something you can build that should provide decades of use,
inside your garage,,
Id build it so it could be partially disassembled for less difficult transport ,
and bolted together in use for both increased stability,
and structural strength and it maintained proper alignment and spacing
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