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Doc P



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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Firenze Red
Ramps
Sorry if this is a dumb question and it’s been done to death, but what ramps do I need for getting under a 110? I ‘fancy’ doing some DIY Dinitrol-ing this summer. (I don’t want to die though)
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zsd-puma



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black
A couple of bits of railway sleeper work fine. You don’t need to lift a defender far to make lots of room underneath.
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Doc P



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Thumbs Up - never thought of that!
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grafty99



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Or for easier storage and manoeuvring on your own - four 6 inch breeze blocks with some 4 × 2 timber to make them easier to drive up Thumbs Up 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
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grafty99



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Sorry, missed the bits part of railway sleeper Laughing 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
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Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
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blackwolf



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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey
I was brought up in the school that believed you should never use breeze blocks, bricks, or any material like that, since they they can crumble and kill you. Timber is good, however, since it doesn't crumble.

It is useful for many purposes to have a supply of sawn blocks of regular size to build cribbing.
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X4SKP



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey
Hello Doc P

I agree with the comments so far...

For general 'easy to get under work', I took 4 'standard' Metal Ramps,
added some extra metal work, base level cross elements to prevent splaying
and to allow the metal ramps to engage with wooden base blocks, these also
'grip' better on our gravel hard standing area.


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On top of these Ramps I added wider run up ramps, which were old Pipe transporter
spacers, which add a little extra height and help with the 'progressive' drive up...
stop at the 4th indent!

I went the extra step when applying Dinitrol of lifting the Defender off each Ramp,
reversing the rear two Ramps so that they face inwards (matching the front Ramps)
then resting the whole Land Rover on a combination of Oak Sleeper Blocks and 4 smaller
Oak Blocks 'profiled' to engage with the Axle load points.


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Over all this raise the Defender just short of 0.5M and with carful placement of all elements
the only real movement was within the suspension elements.

Good Luck... SKIP
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Ads90



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^ That looks.... scary!

Best be safe and do it properly:


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X4SKP



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back at you... Shocked


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(your's is worse than mine... Thud) SKIP
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Ads90



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Laughing I'm guessing that's the automatic jacking feature in the event of hub failure? All ready to work on. Very clever.
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auto jacking is possible...


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Post #708578 22nd May 2018 11:01am
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zsd-puma



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black
grafty99 wrote:
Sorry, missed the bits part of railway sleeper Laughing


Yes whole ones are somewhat heavy. Laughing Although if you had space you could build a permanent ramp out of them. even double stack them.

A couple of bits about 2ft long do the job well. If you cut them with the chainsaw at a 45 degree angle it gives you two bits with a nice lead up ramp.

The problem with the drive up metal ramps is the stop bar at the ends of them isn't really big enough for a Defender, so there is a risk you'll drive straight off the back of them.
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blackwolf wrote:
I was brought up in the school that believed you should never use breeze blocks, bricks, or any material like that, since they they can crumble and kill you.


You could probably use concrete padstones to 'drive' on to. They won't crumble, they're designed to rest RSJ's onto, it's more likely your drive way would crumble under them. But then again they're really heavy and expensive compared to wood so what's the point.

I'd never use concrete as an axle stand though, the concentrated pressure could easily split the concrete.
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davew



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England 1990 Defender 90 V8 Petrol PU Auto Rioja Red
Some spare wheels/tyres and some bridging ladders to drive up ?


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Craig-C



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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Rimini Red
Ads90 wrote:
^ That looks.... scary!

Best be safe and do it properly:


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This is a the father in law doing his maintenance many years ago. Just a spade under the tyre. Not recommended Shocked



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