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bm52



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Ramps – what do you use?
Hi,
What do you use to raise your Defender/Series so that you can roll under it more easily to grease props, drain oil etc so that you don’t have to get the jack and axle stands out?

Ideally I would like to drive onto something either all four wheels at once or just back/front as needed.

Any recommendations please as I am not sure whether standard car ramps would be strong enough. My other thought was get a couple of sleepers and drive onto those?

Thanks BM52
Post #272061 7th Oct 2013 3:28pm
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adafish



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Why not use axle stands ? Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..
Post #272062 7th Oct 2013 3:33pm
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couplands



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I have a pair of old ramps that I got from a car parts shop years ago, although hardly ever use them.

For prop greasing I find I can get underneath quite easily (and I'm a good 90kg, so not a lightweight..!). It probably helps that my garage floor is a nice smooth epoxy coated finish that I can slide on.

For any other work (like when I Dinitrol'd the underside) I jack it up on 4 axle stands (3T ones).

In my dream garage, I'm planning a lift, just not sure on 2 or 4 post..Wink

cheers

simon
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diesel_jim



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There was a set of mega ramps on here for sale a month or 3 back, like they have outside car dealerships with the *special* car is parked up on it. gives you about 3' clearance.

I just use a crappy set of ramps, but fairly HD ones (found them chucked in a layby in Portland some years back) and they were far sturdier than my old halford type ones.

As couplands says, for greasing the props I just usually lay underneath, either on an old sheet/blanket/bit of carpet, or use my roller lay on thingy, but as we've got a fairly rough tarmac drive, on a slope, it's a bit of a pain to use that for any length of time.

For doing the props, I jack one wheel /just/ off the ground, so i can rotate the prop and get to all 3 nipples Shocked
Post #272093 7th Oct 2013 5:50pm
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william8



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We use a mobile ramp Laughing



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Post #272094 7th Oct 2013 5:50pm
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ARC99



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4x bits of railway sleeper or a kerb stone. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
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bm52



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@william8 - that is cheating but quite cool

@ARC99 - kerbstone - confused Confused BM52
Post #272151 7th Oct 2013 7:53pm
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jimbob7



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Generic 2 tonne ramps, as others have said you can slide under quite easy to do most jobs without lifting it.
Post #272196 7th Oct 2013 10:33pm
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jont



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Saw some handy looking ones at the Peterborough show - quite high and heavy duty with a detachable platform on the side that you can stand on as well ... were about £100 from the stand next to Raptor ...

Jon
Post #272198 7th Oct 2013 10:48pm
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Caterham



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diesel_jim

'For doing the props, I jack one wheel /just/ off the ground, so i can rotate the prop and get to all 3 nipples '

aren't there 4 (2 on each) ?
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JWL



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3 per propshaft, 1 on each spider and one on the telescopic slider.
Post #272219 8th Oct 2013 6:34am
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