Diy lift? how dangerous?

How dangerous would this be:

Take these:

and support each end with, say a railroad tie?

ramps say 3,000 lbs.

safe to drive a car up on, then work under?

uh...

You first.

can i has your stuff?

This SHOULD work.

You may trust the ramps, but are you sure you trust the RR tie???

What's the worst that can happen?

I would be happy to hand you tools and call the rescue squad if necessary.

Put extra railroad ties so that they line up with the wheels. I have done worse. Those who laugh, do you want to live forever?? ;)

Rusnak_322 wrote: Put extra railroad ties so that they line up with the wheels. I have done worse. Those who laugh, do you want to live forever?? ;)

No, but I don't want to die today, either.

Joking aside, having the RR ties under the wheels might not be so bad. Decent stands aren't that expensive, though.

Maybe I'm chicken, but not for me.

If you have to ask... you shouldn't do it.

Tom_Spangler wrote: If you have to ask... you shouldn't do it.

He has to ask because that little voice that tries to keep us all alive is whispering in his ear.

"Hey y'all, watch this!"

"Dial 9, then 1, then when I yell dial another 1."

almost as much fun as the place I used to work at. We had a forkllift that could lift 4000 pounds (and I was one of the few certified to use it) and I would do my oilchanges and suspension work with it

"how hard can it be?"

the first thought that popped into my head was HEY GUYS WATCH THIS.....and we all know how that usually ends up.

I wish I had a picture, but someone I know had two ramps that were at about a 35* angle... drive the car up and put on the ebrake hard... have someone chuck the rear wheels... then he had a 8 to 1 block and tackle setup with wire that was rated to support 4 tons connected to the other end of the ramps... and then the back of his truck.... he'd drive the truck until he got to a certain point, and a huge 10" in diameter pipe would be placed on a set of vertical i beams with a scoop cut out of the top... the truck was then put in neutral and brakes were applied to slowly let the car down.

This was only used on Lotus Europas so it wasn't so scary... I hope that made sense. The whole thing cost him something like $200.

I know ya'll love my BRG europa.

Grey = block + tackle setup Red = veritcal ibeam black = ramps brown = wheel chucks that had huge pins that fit into the ramps so they wouldn't move light brown = huge 10" diameter pipe that supported the ramps on the ibeams

I am definitely suggesting you do this. (NOT... not...)

I should add that the ibeams were firmly bolted + welded to the metal structure of his barn.

I would worry about the bucket failing. FAIL

It was pretty sketchy. It sure was grassroots though!

Buy some ramps mate, is it even worth trying? I got my ramps at a garage sale for $10

Why don't you just dig a hole?

(that was not meant to sound mean-spirited)

ok.....clarifying.

I DO NOT OWN THE RAMPS!

merely curious about an elevated platform.....never mind.... I'll stick with the jack stands.