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Re: [Mgs] MG Related - Sort Of

To: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>, MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG Related - Sort Of
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@mgaguru.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:13:46 -0500
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You're getting close.  Solution is to attach a carpet runner to the 
leading edge of the ramp.  But the carpet runner needs to be as long 
as the wheelbase of the car, so the rear wheel runs onto the carpet 
before the front wheel hits the ramp.  --  You can also place a board 
on the floor in line with the ramp, one end of the board against the 
back wall of the garage and the ramp pushed up against the other end 
of the board.


At 07:11 PM 9/16/2012 -0400, Steven Trovato wrote:
>One approach is to attach something like a piece of carpet to the 
>leading edge of the ramp.  The carpet extends outward so the tire 
>drives onto it first.  With the weight of the car on the carpet, and 
>the carpet attached to the ramp, the ramp can't really move.  I have 
>even heard of this being done with just a piece of rope attached to the ramp.
>....


>At 04:32 PM 9/16/2012, frankk12@verizon.net wrote:
>>I purchased two sets of ramps to use for oil changes and working under the
>>front end of my MGBs. One set is steel and I got them at a yard sale after I
>>had bought a hard plastic set at Wal Mart.  The problem with both 
>>sets is that
>>when I position them in front of the front wheels on my shop floor 
>>and attempt
>>to drive up on them they slide forward.
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