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Subject: Ramps
From: Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:36:32 -0400
Cc: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net> charset=ISO-8859-1
Sumner Weisman Wrote:

>I've been thinking of trying a set of ramps with the TR3, providing
nothing
>scrapes the floor of the garage when driving on or off.  The car sure is
>built close to the ground.  I now use a hydraulic floor jack and jack
>stands, which are a pain to set up and take down.
>
>Questions on the ones from BJ's:
<<< Snip >>>
>They don't slide on the floor when you're trying to drive up?

That reminds me of when I was young and foolish and driving
an MG.  I tried to drive the MG onto some ramps in the garage 
but the surface was too slick and the ramps would just slide.
So I got "smart" and and jacked up the car and set the ramps 
underneath.  So far, so good.  But when it came time to back 
the car off of the ramps, well...

Fortunately, when the ramps shot out from underneath they 
didn't hit anything fragile or valuable but it was exciting!

I guess the determining factor is how smooth is the surface?

Dave Massey


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