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I am at the point where I need to crawl around under my truck and work on stuff. Verify all is doing well, nothing coming loose, change oil and filter. In short I need better access to the underneath of the truck. I have a std. double car garage (8'ceiling) and the truck is all that is taking up both spaces. I cannot get a floor jack under the front. I can crawl in from the back but that is a pain. Does anyone offer a good safe way to get a foot or two of lift?

Originally Posted by sfort

I am at the point where I need to crawl around under my truck and work on stuff. Verify all is doing well, nothing coming loose, change oil and filter. In short I need better access to the underneath of the truck. I have a std. double car garage (8'ceiling) and the truck is all that is taking up both spaces. I cannot get a floor jack under the front. I can crawl in from the back but that is a pain. Does anyone offer a good safe way to get a foot or two of lift?

I was going to build a ramp but then a dealer nearby decided he didn't want his display setup. I bought it for less than the steel new was worth and cut the legs shorter so I could still get my car up on it. Here's a lousy picture of it. It's 30 " at the highest point, Works out real nice!

Originally Posted by 34_40

I was going to build a ramp but then a dealer nearby decided he didn't want his display setup. I bought it for less than the steel new was worth and cut the legs shorter so I could still get my car up on it. Here's a lousy picture of it. It's 30 " at the highest point, Works out real nice!

Those are sweet ramps!! Great score!

If your car is too low to get a jack under, you can build two low ramps to drive up onto (maybe a few inches high) then slide the jack under. I've even done this with a couple of pieces of wood. My Son Dons Vette is like that and you have to get it up a little, then you can get a jack under there.

Don

I know what your talking about. I was checking evry time I came back from a run. Jack it uo both ends and crawl under checking all out. Finally got most bugs out so not as often.
I like those ramps ,if u got the space.
I use a low prfile jack. Like 2 1/2 ". Good for vetts.
Its just a pain doing it.

I think (IToldYouSo) may have steered me in the right thought process. 3/2x12's staggered lengths with a stop about 6" from the end and spray undercoating on the bottom. I tried driving up on a board before and could not get it to hold still.

Check out this website.........Raceramps.com...........I saw them at PRI last year and bought a set of their ramps. They work great and they have many different types to choose.

Those look great! So many to choose from. I will have to study the selection so I get the most bang for the $!