Must admit I've eyed up the 2 or 3 sets sitting unloved near a dealer in Salford and thought about enquiring if they were up for grabs ... but I have nowhere to store them 😕.
Dean
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23rd Jul 2023 4:56 pm
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They’d fit on the roof.
23rd Jul 2023 5:01 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
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Nice one as they look extremely handy to have particularly as u say for jobs like underselling
Didn’t powerful 4x4 have something like that for there new defender plse, thks
Plus see there’s a good selection for sale on eBay
But I'd never get in the ASDA carpark when I venture out for VC supplies 🍷🍷🍷.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
23rd Jul 2023 6:31 pm
Trailered Movements
Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
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These are sold as display ramps, and personally I wouldn't be happy working underneath them, as to me they are not substantial enough, especially if the vehicle on them was 'pulled & pushed' about.
In a similar way a lifting chain or strap is rated at less than the same item for pulling, safety allowances would be greater for a 'working beneath' ramp as opposed to a 'display' one.
Only my thoughts, as they do look like the answer to many situations, and I have looked into them myself, but overall I thought better of it.
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24th Jul 2023 8:21 am
Moo D3 Decade
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Oddly that was my thinking. I would be really twitchy working underneath them, but then I've been trapped under a car that fell off jacks when in my youth and knew everything. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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24th Jul 2023 9:12 am
Shamrock
Member Since: 16 Jun 2022
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Trailered Movements wrote:
These are sold as display ramps, and personally I wouldn't be happy working underneath them, as to me they are not substantial enough, especially if the vehicle on them was 'pulled & pushed' about.
I agree... I prefer my solution even it's not much room under.
24th Jul 2023 9:23 am
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
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For the OPs purpose they appear to be ideal, but for general repairs I'm not sure about them to be honest.
I think I'd want to have a good look at the ones I was buying and make my own mind up about laying under 2.7tns of D3/D4 on them.
I'm also wondering if the height could be awkward for some things.
Too high to lay under the car and work with arms extended upwards.
But too low to stand, and maybe even kneel, underneath and work.
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I too have considered the safety aspects as I value my life as much as the next person. The SWL is 3.5 tonnes on this type of ramp and as not all the weight of the car is on the ramp I have no problem working underneath them. If however I stop posting on the forum at some point in the near future you know my confidence either in the SDV6 engine or the ramps was misplaced!
24th Jul 2023 10:29 am
Nasher
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I'm sure what we all want to see is a video of you driving on and tipping them to the flat.
have you gone that far yet?
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24th Jul 2023 10:46 am
riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
Location: retford'ish
Posts: 2210
Hi,
I think they would come in very handy
you could always get the welder out and add some extra bracing/triangulation such as from those rear legs back to the pivot point
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