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Old 08-27-2014, 08:34 AM   #23 (permalink)
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No, please do not use cinder blocks. Way to easy for them to break. Plastic ramps are available for $50 in local stores, and I have had my one ton truck up on them, very sturdy, easy, and light. $50 is cheaper than getting hurt. You can pull up on four ramps, one under each tire.

Alternatively to save money, solid wood, like the ramps pictured a few posts up, have no chance of breaking from the load, and wouldn't be excessively expensive, but would be heavier and harder to use.

If you are dead set on using masonry, use something solid like a properly reinforced poured concrete ramp. Get a sheet of OSB, make some forms, put some wire or rebar in there, mix up quickrite, and pour it solid. No cinder blocks.

Also, I don't know about 2' high, too tall is not better. I wouldn't want the car any higher than what I could comfortably reach when laying on my back under it.
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