Jim102
Cabot, Arkansas
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Kopy Kat,
I am just about ready to buy the blocks, but before I do, can you post some pics of what you made? I would rather go with wood..
Thanks,
Jim
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A 12 yr. old long haired Doxie, "Digger"..
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rvten
Crossville,TN
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I prefer leveling jacks. used wood ramps in the past. I carry some of those orange blocks mainly to level the pick nik table.
Tom & Bonnie
Crossville, TN.
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Blacktop Boondocker
Southern California
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tonyandkaren wrote:If you got the ones that Camping World sells , they are guaranteed for life. Take them back to the store for a free replacement.
Hey, that's good to know as mine are shot and I like to hang out at CW anyway!
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Dakzuki
Carnation, Wa, USA
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If it's the yellow ramps from CW I am very unimpressed. If I didn't design and fab a wood base for them (that worked) I would have got rid of them.
So far I have yet to see a better solution than lumber.
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danewguy
LI, New York
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Purchased some of the Lynx Levelers and when I get a chance to build some levelers out of wood I will do so.
Funny thing is that I never thought of using wood and yet we build those very "step chocks" for use to stabilize cars involved in an accident before starting an extrication.
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question...once again this site proved to be very useful.
DTS
1999 31ft Gulfstream Conquest Class C
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Kamphiker
South Florida (this 'aint paridise anymore)
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Here are plans for building from wood
RV RAMPS PLANS in PDF format
Download and open as PDF
If wanted, you could instead of screwing together you can drill holes for 10p nailes. The holes would be slightly larger than the nail. Cut the nail lengths to not extend beyond 2 board thickness. This way you could use only 1, 2 or all three boards stacked up to get just the correct height. The nails are removable and only used to "pin" together the number of boards needed to level.
'01 Yukon, 5.3, Z82 Tow Pkg., 3.73 Axle,Wait4Me Performance Custom PCM , 17" Escalade rims - Reese Dual cam - Hi-Lo Classic "Funchaser" Campgrounds in the Smoky Mountains NP
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NEW-> Memories of OLD Miami, Fla. (pictures)
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Jim102
Cabot, Arkansas
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Kamp,
That link doesn't work......
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Jim
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Kamphiker
South Florida (this 'aint paridise anymore)
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Jim102 wrote:Kamp,
That link doesn't work......
Thanks,
Jim
Just double checked, It still works. The URL is to "HOST CLIPS" where I uploaded the File.
you have to wait for the Host Clips site to load and then click on the download in the upper right hand corner. If you get a message in the upper right hand corner, you may be blocking something.
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Pangaea Ron
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Kamphiker (Nice PDF drawing)
Those look exactly like mine. except I cut mine off square at the back end, and all the boards are cut in 11" increments. They fit perfectly in a side storage compartment, with every other one inverted. I have used them for ~4 years with no sign of wear or cracking. I think that they are probably stronger with glue and screws, than with loose "pinned" boards.
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sonuvabug
Mid-Western, ON Canada
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I started with 2 large, rough cut wood pieces (2x12x24) and a few smaller 2x10's for elevating the longer pieces and they worked fine. However, they are super heavy & messy when wet and they are bulky.
I then bought a pair of the Jumbo Levelers from Fiamma. They are perfect for the front wheels ... however, not wide enough to accoomodate duallys (although I guess most ramps are not).
FIAMMA LEVELERS
I also purchased a couple of heavy duty truck ramps (rated at 3,000 lbs each) from our local auto supply store to supplement the Fiamma ramps and use on the rear wheels. These are about 34" long, go up to 6" high and have a level platform 12" long at the top of the ramp.
My goal is to get entirely free of the wooden ones and only use the plastic ones which clean up quickly, are light and do not get "musty". To carry all these, I plan to convert my generator hold area (we don't use one) to a closed box so I can store all 4 ramps, and some of the extra electrical and water lines that we only need once in a while. ~ sonuvabug ~
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