These are the very ones I have, & they are great!..........

 

I use the rhino ramps with my trans am, tires are around 10.8 inches front and about 11.5 rear. They work just fine. However I never get under the car with just the ramps. I always put a jack up to the K member just incase. It would suck to get smashed by a car.

Also by the way be careful driving a front wheel drive onto ramps. The gas pedal on my wife’s old car was a little touchy. About half way onto the ramps one day I gave it a little to much gas and the front tires shot the ramps underneath the front doors. I could rock the car back and forth on the ramps. Nothing got damaged so it was quite funny but it would have sucked if the ramps made it out to the rocker panels.

 

On the bright side, at least you got us fooled into thinking you need more tools.

Making them yourself out of 2x12s is easy, but they end up being so darn heavy and difficult to store. Then they are just laying around. I think your wife would prefer having the Rhino Ramps laying around. A 4x4 has a two inch block over the rear axle, so I would think one 2x12 would work fine for an oil change.

 

If you want to save money, put one side (front and back wheel) on the curb in front of your house and leave the other on the street. Now you can slide under the lifted side to drain oil and filter.

 

For what you are going to pay for good ramps, you can get a lot of oil changes at a quick lube joint - or even the dealership if they offer express lube. Saves a lot of time and physical work too. Not all quick lube joints are shoddy.

 

Ha! I'm not sure she would care if they were laying around in fact I'm not even real sure she knows what an oil change is. Seriously though I'm thinking of getting a 2x12 and trying the following.

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1 foot
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2 feet
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3 feet

The three would be nailed together and I could get both out of one 12 footer. I think a 1 foot top portion would be enough if I have a bumper on the end and was careful driving up right? By making them smaller it would also help with weight and the three layers would give me about a 4.5" lift

 

I would definitely try this if I had curbs but unfortunately we don't. Actually it's a good thing we don't because it would probably wake me up in the morning when the paper guy had to jump the curb in order to maintain the rut he has formed in the front yard.

 

I go to the dealer for oil changes.....way less hassle & a whole lot cleaner!....

 

My appointment is for 11:30 today. I have a coupon for $1 oil change. I wonder what the catch is??? I do like to change it myself sometimes, but it was 11* when I woke up this morning.

I've seen them, and they work great. The last one I saw was used to raise a semi trailer up to doc height. They simply put one under one of the dually wheels on each side. It will be strong enough for your use, and wide enough for your tires.

Just pound those nails in on different angles, and make sure the clear the bumper before you build them.

 

My appointment is when I feel like opening the garage door to take the 15 minutes it takes to do the change

I hate making appointments and driving over to some place to wait. I find it easier to do at home, plus I know I'm using good oil and filter, and the proper amount is put in, and the drain plug is put back in properly.

I know what it's like to find a puddle under my truck because the drain plug wasn't put back properly.

 

The results are in.

$1.00 Oil
$2.77 Hazardous Waste
$0.22 Tax

$3.99 Total for an oil change.

The catch is that I have to allow them to rotate the tires for $19 ever other oil change, and pay for air filter, fuel filter, trans flush, rad flush at the regular scheduled maintenance. I'll bet it works out that they get their money in the end.

 

X2- I have changed my own oil my entire life and have not had to use ramps or jack on my last 3 trucks- '99, '02 and '04 (F-150's). I always pull the intake tube off and do the filter from the top and have no problem pulling the pan plug from the bottom. I'm 182 lbs. and have no problem sliding under. If I did, it's time to lose some weight. As a matter of fact, I don't like ramps. I have had them spit out from under the vehicle more than once when driving on and off. About the only way you could be sure they wouldn't is to do it on the grass or dirt where they dig in rather than skid. I either sold or gave them away so I wouldn't ever be tempted to use them again.

 

When I ever used ramps I positioned them at the raised Lip of cement where the driveway comes in contact to the cement of the garage....It holds the ramps well when you drive up on them.....

 

Depending on the rates that they charge for labor & parts, you are better off just going to a local shop. At some dealerships, they charge so much that it's not even worth considering.

 

That's what I'm expecting. Their schedule is for 3k oil changes, but I do mine at 5k.