Home Car Ramp Recommendations / Experience

SupraWez · 28 Mar 2022 at 19:12

Hey All,

Anyone on here got any experience with the various home car ramps available, not the drive up metal ramps but the home scissor ramps, usually plug with small pump.

Looking at something like this for the garage instead of using jacks and axel stands.

Most of them are portable so could even use them out on the drive too.

Your thoughts and experience is welcome

Thanks

SupraWez · 28 Mar 2022 at 21:29

MrKnifey said:
I used to have a scissor lift, total nightmare on any form of lowered car unless you have something to drive onto. They were portable, and while in use they were a godsend!

Yeah I have seen some folks actually cut them into the garage floor, something that I could do.

SupraWez · 28 Mar 2022 at 23:13

MrKnifey said:
You can do that, not so mobile then! I did consider the type which go on the sills, but ive decided to wait and go for a 2 poster and 4 poster after I rebuild the garage tbh

Have you researched some, any worth looking at?

SupraWez · 29 Mar 2022 at 10:59

Liking the look of these https://www.quickjacklift.co.uk

SupraWez · 29 Mar 2022 at 11:32

Some other options :-

www.maxjax.com

www.vehiclelifts4home.co.uk/vl4h1-scissor-lift/

www.vehiclelifts4home.co.uk/

SupraWez · 10 Oct 2022 at 13:25

Just a follow up, I ended up going with a QuickJack bundle purchased through VehicleLifts4Home, great bit of kit, would be great for amateur racing too, quick and easy to deploy and use.

Great service, quick delivery and happy answer all my questions etc.

Mobile / Portable Lifts | Vehicle Lifts 4 Home

www.vehiclelifts4home.co.uk

SupraWez · 10 Oct 2022 at 15:44

Joxeon said:
I keep suggesting a scissor ramp to my dad as he's getting a bit old to be climbing in and out of his pit.

The supplier does a nice scissor ramp, goes quite a bit higher than the quickjack, about double the price and I would argue not as portable, would be perfect for a permanent garage install.

The quickjack lifted my GLA no problem which was already quite high being a mini SUV, using the larger supplied blocks in the right place it still lifted and managed to easily get all four wheels off the ground, its really easy to move them into place, get them roughly in position, then raise so almost touching, then adjust position and fully raise.