I've got four Rhino ramps (thank you, craigslist free section) and I'm wondering how I can get the car on all four.

+ Maybe back up onto two ramps, apply the parking brake. Then jack up one front corner at a time and slide the ramps under the front wheels. Not sure if my floor jack can get the car high enough, however.

+ Maybe drive the front wheels up onto two 2x8 boards, providing enough clearance to put ramps under the rocker panels, behind the front wheels. Put ramps behind the rear wheels and then back up onto ramps.

+ Maybe use two jacks to jack up the driver side -- both wheels in the air -- slide ramps under wheels, then do the other side. Again, not sure if my floor jacks have enough lift.

 

I hope you get your answer but it sounds counter-intuitive to me.

Rhino ramps are supposed to make it easier to get under...If you're jacking it why not just use jack stands?

 

My neighbor had his car on (4x) jack stands and the car fell on him. If there's an easy way to get all four wheels on ramps, I'd rather do that. Plus, I had my car on jackstands last weekend and they kept sinking into the asphalt in my driveway because it was 90F.

 

Getting the front tires on the ramps and then jacking up the back end would be easier and probably faster. Plus the back end is lighter, due to the engine being in the front. You can raise both sides of the back end at the same time by jacking up on the pumpkin (rear diff housing) and the slide the ramps under the tires. Thats how I've done it before. Getting down is just the reverse, jack up back end, remove ramps from rear tires, let car down, drive off front ramps

 

i actually jack my car up and put it on the ramps, so much more stable than jackstands, its too low to drive up them unless your stock but tis worth using them instead of jackstands

 

Would it not be safe to put the ramps on the back since that's where the brake is?

 

your brakes still going to act as a brake, so along as your ramps rant moving your good, aka do the work on flat ground.

 

Gotcha, I misread Evelluser's response to say two stands and two ramps...

Oops!