My garage is going to be dried in soon, but the budget is going to stop me from getting the driveway approach poured this year. The current gravel base is about 4 inches below the garage floor slab. I know my pickup can make the jump, and I can put my motorcycle on my trailer and use its ramp to get the bike in the garage, but my 76 MGB just doesn't have the ground clearance. Any ideas for temporary ramps just to get the car in and out without scrapping the bottom? The approach has a drop at both sides, but is long enough I can fit the MG in the middle, so a set of down ramps that I can reposition to be up ramps would be perfect.
Okay guys, I need ideas.
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Half-fast eddie
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More gravel. Easy to remove when the concrete is poured.
BMWBOB
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I'd probably get a pickup load of gravel to ramp to the slab. you'll need to do some dress-up with at least a blade by spring prior to pouring anyway
rayra
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5th-ing 'get moar gravel'
Or lay a 2x12 with a 2x6 on top of as a mini set of steps to drive up.
Or lay a 2x12 with a 2x6 on top of as a mini set of steps to drive up.
I used a set of these to make a ramp for my motorcycle table.
Only rated for 750lbs though, so you'd probably need to add some blocking to transfer the load to the driveway.
Only rated for 750lbs though, so you'd probably need to add some blocking to transfer the load to the driveway.
More gravel. LoL Built the house garage in 2004 and still have not poured an apron out front.
Captain Spaulding
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This might be a little out of the norm, but more gravel would do I it. You can never have too much gravel around new construction.
I just looked it up....it would've been about $7.00/sqyd in 2004. Here in Tucson today it's $160.00.
jack stand
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That's an easy one, sell the MG
and buy some concrete.
and buy some concrete.
Shiftless
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1100 pounds at my local Home Depot costs $25.00
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Poolshark314
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I just lay some scrap lumber ramps on top of gravel to get it level
Gravel, rock, stone all the same thing around here. Potato/potatoe
Granted, you don't want all 57s or #8s. Going to need some 411s or 304s with dust in it to compact it in.
*All numbers above are in reference to what the local quarry uses for sizing of limestone.
You talking stone Mark ?
Your numbers look more like price for finished concrete vs. price of a yd of concrete.
K'ledgeBldr
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A coupl of 10’ 2X10’s.
finished....
RoninB4
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Just got 1 ton of crushed stone, 1/2 ton at a time (I picked it up) from the local quarry for $28.
andyvh1959
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I'm in the more gravel line. If you want something easy and near permanent, use gravel with "fines" in it and rent a walk behind compactor. Compact it about 2" below the slab height, then get limestone screenings (all fines) put that down and compact it after spraying it with water. By the time you're done it'll look almost like cement.
Joe Reed
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Just get a couple of treated 2x6 boards and make two ramps to fit the track of the MG. Put some blocking under the ramps as needed. Pin the ramps in place with a couple of short pieces of rebar driven into the ground.
At my last house the garage was deep enough to tandem park my MGB and the Miata I had at the time - but there was a 4" step up on the slab at the rear part of the garage....it was really just supposed to be a storage area. I used ramps like that to solve the problem and they worked just fine. The MG just isn't that heavy....
At my last house the garage was deep enough to tandem park my MGB and the Miata I had at the time - but there was a 4" step up on the slab at the rear part of the garage....it was really just supposed to be a storage area. I used ramps like that to solve the problem and they worked just fine. The MG just isn't that heavy....
I might be late to the party, but I too have a pole barn with a (badly) poured concrete floor and the rise to it from the side lawn is more than my '72 MG Midget can clear without scraping.
My solution is two pieces of 3/4" plywood, about 12" x 30" (recovered from an upcycled shelf unit). I have the concrete marked where to position the boards. Given that the 50-year-old Brit weighs only 1600lbs or so, the plywood is plenty strong enough for the task.
My only gripe is having to unfold myself out of the car each time I arrive back home to go into the barn, unlock and slide open the door and set the boards. . . then fold myself back into the Midget to pull it in.
My solution is two pieces of 3/4" plywood, about 12" x 30" (recovered from an upcycled shelf unit). I have the concrete marked where to position the boards. Given that the 50-year-old Brit weighs only 1600lbs or so, the plywood is plenty strong enough for the task.
My only gripe is having to unfold myself out of the car each time I arrive back home to go into the barn, unlock and slide open the door and set the boards. . . then fold myself back into the Midget to pull it in.
andyvh1959
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Its called a "Midget" for a reason? Strange the Brits didn't have some other totally goofy knickname for it. Like the bugeye Sprite.
mike93lx
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26 posts and no one has suggested adding gravel? Odd
gahrajmahal
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ours has this stupid spoiler on it that the previous owner put on it. I’m scraping it on lots of stuff. I can’t wait until I get other projects finished and I can put the original splash pan on it.
I think I’d choose the wooden ramp version. Or gravel, I mean gravel.
Beau Nugget
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The thing about putting some lumber down to build a ramp is that it will look so much nicer than the gravel would. (sarcasm intended)
mike93lx
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Winner winner!
DrinkMan
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We have some very low cars and had trouble with the high curbs at our house. Perhaps our solution will work for you. We use these:
https://www.bridjit.com/
https://www.bridjit.com/
Slednut
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I'd move the gravel rakes or your car.