Wooden Ramp for my L322 Range Rover

[@exploringwithjacob8641]

Fahad your a braver man than me to attempt this! But once again you have amazed us all! Well done that’s seriously impressive!

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Jacob, thank you for this great compliment, I'm really humbled. I'm just trying to find solutions to the challenge I'm having of living with a slopey driveway, tweaking things as I go along and sharing my experiences with you 😊 Thank you very much for your support, it really means a lot! I can't wait to use the ramp for the car jobs! 😁

[@antking8847]

great video Fahad - I would love to build something like this - I would build ing some sort of chock mechanism to stop the car moving backwards and put a block at the front to stop the car going too far forward

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Ant, thank you so much for the positive feedback! Perfect, great suggestion! 👍🏻 I almost forgot about that, I'm going to write it down and include it in the finishing design. Thank you so much for your input, this is very helpful! 😊 I will make a full video showing the build once it's fully completed! Keep in touch 😊

[@ShadowDancer6990]

My Friend! I love watching the growth brother! I am actually shocked that it worked. Kudos to you both. ❤

[@lifeasusual]

Heey! It's been a while! So happy to hear from you! 😁 Thank you so much for the positive feedback and for your support! 🙏🏻

[@shanewaterman4125]

Hi Fayed - clever solution, but a word of advice.... at the front where you were testing for movement, you're going to need side to side diagonal bracing to make it safe. Even though you effectively had 1.5 tonnes on it (front wheels so half the car) you had nothing to even out any stress if you didn't have the car EXACTLY on the centre line of the ramps. Even a few millimetres out and it can introduce something called 'a radius of gyration' which is a key factor in designing columns of buildings. If you look at the front of your ramps, you've effectively got a column under each wheel. That's my only concern. You could also solve it by making some buttresses inside and out to resist any non-vertical force if you don't like the idea of diagonal braces which might reduce access under the car. Keep em coming matey! 👍

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Shane, thank you for all the brilliant advice and guidance on this, it's extremely helpful! 👍 After looking at the footage again, I totally agree with you and I'm going find a way to add both types of braces, to support it from the front and back, on both left and right. This way, it'll be rock solid. In the future, I will make another video when the design is fully completed, and you can let me know your thoughts. 😊 Your comment is extremely helpful as it confirms what I was already thinking. 👍

[@shanewaterman4125]

@@lifeasusual Hi Fayed - having given it a bit more thought, I would go for the buttress idea rather than the cross bracing. The buttresses 'should' allow you more access under the car from that front end (top of the ramps). Incidentally, what timber do you use? Ordinary stuff (DIY grade) or structural timber grade? If you were going to use the ramps regularly, structural grade timber would almost be a pre-requisite because of the repeated compression due to the weight of the vehicle. BTW - Buttresses with 70 deg and 20 degree internal angles should be about right to provide the necessary resistance to rotation. If there happens to be a structural engineer reading this, maybe they can confirm or otherwise?

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Shane, I definitely have to do a lot more research, and I don't mind having both systems in place because having a brace at the end could also create a standing platform when I work on the engine. There are a lot of ideas in my mind, the design is still in its raw condition and there's still a lot more to do with it. With regards to the timber, I'm only using the "DIY wood" and the reason I'm doing that is because this is only the prototype or the "beginning" - I'm not going to be using it a lot. I have different, more exciting plans for the future, in which I will be using more appropriate materials. In the future, when I release the build video, you will see how much material I have wasted just to get to this design, as I have gone through so many types of designs/variations before reaching this stage. So I just needed a cheap wood to work with until I settle on an end design.

[@BenRelle]

I bet they're heavy! On your tall ramp sections, I would screw a diagonal piece of wood from the top left hand column to the bottom of the right hand column, with screws also going into the centre column. I think you'll immediately see greater stiffness in that side-to-side movement you're talking about. I love how your wife is so into your RR stuff!

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Ben, thanks for the tip! 👍🏻 They are quite heavy, but can be moved and lifted with two people. The ramp is still not finished, so I still have plenty of work to do on it; I will make a full video on how I built it start to finish, once I complete the ramp. 👍🏻 Yes, Alex really loves our Range Rover 😁

[@AutomanZ]

Great video as always. The thing I would be concerned about is the main ramp did move a little as from what I can see there is no bracing between the top struts and the bottom ... ie the stacks of wood used to make the ramp. There is only the top and bottom to keep them apart. Not sure how you could brace it but it does look fantastic and I understand what you are trying to do. Also how you can jack the car up when on the ramp, I have no idea but please don't use wood as that compacts and could cause an accident. Keep up the good work my friend and sorry if this came across negative, it isn't just some pointers. Keep the faith mate.

[@lifeasusual]

Thank you so much for your continuous support, it means a lot! 😊 Thank you for your comment. It's actually very helpful, and thank you for noticing that. You are right. It was slightly moving. There is a vertical brace but it's further back, however yes you are right in the sense that I need to put more braces, which I have an idea on how to do, but I will improve on it - the project is not completed yet. I'm not going to lie, it's definitely challenging because I'm getting a lot of obstacles with the gradient of the slope. I have been working on & off for 4 weekends on this, and I have changed the design multiple times already. I'm going to create a system where I can jack the car up so it feels like it's on a lift, like the ones they have in the mechanic garages - then it'll be the ultimate machine 😁 And throughout the whole design, my goal is to keep the car at level, at all times, so it's easier when replacing all types of fluid, or working on the exhaust or the engine etc. 👍 Please don't worry, I didn't find your comment coming across as negative or anything like that. We're here to share ideas and to help each other out. 😊

[@josephgittos3787]

This is great well done on your wood working skills, look forward to you actually making use of them.

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Joseph, thank you for the compliment, I am looking forward to doing more Range Rover jobs using the ramp 😊 I have so many ideas and I don't know which one to do first, but I still have to improve the ramp before moving forward 👍🏻

[@MrStephen777]

Very good idea, i did work on slope with other cars. so you ca do it, just remember to chock with large blocks etc.

[@lifeasusual]

Thank you for your support Stephen, I will make sure to add chocks in the back and in the front 👍🏻 But as you know, it's not recommended to raise the car on a slope so there's always that worry. If you take a look at our previous videos, you'll see us failing at trying to raise the car, but then you'll also see us succeeding with safety measurements (the videos are saved in this playlist - kzbin.info/aero/PLrcJFwySU4nQ2hlCcAMvivm_B-LtG1FwJ ) as the gradient is extremely sharp. Have a look and let me know your thoughts 😊

[@williamprobert5124]

It must have taken ages to build.great video

[@lifeasusual]

Hi William, thank you for the positive feedback! 😊 It has, and will still take me a bit longer because the project isn't finished yet, but I will make a separate video to show I built it. 👍🏻

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Well this is a coincidence! I have been trying to work out a way of getting more undercar access to my vehicles, mainly to Waxoyl them, I was thinking about buying a 4 post lift, but this is a very strong way of lifting even a 3 ton vehicle, with an additional front cross brace that you can easily drop into a hole in the front of the ramp you would not get any shake at all, but I think you do need a front stop block to prevent going too far forward. Chris B.

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Chris! Exactly! This is one of the reasons why I built it in the first place. I do plan to do a proper paint job underneath the Range Rover to treat all that rust because I want it to last for many years to come. 😊 And I'm really glad that my idea is inspiring to you, and I hope this will give you some ideas on perhaps building your own. The ramp isn't finished yet, and I will make a detailed video on the build, explaining everything I did. For me, it's difficult to install posts due to the slope on the driveway, so instead, I turned my driveway slope disadvantage into an opportunity. 👍🏻Keep in touch! 😊

[@453421abcdefg12345]

@@lifeasusual Hello Fahad, one thing I should have mentioned, and that is the ramp sections must be linked together, if they are not, when the front wheels enter the sloping section the rear wheels can fling the ramp backwards, so a simple drop in link will prevent that, as for corrosion, just go to your local farm supply shop and buy a gallon of Phosphoric acid, it is used for dairy farming milkstone remover, when you paint this on corrosion it turns the "rust" to iron phosphate and stops further corrosion, then spray the whole area with Waxoyl, being basically a not setting fluid it will stay in place like the oily bits around the transmission, which never rust , and keep it rust free fore ever. Good luck! Chris B.

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Chris, I've just read this comment! They are interlocked, but I will improve on it. Really thank you for the tip on the rust, I didn't know that. 👍🏻I was planning to sand it and do a proper paint job, like the body work.😊

[@thindo]

I think you're going Crazy... Hear me out... Most suspension jobs require you to take off the wheels and that's next to impossible on the ramp in its current form without increasing chances of it becoming dangerous... We love the content but you also need to be fit and healthy for us to watch the content... I may be wrong but my instincts tell me I'm largely right... Have a look at fellow KZbinrs @ LR TIME who are also into RR if you haven't already watched their videos

[@lifeasusual]

Thank you so much for being worried, it's very kind of you.😊 Unfortunately, I do not have the facility of having a flat driveway or the money to purchase a two post lift. So I have to work with what I've got. But don't worry, I will make it way safer for the finishing design! Thank you so much for looking out for me 😊

[@Craig-c5e]

Please don’t go underneath again! Until this has been stress/weight tested! It’s too unsafe! 😩

[@lifeasusual]

Thank you Craig so much for looking out for me, I could feel the concern in your words! Don't worry, I will strengthen it before going underneath it again. It's only the test design, not final, but I'll make sure to make it rock solid! 😊

[@bm7760]

Easier to dig a hole.

[@lifeasusual]

How? What do you mean?

[@wolfgangezeh2221]

Wouldn't the scissor jack have been more feasible, safer and maybe cheaper?

[@lifeasusual]

Hi Wolfgang, in theory, scissor jacks are not recommended to be used while working under the car. In fact, on the safety scale, they're the least safe to raise the car with. What makes my situation even more difficult is the fact that my driveway is in a slope which, when it comes to lifting the car, I am quite literally breaking all the safety rules with me working under the car due to the sharp angle of the driveway. But honestly, this ramp is going to speed up the process of working on the car to a completely new level, and I felt very safe being under the car as all 4 wheels where in contact with the ground (i.e. nothing was up in the air). Just bear in mind that this project is still not completed - I will be modifying it more and more so that I'm able to do more with it. But I wanted to share this testing phase with you 😊

[@robholland1937]

Never use the factory scissor jack except as a paper weight. It’s not called the Widow Maker for nothing 😮

[@lifeasusual]

I didn't know it's called the Widow Maker 😳

[@453421abcdefg12345]

The scissor jack is the most dangerous type of jack to use, you must NEVER get under a vehicle supported on one of those things.