Driving on to Levelling Ramps

Instead of towing a Smart/Yaris etc, what about one of those mini diggers. You could landscape your pitch to taste. 

I use Fiamma ramps which have a continual slope. Wife places them where I say, I drive up with one hand ready to pull on the handbrake. Wife signals when I have gone far enough. Hanbrake on, job done. I don't like backing on. Allows the wife to be involved in motorhoming!

I have a Comfort-matic Fiat so that makes life easier.

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We have these ramps, I jump out and line them up with the wheels that need a lift. Guide OH onto them just past the height that we need (this allows a little settling) then its handbrake on, into first gear engine off. I have a small spirit level that I sit on the floor of the van I can see it from outside the van so know when we are ok. Sometimes we reverse onto them but not always it depends on the  pitch.

DK, the ones you made look good but are they bulky and heavy we don't have anywhere to store them in our van, the ones we have fit into the custom made bag and sit on the floor of the van between cab and habitation.

DK, the ones you made look good but are they bulky and heavy we don't have anywhere to store them in our van, the ones we have fit into the custom made bag and sit on the floor of the van between cab and habitation.

TG

Thats a good question. Having had both the Milenco and a Fiamma set in the van I would say no they don't take up more room but then we have underbed storage and they are immediately accessable from the side locker along with the electric lead. I am not sure we have used all three on one wheel yet but certainly two. I was never happy with using the sloping ones and the stepped ones I broke when I went off the end once. As I said the advantage on the planks is that the wheel is always on the level. Just a tip for anyone making their own. You have to have a slight step between each plank otherwise its difficult to get the wheels up onto them.

David

Thanks DK, Phil has had a look and thinks they would fit ok in the bag that we have so he's going to have a go at making a set, do you have any measurements by any chance, I take it all 3 bits were able to be made out of 1 plank?

Tammygirl, I have a similar arrangement. I suggest you make the first ramp as long as you can manage as it will be much easier to drive up. The height is not as much as a custom made ramp unfortunately. They worked well on my caravan but not perfect on the motorhome which of course is far more difficult to get perfectly level than a caravan. 

TG

I think I got two of the shorter planks as that was the longest I could get in my Kia Venga!!! See Here I don't have the exact lengths but I would reckon the longer ones are about 30inches long and the shorter on about 15 inches but that is guesswork on my part. I will try and measure them tomorrow for you.

David

Many thanks guys, will pass this onto OH, I think he will get the ramps out and look at the dimensions of those first and see how the wood ones would (no pun) measure up. we haven't had to use the top bit that often which is good as it feels a bit precarious, on the rare occasion we  have used the top ones we put the axel stands under the cab aswell.

there's got to be a joke here somewhere about short planks .....