Grease Monkey' Ramps
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Don Ickes, Osterburg, Penn.: "I used a pair of steel I-beams and other salvaged materials to come up with low-cost ęgrease monkey' ramps. They work great for changing oil on vehicles, removing the blades from my riding mower, and many other jobs. The ramps are set up on a slight hillside, with one end of each I-beam lying on a pile of dirt. The other ends are supported by a steel post out of an old boiler furnace.
"The I-beam simply sets on top of an 8-in. wide steel flange on top of the post. The bottom end of each post sets in a length of channel iron. I can vary the width of the ramps by simply moving the posts in or out of the channel iron, and then picking up the other end of the I-beams by hand and sliding them over. The ramps can handle a lot of weight - I've even driven a 2-ton dump truck up onto them."
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Grease Monkey' Ramps FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 31-1-37 Don Ickes, Osterburg, Penn.: "I used a pair of steel I-beams and other salvaged materials to come up with low-cost ęgrease monkey' ramps. They work great for changing oil on vehicles, removing the blades from my riding mower, and many other jobs. The ramps are set up on a slight hillside, with one end of each I-beam lying on a pile of dirt. The other ends are supported by a steel post out of an old boiler furnace.
"The I-beam simply sets on top of an 8-in. wide steel flange on top of the post. The bottom end of each post sets in a length of channel iron. I can vary the width of the ramps by simply moving the posts in or out of the channel iron, and then picking up the other end of the I-beams by hand and sliding them over. The ramps can handle a lot of weight - I've even driven a 2-ton dump truck up onto them."
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