Rhino Ramps are ramps with a flat top that you can drive your vehicle on to allow more convenient access to the bottom of the vehicle. They are sturdy and since they sit under the tires, they are out of way unlike a jack and jack stands. This makes them great for repairs such as exhaust work or oil changes, but totally worthless for tire-related repairs including brakes, axles or wheel bearings.

My Rhino Ramps are the version with 8,000 pound GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) capacity. There is also a 12,000 GVW version, but since all my vehicles are under 8,000 I saw no reason to spend the extra money on the beefier ramps that were unnecessary. I've used them on many vehicles, including cars such as the 1997 Grand Am broke down in the yard and heavier trucks such as my 1995 GMC K1500 Pickup that has a GVW of 6,800 lbs.

The ramps will handle vehicles up to 8,000 GVW, but only 4,000 per pair of ramps or 2,000 per ramp. So with 2 ramps, you can lift either the front or the back end of an 8,000 pound GVW vehicle off the ground. They are 35 inches long and feature a 17 degree incline to get lower vehicles up on them. They are 8.5 inches high with a lift height of 6.5 inches of actual vehicle lift. They are 10.5 inches wide, and are designed to be used on vehicles with a maximum tire width of 7.5 inches. My GMC K1500 has about 11.2 inch wide tires on it, and while I've successfully managed to use the ramps under it I would not by any means suggest it.

They are made of a structural foam plastic, so in addition to being fairly durable they are also light weight. There are criss-cross rows of plastic on the bottom of the ramp to make them rigid and sturdy and to help support the weight and disperse it properly across the ramp. There are oval cut-outs on each side of the ramp to act as handles, and a hole in the very bottom to hang them from. I prefer to stand mine up against a wall instead.

They have a square of rubber about a couple inches wide in the front of each ramp to provide traction and keep the ramp in place. In practice, this is isn't very useful as the ramps still either get pushed out from in front of the vehicle or the front tires sit on the ramps and spin when you hit the gas a lot of the time. Still, if you're slow and careful you can drive up on them without much trouble, and the rubber "feet" do help to decrease the frequency of the problems. They also have a slightly raised diagonal pattern on the driving surface to help maintain traction.

Rhino Ramps have a raised stop barrier at the end of the ramp to keep your tires from rolling off the end of the ramp. Be careful driving up on them anyway! A friend of mine went to drive a car up onto my ramps, and overshot the ramp. The tires went up over the stop barrier and the ramp spun out from under the front tires, went underneath the car and cracked up the side. It got wedged under the rear bumper and cracked the bumper cover as well. Like any other tool, make sure to be careful, take your time and use it correctly for best results.

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