Fw: Electric Ramp ?

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you're missing the point and the obvious love of my power drill.
Concrete blood must be spilled.

A beam of light wont stop the tyres - that requires some finesse when
parking, and sometimes that just isnt enough. A nice slab of metal like
this will do the trick.

I dont mean the massive 6 foot metal thingies - must be something small
enough like the width of a tyre....

G.

Gareth Cook
SWG EMEA North Account Manager
IBM SWG - BTE Office - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166
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I can't help with the ramp - which strikes me as expensive and fairly
hard to fit in a concrete floor but in a previous setup I had break beam
sensors that controlled a 12v light so that I could see when the car was
in enough to clear the door (which obviously was automated). I never had
the courage to automatically close the door as soon as the beam showed
the car in place. The only drawback is that multiple cars needed
different levels for the sensors as I was using ones that were only
about 3in high from Maplin.

I also thought about multiple of rising/rotating wooden posts that would
rise but couldn't figure out a way to safely build one that wouldn't
risk damaging tyres.

Simon

ps I'll get expelled from the list but I used to hang a bit of sponge on
a piece of string that I just drove in until it touched the windscreen.
That was a bargain.





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Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx> writes
>I'm trying to find one of those electric ramps - like the ones you get
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>car parks, that only go down/flat so you can continue once youve paid.
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>We've got a block of wood in the garage so the front wheel stops - be
nice
>to automate this with one of these electric ramp things.
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>Any ideas where you can get them from ?
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