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Originally Posted by Pidgeonpost
I don't have any ramps, just a pair of axle stands. I was idly thinking of the loadings placed on ramps or axle stands, and wondering about how the vehicle weight is distributed when only the front of the vehicle is supported. Obviously that's the 'heavy end'. The Volvo website list my vehicle weight as "Serving Weight 1704 kg - 1940 kg, Total Weight 2190 kg - 2410 kg".
Given that many typical ramps are listed as 2 tonnes capacity I'm wondering how that weight would actually be distributed on 2 ramps or stands.
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well say your car is 2 tons , each stand is 2 tons so you could just about stand the whole car on one stand safely.. no problem using those at any end of the car they will be about 50% stressed if used at the heavy front end of the car you will have about 1/2 ton on each one.