Okay, for anyone with drive-on lift. The ramps that came with mine
are 1/4" bent steel 18" wide and 47 pounds each. And if you leave
them attached while raised, they get in the way of my face (no 12'
ceiling for me).

So, I bought 'race ramps' which are 4 pound foam bits. But, they are
only 3" high when ramp is 4" high, and they need to hook onto the lift.
Added a piece of composite decking machined for the hooks, put a
bolt thru and done.

Now I can pick these up and throw them anywhere. You can make out
the size of the old parts by the marks on the concrete.

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What kind of foam?
I have the big steel ramps also...and they are heavy and hard to store...

Formation sells all sorts of foam...wonder if I could just get a slab of foam....

Well, the outside is some kind of formed plastic (with rough texture).
When I drilled the hole, it really seemed to come out like tiny (~2mm)
styrofoam beads. Without the outer structure and maybe ribs inside,
you'd be in big trouble with more than 500 pounds on it.

Nice idea.

The ramps that came with my Danmar weigh a ton (not really a ton), but yes, they are fairly heavy boogers.

The ramps don't REALLY need to 'hook' onto the lift, do they?

Without hooking them to the lift, you stand a good chance of shooting a ramp out as you try to get on the lift...

Nice. I bought the aluminum ramps for my BendPak lift; they weigh 18 pounds each. That's a far cry from the 53 pound stock steel ramps. I can easily hand them on the wall next to the lift above my walking space. I have just shy of a 12' ceiling over my lift.

Never had it happen, but good point


Wonder what the scrap value is on those bad boys