Suburbs suck. How to get on and off my driveway?

[Redlyne_mr2]

Have 2 cars both 2 inches off the ground, I had them trailered and dropped on the driveway when I moved into the house and now I'm realizing the driveway curb is too steep. Anyone have suggestions?

[Mista Bob]

[86max]

Curb ramps would work, I think even CanadianTire sells them now.

[danno]

Pay the city to come lower them. I think rage at a thread about it 5 years ago. I think any ramp is illegal, not sure though.

[rage2]

Except he's in Red Deer now and I dunno how the bylaws work there. But ya, here in YYC it's fairly easy to get the process started. Just takes about a year to actually get it done because the city is so slow, and they can only do it during the warmer months.

[LUDELVR]

Does anyone know where to get these things in calgary? Those rubber ramps for the higher curbs on the driveway so you can get lowered cars with less scratching?

[Seth1968]

Please note: It is illegal to place materials on the street to create a driveway ramp.

http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation...crossings.aspx

I wouldn't be worried about a ticket, but rather a possible law suit.

Can you drive in at an angle? Also, if you can drive in and out parallel to the driveway, then maybe buy one ramp and cut it in half.

[dirtsniffer]

I got mine a few years ago at the shawnessy canadian tire.

[Seth1968]

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/390838/su...f-my-driveway/

[revelations]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
Have 2 cars both 2 inches off the ground

I hope these arent daily driver cars. You'd be hard pressed to clear anything. I had a car with 4" of clearance and that was a pain.

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by Seth1968


http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation...crossings.aspx

I wouldn't be worried about a ticket, but rather a possible law suit.

Can you drive in at an angle? Also, if you can drive in and out parallel to the driveway, then maybe buy one ramp and cut it in half.

Can't be that aggressively enforced, is it?? In our community, every single driveway has done this. From steel ramps, to rubber ramps, to DIY concrete patch jobs.
Every.
One.

[Seth1968]

^ It doesn't seem to be enforced in Lethbridge either. I'm in the County of Lethbridge, and most houses on my street have an asphalt ramp. They paved part of the road in front of my house a couple of years back, and I paid the foreman $100 to get the crew to put in an asphalt ramp.

[bjstare]

^My dad did the same thing. Had a big asphalt driveway being poured, and just got the guys to throw a little ramp at the end that didn't have a sidewalk cutout. Been there for... I dunno at least 3 years now with no problems. This is inner city NW Calgary.

[ercchry]

Why not mod the cars instead? Cup kit would help

[birdman86]

If they're just toy cars, I wouldn't think it'd be too unreasonable to just bring the ramps out on an as-needed basis until the city can do something?

[LUDELVR]

Just read that link. Cheers. Did not know you could not use these legally. Has any one had issues with enforcement for using these? Would I have to lay these out every time I went in and out? Kind of silly if I did but having to pay the city to redo it seems a bit shitty too.

[rage2]

Depends if you have dick neighbors. I had a neighbor complain about ours in Varsity back in the day and had to get it removed. 15 years later my brother buys the house and throws ramps down at the same house, no issues.

[DeleriousZ]

2x4 wood ramps and angled driving will be your friend.

[egmilano]

jackhammer or buy new cars?

Seems kinda obvious to me to use ramps or 2x4.... or beyond/google search because there's a few threads... canadian tire has sold them for years.

[Redlyne_mr2]

thanks guys, I'll check out the rubber ramps at Canadian tire. Anything seems to go here in Red Deer so I'm not worried about a bylaw.