Poor Man's Jack Stands
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Poor Man's Jack Stands Thought you all might find this interesting.
Especially you cheapskate shade tree types
out there like y'alls truly.
I cobbled up these "jack stands" for use on
an old resto project and they've stood up
to several car projects since, I like them
way better than the store-boughten' kind
because they are very stable, you know, like,
"don't work under any vehicle supported
solely by jack stands".
http://community.webshots.com/album/91380136DrJRCT
It would cost you maybe $20 in materials to make
a set that you'd be comfortable working under.
Check it out. You could make them taller, etc.,
if you wanted, I made the base so it just fit
under max floor jack travel (after that, I put
the jack up on stacked 4"x4"s and take another
bite.
Good for projects where you're gonna spend some
time under there, want the weight off the wheels
(like suspension work) etc.
Especially you cheapskate shade tree types
out there like y'alls truly.
I cobbled up these "jack stands" for use on
an old resto project and they've stood up
to several car projects since, I like them
way better than the store-boughten' kind
because they are very stable, you know, like,
"don't work under any vehicle supported
solely by jack stands".
http://community.webshots.com/album/91380136DrJRCT
It would cost you maybe $20 in materials to make
a set that you'd be comfortable working under.
Check it out. You could make them taller, etc.,
if you wanted, I made the base so it just fit
under max floor jack travel (after that, I put
the jack up on stacked 4"x4"s and take another
bite.
Good for projects where you're gonna spend some
time under there, want the weight off the wheels
(like suspension work) etc.
Re: Poor Man's Jack Stands I personally would not trust that back one. It looks like the car is resting on a single centered on the stack. If it was all 4X4 I might, but never a 2X4 set up like that picture. If you can afford the car you can afford good strong jackstands. You never know how someone is going to interpet the construction of this item and I know you dont want somebody to get hurt.
Re: Poor Man's Jack Stands You have a set of "poor man jack stands" yet you own a LS1 SS Camaro and won't purchase a nice set of stands...
Can I have your Camaro when the wood fails and your in a wheel chair for the rest of your life?
Can I have your Camaro when the wood fails and your in a wheel chair for the rest of your life?
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Re: Poor Man's Jack Stands I thank you all for the outpouring of concern
for my personal safety and financial condition.
I actually have 6 perfectly fine metal jack
stands. But, none of them has a base over 8"
across, and this makes a dismal center-of-
gravity. You can't rely on jack stands to resist
a sideways push of any significance.
The vehicle in question has sat happily on them
for 6 months and its predecessor for years; I've
worked under them both and lived. Karate-man
trickery aside, 2"x4"s are not easily broken
against-grain.
But far be it from me to encourage any risky
behavior on anyone else's part...
for my personal safety and financial condition.
I actually have 6 perfectly fine metal jack
stands. But, none of them has a base over 8"
across, and this makes a dismal center-of-
gravity. You can't rely on jack stands to resist
a sideways push of any significance.
The vehicle in question has sat happily on them
for 6 months and its predecessor for years; I've
worked under them both and lived. Karate-man
trickery aside, 2"x4"s are not easily broken
against-grain.
But far be it from me to encourage any risky
behavior on anyone else's part...
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Re: Poor Man's Jack Stands dude don't get under that thing, safety is not something to f*ck with. I spend 40$ for 8 6-ton jacks use them all the time. pushing pulling and my dad hit one of the cars with his truck while it had a car about 18'' in the air and no boom
