David -
I use the floor jack as a 'safety' in case one of the jack stands slips. Be
sure that the car is on a level surface before elevating. If it's on broken
asphalt from an old driveway, or if you're on an incline, you're asking for
trouble.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Charles Gedraitis" <dcg@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] speaking of supporting ones car...
> I have a set of jack stands that are the proper set for a car that weighs
> as much as mine does, however, I wasn't too pleased with them. I didn't
> like the amount of surface area that was on the actual part that touches
> the frame, the shape, how they are adjusted, and of course, my fear that
> if the car falls off the jack stands, aside from crushing me, the car will
> come to rest on the jack stands in a bad place. Such as punching a nice
> hole through the floor or my oil pan-none of this would make me happy. A
> while back, I bought a bunch on 6" x 6" beams and cut them to 2' lengths,
> and stack them on top of each other in a pyramid fashion to hold up the
> car. I think they're more solid, damned near impossible for the car to
> fall off of, and cheaper. I don't know about the rest of the list, but I
> subscribe to the "push test"-when I have the car on the wood, with the
> jack slightly under the frame to catch it just in case, I give the car a
> bit of a shove to make sure it's not balanced and likely to fall of on me,
> or anyone else. Also I've found if you use jack stands on straight old
> pavement, a heavy car will make them sink down nicely into the
> asphalt-wood doesn't do that either. I also have a few smaller chunks of
> wood, as we can't always raise it up another 6" if it's no high enough.
> What are the lists thoughts on this? Does anyone else do this?
>
> ~dave
>
> '61 Newport (needs brakes)
> '67 Kaiser M-715 (needs a head gasket)
> '91 Toyota Pickup (almost on the road!-so much better than my bicycle)
>
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