Floor jacks & jack stands

[Bruce]

More Than One Style/Size

The best creeper is the "Bone". It wil roll very nicely over gravel, hoses, 2" drop offs etc. Not cheap but worth it.

MN

It looks like there are several styles to choose from?

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...3624_200223624

[MoparNorm]

If you have the money, go with the bigger wheeled model, it rolls the nicest. I think that they are 5" or 6" as opposed to the standard 4" wheel size.

[Bruce]

Nice Avatar

It Worked!
What I was talking about was the money diference... Amazon should have been less expensive?
JMHO,

[Longhunter7]

Avatar?

MoparNorm,

See, I told you could do it! Nice avatar!

P.S. I didn't mean to hi-JACK this thread!

[counciller]

I was wondering if any one has had a racheting jackstand collapse on them? Its all i own. I have had a jack fail while jacking up a vehicle - seal went and down she came - no injuries. Also these M37 trucks are the heaviest thing iv ever owned - what size jack and stand should i be using?

[MoparNorm]

It Worked!
What I was talking about was the money diference... Amazon should have been less expensive?
JMHO,

I've seen the standard sell for $99 direct from Bone and at Sears, for the one pictured for $74 in your post. $129 for the big wheel version, so those prices are not bad.

[MoparNorm]

I was wondering if any one has had a racheting jackstand collapse on them? Its all i own. I have had a jack fail while jacking up a vehicle - seal went and down she came - no injuries. Also these M37 trucks are the heaviest thing iv ever owned - what size jack and stand should i be using?

Do you mean that the jack stand worked and caught the vehicle, when the jack failed, or?
You have to be VERY careful jack stand shopping (this can almost be posted in the MADE IN AMERICA thread). Most of those yellow/orange stands are chinese, very poor quality and very poor castings on the ratchet. Look for American Made stands, more money...but it's like the old motorcycle saying, "If you have a $10 head, buy a $10 helmet"
"If you want to see Confucius sooner rather than later, buy a chinese jack stand?

[MoparNorm]

MoparNorm,

See, I told you could do it! Nice avatar!

P.S. I didn't mean to hi-JACK this thread!

Thanks!
PS: you're hi-JACK STANDING.....= )

[counciller]

You are so right there - guarantee dont mean much when 6000 lbs is collapsed on your noggin. It is really difficult to find domestic goods in Canada as much im sure as the USA. I would never climb under a car with a jack alone but i do it all the time with jackstands. Makes you think

[counciller]

Do you mean that the jack stand worked and caught the vehicle, when the jack failed, or?
You have to be VERY careful jack stand shopping (this can almost be posted in the MADE IN AMERICA thread). Most of those yellow/orange stands are chinese, very poor quality and very poor castings on the ratchet. Look for American Made stands, more money...but it's like the old motorcycle saying, "If you have a $10 head, buy a $10 helmet"
"If you want to see Confucius sooner rather than later, buy a chinese jack stand?

The jack failed on the way up - i never got to put the stands under - scared the c*** out of me.

[MoparNorm]

No Doubt!
Always work around your vehicle as if it was going to fall any second, because it can!

[JimmieD]

Most times when I'm using jackstands I also use 2 bottlejacks, one on each side to lift. I let the jack down so the truck rests on the jackstands. It sometimes settles and moves a hair coming down on stands, so I then reposition bottlejacks as needed and pump them both back up to a light pressure against frame. It's a fail-safe, and highly unlikely for a vehicle to roll off all the jacking machines before I can get out from under.

I also use wheel chocks to prevent rolling forward or backward, even on dead level ground.

[Bruce]

Your Right

Again! This is a very good thread, almost scary! I have a chinese pair I use only for the golf cart, sort of over kill. I do need to invest in a decent/safe set!

[MoparNorm]

When I install suspensions, I need the frame supported, the axle supported and a floor jack to move components around. Nothing worse than having the whole rig set-up like that and then find out the new suspension needs 2 more inches..... usually a job will require 3 sets of stands, a transmission jack and a floor jack, plus the obligatory blocks and keeping the tires on the vehicle whenever possible. Usually they get in the way, but I always keep the opposite end tires on, even with the jack stands under there, I figure 10 extra minutes vs 25 years in the vegetable ward...or worse...is worth the time...

[JimmieD]

Came out one morning years ago to work on my car in front of the house. Fine '56 Lincoln by the way. The neighbor at the end of of the block was in his garage working on his pickup truck as usual. His hous was at the corner so the open garage door faced me, 3/4 block away.

I was getting pretty irritated after a while 'cause he had his radio blaring country music in his garage at full deafening volume, so loud I could hardly think. I was into rock back then haha. After about 2 hours of this I heard firetrucks coming and looked for smoke: nuthin'. A minute or two later they came roaring down the street to the neighbor's house.

He had jacked up his pickup with a bumper jack and got under to work on the clutch linkage or something. It had rolled off and he had been laying there with his head pinned to the concrete by the crossmember, screaming himself hoarse at me as he watched me working on my car! Couldn't hear him for the radio.

He wasn't badly hurt but you know what? I NEVER heard him playing his radio again while he worked on his truck. Hope he learned the rest of the lesson too.