Shark Racer

I HATE my driveway. I swear I'm scared to death to lift my car on it. I just don't feel any sense of safety whatsoever doing it. It's hard enough to jack the car a few feet off the ground, let alone enough to get a stand under it. Yuck.

-Steve

68shark

Presuming your driveway is ashphalt...and it's hot...and in the sun...and therefore soft....recommend a piece of plywood (at least 2' by 3' x 1/2") on the pavement to distribute the weight. Goes for jacks and jackstands.
:cheers:

Shark Racer

I'm actually running some futura stone stuff - it likes to shatter when the jack's taking the full weight of the car. Not very much fun at all.

I absolutely hate not being able to jack my car up. The last time I did, I trashed that rocker panel and now I'm very afraid to lift the car at all in my driveway.

-Steve

BSeery

We went to Home Depot and made up 4 1 foot x 1 foot squares from 3/4 plywood. Look in their "scrap" pile and they may have the material you need. We use them for the jacks on our camper trailer so the leveling jacks won't sink in the sand or dirt.

Matt Gruber

when i was 17 i changed my dad's rear brakes. i jacked his 67 fairlane up and put it on jackstands.
it fell over and the stand put a hole in the gas tank!
i've learned to:
1. put the jack on 3/4" plywood
2. put the stands on a big piece of wood or 3/4" plywood
3. put any wheel that comes off UNDER the car. Sort of like a back-up for the stands.
4. New housing construction dumpsters are a great source of scrap wood for free :cheers:

Metal Wulf

i spent years just jacking mine up in the dirt... not that big a deal... :nopity

norvalwilhelm

I have 2 3 ton floor jacks and most often use both of them on any jacking job. They are twice as large as a 2 1/4 ton or 2 1/2 ton and are very stable. At the price buy 2 and be extra safe.

SLO RDE

Yeah I know what Ya mean I hate that too. I just went to Home Depot and bought a piece of 1/2 ply and cut it up into 8 pieces then screwed them together so I had four 1" pieces. With that and 2 jackstands plus leaving my floor jack under there just in case something slips I feel safe enough.Dale :thumbs: P.S It is a big deal when that much weight falls on your chest.Happens all the time.


[Modified by SLO RDE, 3:50 PM 7/22/2003]

NHvette

I ALWAYS do #3. That removed wheel can save you from certain death.

Here's a new one:
I have the frame on a rolling dolly - in the driveway. I went to move it 2 days
ago, and the damn caster sank into the driveway on one corner. That was
JUST the frame (couple hundred pounds). Luckily, the divot is in an
inconspicuous area. I had some scrap wallboard lying around that I placed
under the casters. I wonder how well it survived the rain last night. :lol:

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