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Safer than jack stands
If you do not have to work on the front end, here is an inexpensive way to lift your vehicle 8" off the ground, and much safer than jack stands. However, jack stands can still be used as a secondary safety placed under the lift points.
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12-22-2013, 10:49 AM
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I have large solid blocks of wood that size that I often use on my vehicles. Although I now have Porken Bars for the 928.
I'd recommend securing all those 4X4s together with multiple long screws. With enough sideways force (heavy duty wrenching under the car), I can see the possibility of it toppling like a Jenga tower. Plus add a wood ridge on one side of each set in case the car rolls. A ridge facing rear for one wheel and forward on the other.
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^^^, if they are REALLY well secured together as one solid block, ok. if not, NO WAY!!
4 separate blocks are about as good as the high tech effort in the pic below!  it's your life, you get one shot at it!  (looks like he is welding up the fuel tank- this is obviously the "before" picture)
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Looking at those blocks "safe" isn't my first thought.
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12-22-2013, 10:04 PM
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WARNING please do NOT follow the advice that has been posted in thread 1.
Use the the proper Jack stand supports for each corner of the car, Also only use a proper floor jack. WARNING that jack in the the picture should only be used as a last resort to change a tire. The ideas posted are about the most unsafe vehicle support/ lifting that could be devised.
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Just delete this tread before someone gets hurt. I bet the neighbor is pissed now that their landscapeing is missing the timber.
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12-23-2013, 03:15 AM
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It isn't April Fools day...this thread was a joke right?
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12-23-2013, 04:14 AM
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He has a flashlight there to catch the car if it falls. I also see the can of lube to spay on his head to help slide his head out. This will help so the coroner wont have as many scratches to fill.
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12-23-2013, 05:50 AM
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So many issues...
A stack of 2/10" screwed together with end stops would be much better (but as a backup safety method - not primary) Two 4x4" aren't 8" either (a 4x4" is really a 3.5x3.5") The jack stands shown look remarkably weedy - what are they rated at? Not liking the wood there either. If you need to support in the air for some time without a real lift - put decent ramps under the wheels (opposed) and/or use sturdy jack stands Alan
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Too many stories of cars falling down on their owners and not being found until hours later. With your chest compressed, you cannot scream for help. Yes, this is a very bad example of "safe."
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One good sideways shove, and that car would be on the ground - on your head.
It is a simple matter of weight re-distribution - Jackstands take 3 square inches of downward force (top of jackstand) and spread it over 100 square inches (base of jackstand) Those 4 pieces of lumber, if they are not bolted together, take 64 square inches of force (tire face on top) and reduce the base footprint (all on 1 piece of wood) Not a bad backup IN CONJUNCTION WITH jackstands, but by itself? Extremely unsafe, bad idea.
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insane. Another "cheap" way of doing something that isn't cheap at all, unless you don't value your life!
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Thanks. Yes, they are screwed together, horizontally and vertically. The rear wheels are off the ground.
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LOL....great pic. Thanks for sharing. I have been out of body. You get more than one life. I died when I was 13, and was Sent back. You have been here in other lifetimes, many times previously to this life you are presently living. But it is your mind, and you can believe what you like.....lol....do not waste it on idle assumptions....
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Thanks for your concerns. No one is suggesting anyone follow anyone's advice. Actually no advice was given, except the advice you are giving.
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