Jackstads with a twist Options

[J P Stein]

A fella here expressed interest in my "boxes" which I use in lieu of jackstands.
These may become excess to my needs soon.??

[J P Stein]

They are stout. The basic dimension is pieced @16 X 16 inches......this allows for 2 strips of 16 X 96 inches from a sheet of 3/4 inch plywood plus another that is about 15 3/4 inches wide. The top, bottom & 2 sides are 16 X 16. the other 2 sides are 14 1/2 wide X 16 tall. There are 1 1/2 inch bracing at the inner corners & a X brace inside.....bout 14 1/2 X 16...2 pcs....top to bottom, side to side.....all screwed & glued together. A 360deg caster at each corner makes them about 22 1/2 inches tall. Figure 3 sheets of 3/4 ply for 4 boxes but I don't remember exactly. A table saw is gud to have.
Strong is gud.....overkill is my middle name, rather than squashed.....or Gint.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
The weakest link are the casters. The rubber tires tend to flat spot.
I can roll the car around on them alone, but 2 people are safer.

To jack the car. People always ask....I have around 15 inches of lift on my floor jack. jack up one end to max lift & block the car up...do the same at the other end.
Put blocks on the jack pad....I use 12 X 4 X 15 s......bout 3 of these is all that will fit, then up again, block in place......turn the "boxes" on their sides for blocking, repeat as required to get the car up far enuff to get the long end of my jack stands upright.......then a bit more to get 32 inches, floor to rear bulkhead. This lets me get my fully dresed 6 into the place it needs to go. It takes me about 45 minutes to do the trick by my self.Some times I only go up part way.

A engine drop needs it all the way up.

In my younger day in the shipyards we would often have a 50 ton module balanced on jacks & shores and move that sucker around....never dropped one of those either. Only rookies drop stuff....once. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) This is a walk in the park by comparison.