2x4 wood car stands

[CDUNIGAN1981]

I would never use wood to hold a car up. 2 x 4 is made of pine, which is a very soft wood. Is your life, or one of you friends or families life, not worth the extra money to buy a good set of jack stands??

Like Kaw-Liga

 

[Max Headroom]

Wood beams hold up entire homes when in the process of being lifted off their foundations and moved to a new location.

Personally, I use short lengths of railroad ties to support a vehicle while I'm working underneath. I feel much more comfortable with this method rather than a couple of rickety jack stands.

If you have nothing but solid wood between the frame/tires and the ground....AND the width of whatever you are using is enough to not introduce stability issues..... I don't see the concern.

Wood beams hold up entire homes when in the process of being lifted off their foundations and moved to a new location.

Personally, I use short lengths of railroad ties to support a vehicle while I'm working underneath. I feel much more comfortable with this method rather than a couple of rickety jack stands.

If you have nothing but solid wood between the frame/tires and the ground....AND the width of whatever you are using is enough to not introduce stability issues..... I don't see the concern.

Wood beams are used to hold up a lot of things, as a temporary measure and I'm not crawling around under any of them. In my opinion, if it ain't steel, it ain't real.

 

[scoti]

Wood beams are used to hold up a lot of things, as a temporary measure and I'm not crawling around under any of them. In my opinion, if it ain't steel, it ain't real.

No guarantee's w/steel either.

 

[Max Headroom]

No guarantee's w/steel either.

True but usually with steel, it's designed to hold the weight. Can't be positive about any of it really. There is a post right now about a jack stand recall. That being said, unless it is a 12 x 12, I'm not crawling under anything held up by wood.

 

[87National]

Wood beams are used to hold up a lot of things, as a temporary measure and I'm not crawling around under any of them. In my opinion, if it ain't steel, it ain't real.

To each their own I guess.....all I know is that the Rail Road ties I use have stood up to years of abuse and tons of weight.....all out in the elements..... Supporting a 3500 lb car??..... no sweat....on the other hand.....a couple of chinese built jack stands??...eh, no thanks.

I will crawl under a car supported by jackstands if I have no other options.... I just pucker up my a_ _ h_le and make it quick

 

[ck80]

To each their own I guess.....all I know is that the Rail Road ties I use have stood up to years of abuse and tons of weight.....all out in the elements..... Supporting a 3500 lb car??..... no sweat....on the other hand.....a couple of chinese built jack stands??...eh, no thanks.

I will crawl under a car supported by jackstands if I have no other options.... I just pucker up my a_ _ h_le and make it quick

If I'm spending time underneath I double up. The car itself goes on stands on all 4 corners to where it's level.

Then I stack 6"x6"x8' PT posts on top of each other perpendicular to the car, up to a height a just couple inches below the body. Stands fail? Lands on the posts which are notched with bolts and two of them are braced for the floor level tier.

Think adult legos.

 

[Dayzedandkonfuzed]

When I was an ironworker we used wooden cribbing for everything huge cranes, boilers, generators and more.
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I've used "jackstands" built like this. I really need to build another set, anyone who's scared of them has never used them! They are SOLID, no way these are gonna collapse, or kick out, or have 3 out of 4 legs contacting the ground.... I work in the dirt a lot, and jackstands on a soft surface that isn't level scares the sh*t out of me. The cheap ones can even be scary on concrete.

 

[mikester]

A number of year ago a guy I knew built these. He would put a set of scales on them to weigh the cars he built. Very talented guy. The first time he used them he put a 71 pro touring Chevelle on them. That was before he added the stops. He had them under the front tires, jacked the back up, car rolled forward and the stands damaged the crap out of the floor on both sides when the car rolled off. Needless to say he modified the design.
The guy passed away a couple of years later and a mutual friend of his wound up with them. Lucky for me hes also a mutual friend of mine and lends me these if I need them. They work really well. If I had the extra cash I'd have a set made.

 

[ssn696]

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What is that color, gray or green? It looks good under the shop lighting.

 

[mikester]

What is that color, gray or green? It looks good under the shop lighting.

Factory color called Dark Jadestone and thanks.