Was watching some show the other day and they were showing how (4) coffee mugs could support a vehicle (in the show, it was a pickup truck)!! Sure enough, it not only supported the truck (1 coffee mug under each tire), but it supported it with a bunch of people standing in the bed as well!! Probably not very practical, but your homemade lift reminded me of it!
LOL...just a point of info. Each point of contact of a 2x4 that contacts another can support 6000 lbs. On these blocks of mine you have a total of 19 2x4's each one of these boxes could hold up more weight then any Impala in this forum. First responders use this technique in emergency type of situations when they need to lift or prop a vehicle up. The construction industry uses cribbing all the time with loads far exceeding the purposes used here. Of course you could always have 4 jack stands there for piece of mine but believe me you could put your car on a set of these boxes and as long as the wood is not exposed to the elements and aren't rotted or anything like that, your car will stay in the same position for years. Guys have been building these and using them in this situation forever. I have fully inflated the air ride in my car...fully deflated....started the car...punch the accelerator and bro....she aint going no where. I totally understand your concern safety and being underneath a car, no matter what is holding it up is serious stuff. Believe me, I researched it thoroughly and for around 40.00 bucks total it addresses a need for my situation. If you have time or anyone for that matter just Google cribbing you will find a lot of info and cribbing load capacity's. Peace
that setup will take a huge amount of weight ive seen houses lifted using twist jacks on a setup like this. 12 of them lifted a 3br house 16 ft in the air
I own a masonry business and to say the least i was nervous about building a foundation under the first one i saw like that, but after a weekend of strong winds we decided it was strong and safe. I wanna get some of those wheel dollies with the castors for my 68 so bad. it would be awesome to be able to push it around the garage.
I will admit...it was a little scary seeing the car jacked up in the air to clear the boxes, but it all came together. The second time I used them was to drop the gas tank to put in a new sending unit. I used some Rhino ramps and backed the car up on to them to give me more ground clearance to place the jack underneath the rear center section. Once the front tires had the boxes underneath them I lost a lot of clearance due to the extreme angle from front to back due to the front being on the boxes. The ramps under the rear wheels made a big help by cutting down on that angle and made it easier to put the car up on the boxes and bring back down. You can modify this application to suit what works for your ride.....I'm really happy with them...Peace
:lol: I thought there was a game like that just forgot the name.. CRS moment..
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