Okay, I've heard from enough of you to know that I'm not the "king of
safety", a title I actually thought I held. ;-) When I mentioned
using cinder blocks as backups to jack stands and started getting all
the warnings, I first thought that you folks couldn't read! I
apologize for a few snippy replies. But, Bob's short warning (below)
finally got my attention. It was something like my Dad used to say
to me when I was a kid and he found me doing something stupid.
So now I know that cinder blocks have no place under a car. They
provide no backup whatsoever, and their probability of explosive
failure actually makes them worse than nothing. Now, as a recent
retiree who plans to catch up with several projects on (under) my two
LBCs, I want to start doing things the safest way possible. A couple
of you talked about using wheels as backups, and I have done that
myself, but I decided that they provide too little clearance and
probably would deflate with all that weight on the sidewalls
anyway. Several others mention using lengths of deck supports, but
having just finished a deck renovation, it seems to me that that
stuff is too prone to cracks and might actually split under sudden
weight. Short of laying that wood flat and piling up 2 or 3 layers
(I can see problems with that too), I don't really see a good,
convenient backup system. The more I think about this, the more I
wish I could afford a lift, but I think that is out of the question.
So, my question to the list is, is there a better backup to jack
stands? Maybe it's a matter of doubling the number of jack stands used!?
Thanks,
Tim
1980 Spitfire
1974 TR6
>Don't say you haven't been warned by a bunch of guys about their use.
>
>Bob
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