I've heard of way too many tragedies and near tragedies associated with
jackstands to use them much (about the only thing I use them for is to hold
up the crowbar when I'm futzing with the rear spring on my GT6...). Instead,
I have several pieces of timber (8" by 8" or 10" by 10"...) that I use to
hold cars up while I work on them (and a number of smaller chuncks to get
everything to the right height, fit the jacking point, etc.,.). The blocks
doesn't sink into the pavement, mud, etc., and are a whole lot more stable
than jackstands...
rkg
(Richard George)
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