[Shop-talk] Wheeled Jack Stands?

[old dirtbeard]

My concern here would be trying to move the car on jack stands with
wheels.I would be less worried about the car moving around accidentally.

I have two four-post lifts (Backyard Buddy) that have wheels you can attach
and move the lifts with a car lifted.

Two issues I see trying to do this with jack stands:
1) The wheels on the lifts are large in diameter (over 10") and need to be
in order to move the substantial weight over any chips or cracks in the
concrete. With these very large wheels, it is quite easy for one many to
move the lift around the garage with a car lifted on it. I think it would
be difficult to do so with smaller wheels. In order to move diagonally,
they also would need to be casters.
2) The wheels on the 4-post lifts are firmly attached to the lift, and when
you apply sufficient lateral force to the lift and car to move it, you are
moving the lift with the car on it, all four wheels are locked into the
lift. With wheeled jack stands, you would need to apply lateral pressure to
the car and I would be concerned that the wheeled jack stands would catch
on some irregularity on the floor, or just bind for some reason, stop
moving and tip over from the lateral movement, dropping the car.

Maybe I am missing something here, but I do not think I would try this with
jack stands. Perhaps a scissors lift with wheels where the wheels are
attached to the platform could work?. I think four separate jack stands
each with their own wheels would be a most unstable proposition to try to
move safely.


On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 10:29 AM <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It sounds like a great idea in principle, but as I think it through – I’m
> pretty sure I wouldn’t want to work under a car that was up on a platform
> that could move. Any casters good enough to provide easy movement of a
> multi thousand-pound vehicle would likely move easily when you start
> applying torque to parts… [Yes, you could use locking casters – but then
> you are betting everything on the locks.]
>
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> I have used GoJak brand car dollies, and its amazing how readily the car
> will move when on them!  You still need regular jack stands for when you
> need to get under the vehicle, but for moving vehicles around they cant be
> beat.
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> All the best,
>
>
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> Al Fuller
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> *From:* Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Tim .
> *Sent:* Monday, August 5, 2024 5:39 AM
> *To:* Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Shop-talk] Wheeled Jack Stands?
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> Anyone have/use wheeled jack stands?
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> Did you make them or buy them?
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> I did a quick online search and the little I found were homemade. I would
> prefer to buy something heavy duty that rolls very easily as the car will
> need to be on them over winter while I swap the entire rear end.
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> Thanks
>
> tim
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