[Spridgets] Jackstands

Dan Dwelley maine2me at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 11 08:19:52 MST 2010


"Concrete is very weak in tension"    Um...the load would be compression not
tension. and concrete blocks generally are about 15 PSI compression.. (This is
not to say they should be used as jack stands...cracks and damage can cause
week spots and when concrete fails under load, it's not graceful!) The face of
the block has a center supporting perpendicular.... it is weaker than the
adjacent face but ... 

Just palying devil's advocate... :o)

Dan



-----
Original Message ----
From: David Ramsey <dwramsey at att.net>
To: Tim Collins
<thcollin at mtu.edu>
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010
4:55:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Jackstands

Who cares by the time the
cinder blocks fail, you're down the road with your
new set of wheels and
tires.
        Crash

Finally, don't ever use a concrete block as a jack
stand. Concrete is 
very weak in tension and will fail suddenly under a
relatively small 
load. When loaded on the face of the block the concrete is
in tension.

Tim Collins
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12702006@N07/
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