Getting a car up on high axle stands - safely!

Getting a car up on high axle stands - safely!

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PositronicRay

26,957 posts

182 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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lostkiwi said:
jazzdude said:
B'stard Child said:
That's what I do - Wheel ramps one end and axles stands at full lift in the other end

Axle stands at all four corners is not that stable
That would mean one end is too low to work under wouldn't it?
Depends how high your ramps are.
I may be paranoid (I hate climbing under the car) but stands like that just look like they have too many failure points in them..

bomb

3,691 posts

283 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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They have just shown the last flying Vulcan suspended on four jacks. Whats your problem ??


liner33

10,642 posts

201 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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bomb said:
They have just shown the last flying Vulcan suspended on four jacks. Whats your problem ??
Not quite so easy to push 70 tonnes

AW111

9,455 posts

132 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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My car is up on 4 axle stands...

Chock front wheels
Jack up rear & place stands
Rear wheels off and slid under car
Jack front & place stands
Front wheels off and under car
Jack rear higher and raise stands
Jack front and raise stands

If I am working under the car, place 2x4 timber or more wheels on top of the wheels under car. That way, if it falls off the stands, it can only drop a few inches, and there is still plenty of clearance under the body.



If you work around cars long enough, you will see one fall off stands or a jack. frown

liner33

10,642 posts

201 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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AW111 said:
If you work around cars long enough, you will see one fall off stands or a jack. frown
Or a ramps or even fall in a pit wink

Hol

8,359 posts

199 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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It depends on the height, but I use two trolly jacks per end to get the frong wheels onto my ramps, before lifting the rear the same way and working around the car two big bottle lacks and stands/wooden boards until its really high.

I have also modified my 4x stands to spread the load over a greater area of chassis rails and I also use the two bottle jacks as a 5th/6th load point.


Bottle jacks are good because the only go upward, but you need to have the height in the first place to put them under the car.