"Jack stands"

[sjb993]

Does anybody know if there is a UK source for something like this? The ones shown are American but aren't available here.

You put the cross member onto you jack pad, jack up the car, put the legs in and then remove the jack. Brilliant idea.[url]

|https://thumbsnap.com/rzeU8MQe[/url]

[Mr Tidy]

I hope someone knows - I'd buy a pair of those!

[sjb993]

There’s even a Tesla version in the U.S.

A bit steep at $220 each.

Edited by sjb993 on Friday 6th January 21:15

[MajorMantra]

I don't know but that looks great – I've done some weird things get a car onto stands such as using the rear jacking point to tilt the whole car enough to get a stand under the front jacking point. This would be a hell of a lot easier...

[ChocolateFrog]

Where's the lateral support?

Judging by the image it looks like you could just push the car off the stand.

[Mogul]

I can see the appeal, but would anticipate scratches on any nicely painted garage floor when they splay slightly as they take up the weight…

[Doofus]

ChocolateFrog said:

Where's the lateral support?

Judging by the image it looks like you could just push the car off the stand.

Yep. I'd want a three-legged stand.

[s p a c e m a n]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402443563532?mkcid=16&a...

Sort of.

My problem with things like this is that I already struggle to get a jack under most of my cars.

[tapkaJohnD]

ChocolateFrog said:

Where's the lateral support?

Judging by the image it looks like you could just push the car off the stand.

Lateral support is from the tyres on other side. This device is purely for wheel changing.

[Lotobear]

tapkaJohnD said:

ChocolateFrog said:

Where's the lateral support?

Judging by the image it looks like you could just push the car off the stand.

Lateral support is from the tyres on other side. This device is purely for wheel changing.

In that case I fail to see the point, jack up, change wheel, and then let back down.

[GreenV8S]

ChocolateFrog said:

Where's the lateral support?

Judging by the image it looks like you could just push the car off the stand.

The feet appear to have some depth to them and are not just point contacts with the ground.

[ChocolateFrog]

tapkaJohnD said:

ChocolateFrog said:

Where's the lateral support?

Judging by the image it looks like you could just push the car off the stand.

Lateral support is from the tyres on other side. This device is purely for wheel changing.

Fair enough, makes sense.

[Acuity30]

Lotobear said:

In that case I fail to see the point, jack up, change wheel, and then let back down.

Never just have a jack holding the car up even just for a wheel change. This device would allow you to spend as much time as you want with a wheel off the car without risk of it dropping

[Doofus]

Acuity30 said:

Never just have a jack holding the car up even just for a wheel change. This device would allow you to spend as much time as you want with a wheel off the car without risk of it dropping

How much time do you need? I've never had a jack fail, not a car fall off one when just changing a wheel.

[Acuity30]

Doofus said:

How much time do you need? I've never had a jack fail, not a car fall off one when just changing a wheel.

If painting calipers, changing discs and pads, refurbing a caliper, undersealing the arches etc quite some time.

[donkmeister]

Acuity30 said:

Lotobear said:

In that case I fail to see the point, jack up, change wheel, and then let back down.

Never just have a jack holding the car up even just for a wheel change. This device would allow you to spend as much time as you want with a wheel off the car without risk of it dropping

If you never have JUST a jack holding it up, how do you get a stand under the car before you have jacked it up?

Out of interest which cars do you find have sufficient room to place an axle stand, without placing yourself under the suspended car AND before removing the wheel? I've got arms to rival Mr Tickle but on any of the cars I've worked on I don't think I could sensibly get an axle stand anywhere useful without putting a large part of myself under a car suspended by jack alone (sod that) or removing the wheel first. And if you are changing a wheel, you wouldn't drop it onto a stand just to immediately lift it off again to refit the wheel.

If you are in fact placing a large part of your body under a jacked car just to place a stand before removing the wheel... Please don't do that. Yes, if the car drops it will land on the wheel but typical ground clearances mean that even if you are clear of the wheel you will still be pinned.

[Chris32345]

donkmeister said:

If you never have JUST a jack holding it up, how do you get a stand under the car before you have jacked it up?

Out of interest which cars do you find have sufficient room to place an axle stand, without placing yourself under the suspended car AND before removing the wheel? I've got arms to rival Mr Tickle but on any of the cars I've worked on I don't think I could sensibly get an axle stand anywhere useful without putting a large part of myself under a car suspended by jack alone (sod that) or removing the wheel first. And if you are changing a wheel, you wouldn't drop it onto a stand just to immediately lift it off again to refit the wheel.

If you are in fact placing a large part of your body under a jacked car just to place a stand before removing the wheel... Please don't do that. Yes, if the car drops it will land on the wheel but typical ground clearances mean that even if you are clear of the wheel you will still be pinned.

Very easy on most cars if placed under the front subframe unless ofc you have wheels so big they take up the last inch's of the wheel arch

[Doofus]

Acuity30 said:

Doofus said:

How much time do you need? I've never had a jack fail, not a car fall off one when just changing a wheel.

If painting calipers, changing discs and pads, refurbing a caliper, undersealing the arches etc quite some time.

Yes, but that's not what I asked.

[Acuity30]

donkmeister said:

If you never have JUST a jack holding it up, how do you get a stand under the car before you have jacked it up?

Out of interest which cars do you find have sufficient room to place an axle stand, without placing yourself under the suspended car AND before removing the wheel? I've got arms to rival Mr Tickle but on any of the cars I've worked on I don't think I could sensibly get an axle stand anywhere useful without putting a large part of myself under a car suspended by jack alone (sod that) or removing the wheel first. And if you are changing a wheel, you wouldn't drop it onto a stand just to immediately lift it off again to refit the wheel.

If you are in fact placing a large part of your body under a jacked car just to place a stand before removing the wheel... Please don't do that. Yes, if the car drops it will land on the wheel but typical ground clearances mean that even if you are clear of the wheel you will still be pinned.

Easily. Are you working on Hummers?

[Acuity30]

Doofus said:

Yes, but that's not what I asked.

Yes it is. You asked how much time do you need. I answered, quite some time.