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10-23-2022, 12:47 PM | #1 |
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Getting the car high off the ground
1947 Flathead
What’s the best way to get the car off the ground, without a lift? Our floor jack is just not giving us enough height. Car isn’t running so can’t run up on ramps. We’re replacing starter so it would be nice if we could get more room. |
10-23-2022, 12:54 PM | #2 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
I got a Harbor Freight floor jack with a higher lift.
With good six ton Good Jack stands. If you are financially conservative. I would use some GOOD Two by Twelve or Two by Six pieces of wood under the Floor Jack. With Good Jack stands. Safety First Notice the word Good |
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10-23-2022, 01:00 PM | #3 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
I have read that it’s not good to jack on the axle. Correct?
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10-23-2022, 01:06 PM | #4 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
If you have the time make some jack pads to provide good support without damaging your frame rails.
Look here: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...ight=jack+pads |
10-23-2022, 02:10 PM | #5 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
Jack as high as the jack will go and set your stands. Now lower the jack and put a 4x4 block on the pad and jack it higher. Repeat until it is where you need it.
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10-23-2022, 03:58 PM | #6 |
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10-23-2022, 05:28 PM | #7 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
i made a couple of pad extensions for my floor jack so now i jack and stack the wheel and lift again
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10-24-2022, 06:18 AM | #8 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
I've never heard not to jack on the axles. I've been jacking from the front and rear axles for years and never had an issue. I prefer to put the jack stands under the axles too unless I'm working on something that requires them to hang.
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10-24-2022, 07:56 AM | #9 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
I ponied up for a pair of Quickjacks.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256084 Lots of video on YouTube, I bought the 12 volt model so I can use them anywhere. Beware once you buy a set you’ll have more relatives than you knew you had. |
10-24-2022, 10:06 AM | #10 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
I saw this unit years ago, in an old garage on a trip through ND. I thought it would be nice to have, but would take up a lot of storage area compared to my scissor jack. Any idea who the manufacturer was? And before anyone asks, keep in mind I'm old, and CRAFT has set in, so I don't remember the place I saw it.
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10-24-2022, 11:04 AM | #11 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
It is a neat piece of engineering, but it doesn't appear to have much lift.
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10-24-2022, 01:46 PM | #12 |
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10-24-2022, 02:18 PM | #13 |
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Re: Getting the car high off the ground
When wood was cheap, the deal was to make square rigging/blocking out of alternately stacked 2X4's. This would be a fairly pricey proposition since one 8 ft. piece makes you one layer cut at 2ft. lengths for one wheel. Last time I check, 2X4's were almost $10 per.
The rigging/blocking would go under the tires. Only limit was how many 2X4's you had. |
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