Homemade Wood Jack Stands

A set of ramps supports the front wheels.

Homemade wood jack stands.

Tall wooden jack stands. Close to zero if you do your own welding. I ve done it with all 4 wheels on a car or using 3 when there s very little weight on the front like the pic below. So i tried using my rolling wheel cribs under the stands.

0 post a comment login register. I made a set of jack stands to support the rear of the car at just the right he. Wheel cribs are super easy to make and the process doesn t take a lot of time. If you use jack stands to lift your boat from its trailer to do bottom work such as painting or fiberglass repairs you can use automotive jack stands with one important difference.

I can pull the other car out center the project car in the garage to work on it and then return things to normal with both cars back in the garage when i m done working for the day. Get 500 tool plans and more. Subscribe to restocar. My car requires a maintenance procedure that makes it necessary to raise the car off of the floor but also to keep it level.

They can be especially useful when tightening suspension pieces. Generally speaking suspension bolts nuts should be tightened when the suspension is in the normal resting position. This is a great and inexpensive way to get more room under your vehicle. Automotive jack stands.

We show you how to make custom car stands using basic tools. In this post we are going to make wheel cribs that are 10 inches wide 14 inches long and 12 inches high. Automotive jack stands when used under a car won t slide apart because the bottom of the car is flat. If using jack stands with wood blocks consider the wood blocks as backups only and make sure the car is level balanced and secure.

This homemade jack stand goes together quickly two hours maximum and easily only ten welds and is about as sturdy as they come.