| Re: More C4 jack stand confusion... |
Subject: Re: More C4 jack stand confusion... by screamin_conure on 2012/12/10 18:33:47 Hey Gurus, One quick safety-related update I'd like to pass along regarding this thread... In post #13 of this thread, I provided a link to a flooring product that I've installed in my garage: http://www.bltllc.com/coin_pattern.htm. I've been doing some experimenting with my jack stands and I've found that I do not trust this surface to place jack stands directly on. This stuff is a bit slippery, and the jack stand doesn't seem to bite very well. I tried placing my hand on the saddle of the jack stand and leaning as much weight on it as I could, and then tried kicking the jack stand out with my foot. It was quite easy to do on the garage floor material. I repeated the same experiment on my concrete front porch and found that the jack stand was WAY more stationary and kicking it out from under my hand was noticeably more difficult. If you're using this same type of floor in your garage, I would caution against placing a vehicle on jack stands directly on it without something underneath the stands like a piece of plywood. I put a 2'x2'x3/8" piece of CDX on the floor material and repeated my "kick test" again and the jack stand held fine on the plywood. Probably better than it did on concrete. Even my wheel chocks have a tendency to slide around on this stuff. I tried putting one of those oven-proof silicone rubber pot holders underneath the chock and that seemed to hold it in place solidly. I even go so far as to give my wheel chocks a couple of light taps with a plastic/rubber mallet to make sure they're snug up against the tire too. Just wanted to share. Make sure everyone stays safe. Ron |
