> This may only apply to the northerners among us, but if you heat with
> firewood and cut and split your own, you can make great jackstands
> with your chainsaw out of logs of about 18" diameter. If your bar is
> in good shape and you can cut nice straight cuts through the log, they
> won't rock or tilt for anything. I have my TR3 up on four of these
> placed under the main frame members more or less at the extremeties,
> and can't budge it at all.
I don't use jackstands at all, ever since I watched one fail under my
brother's '70 Plymouth Duster. I use sections of 4x4 lumber, about 18"
long, and use two per layer to build up to the required height for whatever
I'm doing. Very stable, cheap, safe. I learned that as a volunteer
fireman... That's what we'd use to stabilize a car while we cut it to bits
with the Hurst tool.
Jim Bedient
70 TR-6 (the Hangar Queen)
Honolulu, Hawaii
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