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Building wheel blocks?

brans87

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Anyone here built wheel block/cribs to lift truck to work on it easier?

Figured 4x4 might be over killer but figured it I did that and little wider then my 35's and build them 12 inches tall would help to get under there in drive way. I get tired of getting rushed at work or hear people running there d*ck lips.

Would 2x4's be safe or best bet run 4x4's?

Something like this
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What do you guys use for header stock over on that coast? Talking house framing for doors, windows and stuff. I have an entire corner of the shop filled with 6x12’s, 4x12’s, 6x14’s, 6x6’s...etc. cut up into ~30” chunks left over from job sites that work awesome for that stuff.

We use them constantly on vehicle or trailer repairs along with jack stands.
 
hmmm good idea maybe can get my neighbor who know the local lumber yard owner that has a scrap place (there buddies) and get enough to build them.
 
you guys are doing it all wrong . . . .

just use SUPER RAMPS :saweet::yikes::deal:

these are my backup if my lift is got something on it . and or its way to heavy and big . . . like the KW wrecker at work the other day .

they were custom built . they have lots of bracing inside in a X pattern and across the tread area . they were built for my old farmer friend years ago for his MACK cab over road tractor .

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I have an assortment of dunnage to stack to get tall enough for tall jack stands to reach my frame.
I have a 28" inseam...
 
those ramps are a 1 average man move around job . handles on them and with the bracing inside the plate is thin to cut down weight . every one thinks there heavy untill they pick one up .
 
I’ve got a set of 12 ton stands from China freight.
I’ve used a crib of 4x4s to get the frames up to frame level when I need to.
 
Just run down to the weld shop and pick up pipe stands. You can get 48” in height out of these. I have my crew about chases on four for a long time. I have eight of these stands. 6 fixed welded base and two that are collapsible legs. Of course they have the big “V” top. So as not to bend the open channel bottom flange in the frame, I made flat caps the cover the V top so the frame sat flat against flat.

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My first "jack stands" I used on my '63 VW Beetle when I was 16 and had to pull the engine out,was nothing more than two big pine log chunks about 18" high and almost 2 feet around..
I drove the car up on them ,using doubled up 2x10's as ramps, under the rear tires,that raised it more than enough to get the engine out from underneath it..I cut a "step" in the top of the log so I could lay the 2x10 in it and nail it in place ,so the ramp was level with the rest of the log..

I used them many other times on various vehicles I owned after that..
They were easy to store,I just knocked out the ramp's nails and rolled them away when I didn't need them..
 
I’ve used 4x4 cribbing many times over the years. I’ve also used 1 inch concrete slabs like from Home Depot stacked until high enough to sit under my hitch to hold up the rear to change out axles or springs. I just put a 3/4 piece of ply invetween the concrete so it had a crush zone and didn’t break the concrete.
 
I'd never trust cement blocks,bricks,rocks,to hold up a vehicle..
(not to say I haven't done it in my youth!--but after seeing a few guys get crushed under a car supported by cinder blocks,I wouldn't try it now).
They can support a lot of weight,but one can shatter without warning too easily..
 
diesel4me said:
I'd never trust cement blocks,bricks,rocks,to hold up a vehicle..
(not to say I haven't done it in my youth!--but after seeing a few guys get crushed under a car supported by cinder blocks,I wouldn't try it now).
They can support a lot of weight,but one can shatter without warning too easily..
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Not if you put a layer of wood between each.
I have seen mobile homes setup like that
 
imiceman44 said:
Not if you put a layer of wood between each.
I have seen mobile homes setup like that
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Yep. That’s why I put down the 3/4 ply. I’ve done it a few times in a pinch. Not cinder blocks ever though. Just the 12”square blocks. And not in many years. It’s what I had around as a kid.
 
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