anyone make homemade jack stands

[jeepn4life]

I am tired of my little jack stands needing to be on 6x6 logs to keep my frame rail high enough to get my front tires off the ground, it gets anyoying. I thought about making the ones I have taller, I also thought about getting some 1.5" or 2" allthread and making some that adjust that way to allow setting the height to any level, not just at preset notches...

ANyone

[pmurf1]

I had the same problem with mine not being tall enough to support the frame when I dropped an axle. I just made a stand that the jackstands fit into if I need to go higher. I just remove the stands from the angle iron stand if I don't need them to go that high. Also works well as a base for my high lift when I need to unload my airshocks to charge them.
You could also make a set of stands with some angle iron and 2" and 2.5" receiver tubing. Drill holes in the 2 and 2.5" square tube every couple of inches ( yeah it's a pain), and let the 2" support tube slide up and down as needed secured by a hitch pin. The angle iron is for the 4 legs to keep it steady.

[tkojeep]

I had the same problem with mine not being tall enough to support the frame when I dropped an axle. I just made a stand that the jackstands fit into if I need to go higher. I just remove the stands from the angle iron stand if I don't need them to go that high. Also works well as a base for my high lift when I need to unload my airshocks to charge them.
You could also make a set of stands with some angle iron and 2" and 2.5" receiver tubing. Drill holes in the 2 and 2.5" square tube every couple of inches ( yeah it's a pain), and let the 2" support tube slide up and down as needed secured by a hitch pin. The angle iron is for the 4 legs to keep it steady.

We actually just bought material to make 4 or 6 jack stands doing exactly what you said. I currently use 8x12 header cut 12" long under my jack stands but its really scary.

~Kirk

[cruzer75]

um advance auto parts has 6ton jack stands for 29.00 dollars a set. plenty big to fit under my frame which is like 22/23inches at ride hight.

Stew

[edfab]

um advance auto parts has 6ton jack stands for 29.00 dollars a set. plenty big to fit under my frame which is like 22/23inches at ride hight.

Stew

I have 4 of those and they are too short. My frame is around 23" at ride height, but if I take the wheels off, the brakes would be sitting on the ground. I want the axle to hang from the front suspension on jacks.

[DRM]

My solution was to keep the standard jack stands I already had, but build wooder "blocks" to get them higher up.

Basically, I took some 2x4's, and built "log cabins" out of them, using screws to hold them together. the top and bottom layers are capped off and the center is hollow. Basically, I made a 1'x1'x1' block that is easy to grab and move around the shop. they also make nice "step stools" for getting under the hood of taller trucks in the shop.

Cheap and easy to make, and if I ever see them start to look worse for the wear, I will toss them and build some more.

[unimogken]

A guy named "spawn_x" over on the Dodge board did a SAS on his Durango and used the jackstands in the pic below.

I sent him a PM and he replied and told me that he got them at Car Quest. He said they were a couple hundred dollars but well worth it! Can't put a price on safety.

The pic is from his website.

[sceep]

no pics but heres a drawing of mine that i built.

1/4" base, large square is 1.75 x .188 wall, small square is 1.375 x .188 wall

1" nut welded to top of 1.375 square. 1" x 8 bolt with head cut off, and 1" nut welded near top. bolt screws into nut. then with the nut that is welded to the bolt you can adjust the height of whatever you are working on with a big wrench. make any kind of "saddles" you need to slip on the top 1/4 of the bolt.
(5) 1/2" holes for pinning the inner square to get the starting height you want.

work damn well... i'll try and remember to get pics tonight.

[69CJ]

not bad - I may run to the steel yard tomorrow and buy me enough to make four of those.. I need to do a 6" lift on an F250SD this weekend.... these would be a lot nicer that the 24" max height stands I have now (the $29 jobbers).

Thanks for the pics!

[aloharover]

no pics but heres a drawing of mine that i built.



Nice.

Whats the height range?

Pic from Solid WOrks?

Pete

[DarkEternal]

go buy the 12 ton ones at harbor freight. I have 2 sets, they are like 30 something extended.

http://homepage.mac.com/darketernal/.Pictures/SASPics/DSCN8198.JPG

[Todd W]

go buy the 12 ton ones at harbor freight. I have 2 sets, they are like 30 something extended.


We have a set of the 12ton one from HF they work great but are not tall enough for all uses like some others posted here... I really like the ones sceep made and spawn_x purchased but a couple hundred! WOW!

[4x4extreme]

here is the link to the big jack stands

here (http://www.alltiresupply.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MDMHI-F9A1AK810C1&Product_Code=LNC-W93525&Category_Code=J_VS)


here is a good link to homemade ones (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=245859)

[bronko]

I haven't used these but they look to be the same as the ones Spawn X has, just cheaper.

http://www.americasprideonline.com/Stands/TRUCK-STAND-10-TON-3310-11040-3-4-.ViewProduct

[DRED]

A guy named "spawn_x" over on the Dodge board did a SAS on his Durango and used the jackstands in the pic below.

I sent him a PM and he replied and told me that he got them at Car Quest. He said they were a couple hundred dollars but well worth it! Can't put a price on safety.

The pic is from his website.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=187122&stc=1



that's me by the front drivers side tire!...

oh, and that's a dakota... :shaking:




:flipoff2:

[unimogken]

Hahaha

Man I gotta get more sleep!

[blown4x4]

I had to make some out of 55 gallon drums plus add another 8 inchs on top of that to get my suspension to hang.

[sceep]

Nice.

Whats the height range?


height is variable from ~20" to ~36" , dont remember the exact numbers though.

[Albin]

You have to look hard, but at this post on Hobart's Welding forum, is a pic of my jackstands:

http://www.hobartwelders.com/mboard/showthread.php?t=11292

Al

[got 4wd]

these are what we all use. you can fine tune them with the treaded portion. i think they are 3k rated. though when i spoke to a ridgid rep. he said they tested much much higher. there is a low and high version too. the low reaches from 20-38" and the high reaches from 28-52". they only cost 50-60 bucks too.

http://www.toolup.com/ProductInfo.asp?Page=2&ID=56662&Manufacturer=Ridgid
here they are for 60 bucks with get 10% off all ridgid stuff too right now. I just bought 2 more for 118 bucks shipped. there shipping prices are very reasonable. it was 10 somthing buck for 46lbs.

[got 4wd]

http://www.toolup.com/imdir/product/ridgid/large/56662.jpg
oh yeah the picture

[bspencer]

got cinder blocks?............lol

[d.d.machine]

Take two old junk steel rims and lay one down flat and then set the other one vertical inside and weld at the 4 spots were they touch ,,,, I have used them for years and have yet to have one tip over ..... If you want them taller just lay one under the first and weld the OD in a few spots.
I get all the rims I want from a local scrap yard for beer.

[StockChevy]

Take two old junk steel rims and lay one down flat and then set the other one vertical inside and weld at the 4 spots were they touch ,,,, I have used them for years and have yet to have one tip over ..... If you want them taller just lay one under the first and weld the OD in a few spots.
I get all the rims I want from a local scrap yard for beer.


Yep, that's what most wrecking yards do to hold up their "cars" as well. It's cheap and very sturdy.

[broke_yj]

have to remember that one when pulling axles

[sceep]

got some pics..

http://www.dana60.com/sceep/jackstand1.jpg
http://www.dana60.com/sceep/jackstand2.jpg
http://www.dana60.com/sceep/jackstands.jpg

[andyr354]

Dig this back up.

What sizes of rount or square tube have you found that fit together good? I went to the metal shop over the weekend and didn't find anything with real tigh fit.

[TLCObsession]

Just like square driveshafts: Use receiver tubing - its more expensive but works great!

[D60]

and didn't find anything with real tigh fit.

Why do you need it? Most of your load is on your pin. Receiver hitches run 2.5x.188 ID while draw bars are 2" outside. If a Class V can pull 10k+lbs, it's good enough for a jackstand IMO. I mean 2" is probably overkill, but point being if you're gonna run square, make them .5" apart in outside dimension and use .188 wall, at least for the female. The male could be as thick as you want, but 3/16" should be adequate I'd think....... I'd be more concerned with 1/2" or 5/8" pin

[andyr354]

Its not the thickness I was worried about.
I want the two tubes to fit tightly enough to eliminate the load wobbling around.

I can't buy any reciever tube around here over 1' long, kinda sucks.