I have never seen it talked about and im sure their are many ways of aprochin the subject. But lets talk about how your supportin the jeep in the air while your linkin it or what ever else you might be doin underneath it.

i always run into situations where the jack standsn the way. so lets talk about how we support the rig in our garages. i think its important to have a stable well held up rig for safty reasons since you are hammerin, cuttin and grindin underneath their. so share your ideas!

heres some shots to start it!

i like how copperhead supports the jeep

http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy50/Copperhead42/IMG_0402.jpg

I simply place the jack stands based on what I'm working on.

I've supported mine similar to Copperhead Fabs way but I used a 8ft long piece of 4"x4" square tubing under the frame with a 6ton jackstand on each end.

Worked good for swaping the front axle out and was way more stable than jackstands alone.

The saw horses worked good until I had to cut the front of the frame off. I now use jack stands under the frame in the front. if you were just linking the jeep saw horses are perfect but if you do a bunch of mods you will end up moving stuff around alot. I have changed how I support mine 3 or 4 times now because it gets in my way.

I copied this idea from someone elses build thread:
http://www.texasag02.com/stretch/stretch46.jpg

Keeps the jack stands at a safe height. Still uses jack stands, but they were out of the way. I put a set in the back and then one under holding the tranny up.

12 Ton jack stands from Northern tool. Need to pick up a second pair.

I had the 14 bolt tip off some 6 ton stands and crash into the 12 tons holding the rear of the jeep. Shook the hell out of the it and put a 1/4" gash in the disk brake bracket but the jeep didn't topple!

wooden cribbing works for me. placed on a set of fully castoring wheel dollies and the truck can be moved around.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii296/nchips/IMG_1898.jpg

I'll chime in and see if any of you guys have a good idea. Doing an axle swap on my CJ, I need to get the jeep high enough so I can get the springs on without have to compress them to get the axle to go under. I would like to have the axles of the tires (35's) so I can roll them under and out freely. Whats a good way to support it? If I put a jack under the front bumper than it blocks me from being able to roll the axle right undereath with the tires on, I would have to side entry it instead. But I don't trust only 4 big jacks under the center of the frame alone.

Any advice? Jeep is SOA.

I dont have any pictures right now but, but a few hundred dollars in scrap I beams a trip to home depo and a lucky garage sale and I built 2 overhead gantry cranes. It works great to lift my jeep up of the ground, and swap engines and swap axles just about anything you would need a lift for. Although i would not recomend going cheap on the chains kinda scary when it drops.

CGOffroad

I have used the trailer base blocks that are used for moblie homes to support their jacks. They are 4"x16"x16" and I stack them two high. Got them at Home Depot and no they are not a hollow cinder block they are solid.

I use an old Gray air jack. I made an arm to fit on it that fits on the tubework on my chassis instead of having to stack wood on the bottom arms.

i prefer the beer keg method:D
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/jaydiemme/jeep.jpg

But I don't trust only 4 big jacks under the center of the frame alone.

no reason you couldnt put the jack stands under the four corners of the center frame section and support it there... ive done it plenty and i could throw a shoulder into it without it moving any. if there is a reason you dont trust your frame or your jack stands to do this you could be in trouble....

no reason you couldnt put the jack stands under the four corners of the center frame section and support it there... ive done it plenty and i could throw a shoulder into it without it moving any. if there is a reason you dont trust your frame or your jack stands to do this you could be in trouble....

Last time I did it I didn't do it with the right jacks (just the little red ones) and it was very unstable to what I feel safe with.

So big jacks, just inside each inner spring hanger should be safe?

$200 at harbor freight will get you some very nice 12t 30" tall jack stands, they are beef.

they come in pairs so you can clip 2 of the 20% cupons and buy each pair seperately.

\So big jacks, just inside each inner spring hanger should be safe?

should so it

$200 at harbor freight will get you some very nice 12t 30" tall jack stands, they are beef.

they come in pairs so you can clip 2 of the 20% cupons and buy each pair seperately.

i second this, same jack stands i have....

i used the bigger jack stands under the front bumper with wood stacked under them for height. then put the hi lift on it also under a little load for extra support. also had tires stacked half way back.

cherry picker works great also

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1391/6822645/18310152/288399795.jpg

I use these pipe stands. Had to cut the legs off the bottom to make them short enough. The threaded neck makes leveling your rig easy. Northern tool sells them - and the piping guys at work have piles of them :flipoff2:

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/688148/fullsize/picture-009.jpg

Cherry picker when you need to work on the frame. I have even used old wheels welded together, and stacked tires and wheels for extra security :D

so you guys are not havin stability issues when you have no tires on the ground just 4 jackstand center of the suspension? seems like the COG of the jeep is farther forward then the rear of the front controll arm brackets? seems that would be the most out of the way place, andy one want to confirm?

I only need one jack stand. :flipoff2:
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp31/joshgammill/Jeep%20upgrades/JeepRebuild002.jpg

That was just temporary to get the forklift and axle out. I have also use wheels to get extra height on my jack stands and put them behind the front axle when I was pulling it out.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp31/joshgammill/Jeep%20upgrades/JeepRebuild022.jpg

http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp31/joshgammill/Jeep%20upgrades/JeepRebuild022.jpg

any one else position their jacks this far back? it looks like its too front heavy? cuz this would be sweet!

any one else position their jacks this far back? it looks like its too front heavy? cuz this would be sweet!


Thats where the arms on my lift go. It got a little light with the front axle attached with no rear axle but it would not fall off.

When I worked at a wrecking yard in HS we used 2 steel rims 1 horizontal and 1 vertical set inside the horizontal one. once welded together they made great stands out in the yard that wouldn't collapse as we removed parts.