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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:11 AM
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When you see pair of three ton jack stands,or two ton, or what ever, is that the capacity for each,or is it half of what ever the rating is for the two?
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by dennyb7
When you see pair of three ton jack stands,or two ton, or what ever, is that the capacity for each,or is it half of what ever the rating is for the two?
It is half. So a set of 2-ton stands each handle 1 ton.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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It is for one jackstand. Even if one stand held 1/2 ton each, with four stands thats two tons...the vette ways less than 4,000 lbs.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:30 AM
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Jack stands are rated per stand. The manufacture does not know how many stands you are going to use.
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Originally Posted by onevettenut
Jack stands are rated per stand. The manufacture does not know how many stands you are going to use.
Yeah but they are usually sold in pairs
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Any good stand will have the rating on the stand. Remember no matter what rating is on the stand, placement of the stand is very important!
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Originally Posted by c5blkvetteguy
Any good stand will have the rating on the stand. Remember no matter what rating is on the stand, placement of the stand is very important!
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Thanks guys,for the info.
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Originally Posted by c5blkvetteguy
Any good stand will have the rating on the stand. Remember no matter what rating is on the stand, placement of the stand is very important!
Regarding placement for a C5 specifically, any tips? I know the owner's manual list jacking locations, however I would like to remove my front wheels and raise it on jack stands to do some work on the corner lights and side coves.
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since a lot of them are made in china now, i would double the safety factor reguardless.
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