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Old May 7, 2006 | 10:52 PM
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Stupid is as Stupid does, will I be safe with a 1.5 ton jack just lifting to put stands under the vette or should I go with a 2-3 ton jack?
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I would go with a 3 ton Sears, I have one if you need to borrow it.
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The whole car only weighs about 3200 lb. You'll be fine.
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If you are jacking the whole front end via the cross member, you will be al the limit of your jacking power....
A larger capacity jack would be safer....
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Old May 8, 2006 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by rws.1
If you are jacking the whole front end via the cross member, you will be al the limit of your jacking power....
A larger capacity jack would be safer....


I like margin I don't know how much margin the jack designers put into the #'s, I'm sure there's some, but I like lots Afterall, if it fails, bad things can happen...
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