Raising car
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27
Likes: 2
From: New York
Raising car
While waiting for the weather to break I thought I would get the car up on my EZ car lift and install a license bracket and do a little touch up under the front.
My intention was to jack up the car and place some 2x wood under the tires to get some clearance for the lift.
My small 2 ton jack would not fit under the front.
I was trying to avoid starting it for the short time to drive the car on blocks.
Is there a jack that fits under the car?
Thanks
Bruce
My intention was to jack up the car and place some 2x wood under the tires to get some clearance for the lift.
My small 2 ton jack would not fit under the front.
I was trying to avoid starting it for the short time to drive the car on blocks.
Is there a jack that fits under the car?
Thanks
Bruce
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,022
Likes: 194
From: palm harbor/murphy Fl/NC
C6 of Year Finalist (performance mods) 2019
St. Jude Donor '11, '14
While waiting for the weather to break I thought I would get the car up on my EZ car lift and install a license bracket and do a little touch up under the front.
My intention was to jack up the car and place some 2x wood under the tires to get some clearance for the lift.
My small 2 ton jack would not fit under the front.
I was trying to avoid starting it for the short time to drive the car on blocks.
Is there a jack that fits under the car?
Thanks
Bruce
My intention was to jack up the car and place some 2x wood under the tires to get some clearance for the lift.
My small 2 ton jack would not fit under the front.
I was trying to avoid starting it for the short time to drive the car on blocks.
Is there a jack that fits under the car?
Thanks
Bruce
U just need one that claims to be able to get under low cars.
Not expensive at all.
Robin
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,492
Likes: 808
From: West coast CA
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27
Likes: 2
From: New York
What I intend to do is raise the car and put some 2x wood under the tires to raise the car sufficiently to get the EZ lift underneath.
I do not want to start the car just to drive it on ramps and with the weather will not be on the road for a few days.
Off to the Chinese store tomorrow.
Thanks
Bruce
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,684
Likes: 107
From: Opelika Alabama
I should have finished the sentence. The 2 ton jack would not fit under the car to reach the front jacking point.
What I intend to do is raise the car and put some 2x wood under the tires to raise the car sufficiently to get the EZ lift underneath.
I do not want to start the car just to drive it on ramps and with the weather will not be on the road for a few days.
Off to the Chinese store tomorrow.
Thanks
Bruce
What I intend to do is raise the car and put some 2x wood under the tires to raise the car sufficiently to get the EZ lift underneath.
I do not want to start the car just to drive it on ramps and with the weather will not be on the road for a few days.
Off to the Chinese store tomorrow.
Thanks
Bruce
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 867
Likes: 26
From: SW Ohio
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 8,735
Likes: 412
From: WV
I'd love to have a welder to fab some of those nice stands you've got! Just a comment, though, on your suggestion to use cinder blocks. I KNOW there's 10 million junk cars sitting on blocks in front yards across the US for the last 50 years, but....should the blocks fail, they fail catastrophically, shattering into dust and leaving no safety margin for escape and/or survival. Leave the cinder blocks to the hillbilllies....
.
.
.
.
Last edited by WW7; Mar 31, 2016 at 04:18 PM.
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,527
Likes: 34
I'd love to have a welder to fab some of those nice stands you've got! Just a comment, though, on your suggestion to use cinder blocks. I KNOW there's 10 million junk cars sitting on blocks in front yards across the US for the last 50 years, but....should the blocks fail, they fail catastrophically, shattering into dust and leaving no safety margin for escape and/or survival. Leave the cinder blocks to the hillbilllies....
Much like the two suggestions on cinder/wood blocks....never described how to reinforced them - before use...
At face value, taking out of context - it is true what you said about naked cinder block...much the same with wood stack that can split under pressure....
What I posted were mere suggestions for someone without resource or basic skills....they were suggestions to explore possibilities to use "other" materials.
I find myself make less and less posting - suggestions to think outside the box.....
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 867
Likes: 26
From: SW Ohio
victorf: I really wasn't criticizing your post. Simply a matter that many folks may not even think of the safety issues when using a brittle support like a cinder block. And to the correction posted by WW7....mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Not PC to use such a term. How about we agree to use the term "backyard mechanic"....? 
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 2,691
Likes: 141
though I bought a craftsman low profile aluminum jack.