New tools you've bought recently?

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Got a pair of jackstands so I can do a pad slap on my truck.

I have a set of 4 already... but the squarebody is holding them down at the moment.. and probably will be still for a little while lol.

I had four 6-ton stands and about six 3-ton stands. Now I have to replace a bunch since my green Ranger crushed a bunch… down two of the big ones and three of the small…

 

[pjtoledo]

do 1/4" (dia) pop rivets count? box of 100 for only $12

 

[Blmpkn]

I had four 6-ton stands and about six 3-ton stands. Now I have to replace a bunch since my green Ranger crushed a bunch… down two of the big ones and three of the small…

Oof.


That'll teach you not to use so many stands then won't it? if you had that thing set up all sketchy.. stand on one corner, leaky jack on another corner, one wheel on a cinder block and a piece of 2x4 standing on end underneath the bumper on the last corner... probably woulda been alright.

The set my squarebody is on are the 6 tons.. I ended up just getting a pair of 3 tons because they were only 35$ with redeeming some credit card rewards.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Oof.


That'll teach you not to use so many stands then won't it? if you had that thing set up all sketchy.. stand on one corner, leaky jack on another corner, one wheel on a cinder block and a piece of 2x4 standing on end underneath the bumper on the last corner... probably woulda been alright.

The set my squarebody is on are the 6 tons.. I ended up just getting a pair of 3 tons because they were only 35$ with redeeming some credit card rewards.

A really big Oof. I’m guessing probably $200 or so to replace the stands. Plus two bumpers, fog light, gas tank and patch the frame. I think the ground just got way too soft. I have to get the rear back up in the air on stands and now I’m feeling a little sketched out about it. I need a concrete slab to work on.

 

[scotts90ranger]

New to me, a Miller Thunderbolt 225. Was hoping to buy a new mig soon but came across this. Looking forward to playing around with it. Hello rock sliders!

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Sweet, as it's set on DC I wouldn't bother changing to anything else, between 6011 and 7018 that should do about anything... I got a AC only version of that for an OK price and it didn't weld good but I asked on another forum and apparently on AC they don't weld good on the low ranges of the high windings for whatever reason, they said anything under 150A which is above anything I do so apparently low it is! That got moved to the garage from the shop and the Century AC/DC welder to the shop but I'll try the Thunderbolt on low soon...

I went to a barn sale and ended up spending $100 but for that I got a pair of 5 ton Lincoln jack stands, some hardware stuff, most of a set of Starrett long feeler gauges (missing some of the thicknesses and a bit rusty but not bad), a couple 20' chains, a ~2'x4' rolling metal bench made out of small channel iron, angle iron and a 1/4" plate top with a 1" strap metal rim, rusty but hey, and an old Homelite Waterbug water pump since I couldn't resist it, a ~4' pry/digging bar and a few other odds and ends...

 

[Blmpkn]

A really big Oof. I’m guessing probably $200 or so to replace the stands. Plus two bumpers, fog light, gas tank and patch the frame. I think the ground just got way too soft. I have to get the rear back up in the air on stands and now I’m feeling a little sketched out about it. I need a concrete slab to work on.

Yeah I don't blame you.

Under the stands supporting the squarebody are 15x15x2" cement blocks, they seem to be holding up well and not sinking any.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

A really big Oof. I’m guessing probably $200 or so to replace the stands. Plus two bumpers, fog light, gas tank and patch the frame. I think the ground just got way too soft. I have to get the rear back up in the air on stands and now I’m feeling a little sketched out about it. I need a concrete slab to work on.

I use 3/4" plywood sheets under my stands when I work on gravel or dirt. Full sheets preferably.
Also wonder if using so many stands might have contributed to the fall? With that many there isn't a chance in hell that they were all touching the frame at the same time.
Always...ALWAYS, give the vehicle a sturdy shake in all directions before getting under.

 

[RumPunch]

Sweet, as it's set on DC I wouldn't bother changing to anything else, between 6011 and 7018 that should do about anything... I got a AC only version of that for an OK price and it didn't weld good but I asked on another forum and apparently on AC they don't weld good on the low ranges of the high windings for whatever reason, they said anything under 150A which is above anything I do so apparently low it is! That got moved to the garage from the shop and the Century AC/DC welder to the shop but I'll try the Thunderbolt on low soon...

I went to a barn sale and ended up spending $100 but for that I got a pair of 5 ton Lincoln jack stands, some hardware stuff, most of a set of Starrett long feeler gauges (missing some of the thicknesses and a bit rusty but not bad), a couple 20' chains, a ~2'x4' rolling metal bench made out of small channel iron, angle iron and a 1/4" plate top with a 1" strap metal rim, rusty but hey, and an old Homelite Waterbug water pump since I couldn't resist it, a ~4' pry/digging bar and a few other odds and ends...

Not sure which polarity I will run I tried it as is last night and seemed fine but I was just making sure it welded.. been in a garage 15+ years unused. I'll grab some scrap and rods from work and try it out soon. First off I gotta run a receptacle and breaker in the shop.

 

[Curious Hound]

Always...ALWAYS, give the vehicle a sturdy shake in all directions before getting under.

The old proverbial "That ain't goin' nowhere."

 

[sgtsandman]

Ordered a tool for removing the rubber hangers from exhaust systems and a thread chaser for O2 sensor bungs.

No immediate plans for the thread chaser but I’ll be replacing the exhaust on the girlfriend’s clown car. Soooo... That will be interesting on a vehicle sitting that low and no lift.

 

[Roert42]

Ordered a tool for removing the rubber hangers from exhaust systems

Let us know how that works out. I seen one of them online for sale, seems like it might be worth the $30 or so. Those sucker are a huge PITA to get on and off.

 

[sgtsandman]

Let us know how that works out. I seen one of them online for sale, seems like it might be worth the $30 or so. Those sucker are a huge PITA to get on and off.

Will do. Rock Auto has them for $17. I was ordering s bunch of parts anyway. So threw that in as well since I was going to do the exhaust and, like you said, those hangers are a bugger to remove.

 

[Josh B]

A really big Oof. I’m guessing probably $200 or so to replace the stands. Plus two bumpers, fog light, gas tank and patch the frame. I think the ground just got way too soft. I have to get the rear back up in the air on stands and now I’m feeling a little sketched out about it. I need a concrete slab to work on.

My driveway wasn't a driveway until I started parking there when I moved back here from TN in 2007. Down here in the front part of our place it's pure black dirt, if it's wet stay off it unless you want to tear up the grass, or get stuck, or just downright muddy.
I began building it up soon after moving and at first it was hard to come by anything gravel, but soon a company got this building up by the highway and started running 18 wheeler gravel and rock trucks. I stopped there and asked about a pile of gravel in their parking lot and he'd sell me a big scoop of gravel for $25, it would fill my 4.5 X 10 X 2 FT trailer bed and enough left to fill my 3/4 Ton truck bed, thankfully it was as close to home as one could hope for where I live, about 5 miles open country highway and a dirt road.
I filled the ruts in my drive 3 or 4 times over the years, it would all sink in and I'd fill it again, just plain grey highway gravel.
It made a good driveway, and I trust jack stands on it, always with a small plywood pad ( all are Ground Contact Treated )
Not long ago I was doing some checking or something and had the front up on stands at least on one side where I was working, raised on the other side too but might have been only a jack there. I had my little milk crate stool there to sit on, and I cannot re-create it but suddenly as hell that left front rotor bit the dirt, fast and hard!
I sat there looking and wondering what if my foot or arm had been underneath, sometimes nobody comes by here more than once a day.
Apparently the jack or jack stand had been in a softer spot on the edge of my drive, it all grows over with grass rather rapidly.
I noticed the photo on your pad didn't seem to be entirely filled in with gravel either, and it must be, even if you want to put a slab on it, it must be full coverage

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yeah I don't blame you.

Under the stands supporting the squarebody are 15x15x2" cement blocks, they seem to be holding up well and not sinking any.

I use 3/4" plywood sheets under my stands when I work on gravel or dirt. Full sheets preferably.
Also wonder if using so many stands might have contributed to the fall? With that many there isn't a chance in hell that they were all touching the frame at the same time.
Always...ALWAYS, give the vehicle a sturdy shake in all directions before getting under.

6 stands were on plywood and all of the jacks were on wood or steel. I had completely re-set all three house jacks and two of the 6-ton stands. When it went, I had the hitch sitting on two 6-ton stands and a house jack. The rear axle had probably 75% or more of the truck weight on it and I had two stands on the axle tube and two under the leaf springs. One stand was under the rear driveshaft so not really doing much. Two were under the frame rails towards the front and I’ll admit they weren’t touching but close. They were mostly just intended as a safety measure as they were my other two 6-tons. I was working on the front, jacked up both front A-arms evenly and was bringing the two house jacks in the front up in pace.

Figured I’d be pivoting on the hitch and the stuff I had just re-set back there and the weight on the axle would be a safety and take some of the stress off my pivot. I didn’t need to go up much beyond weight on the front to get the tires back on, but apparently that was enough. I was about to fit front tires on when it went down. I wasn’t actually getting under it and it was supposed to come right back down as soon as I got front tires on so I didn’t shake it, just went for the tires. Boom. I always shake it before I get under. The ground is suuuper wet right now here and I’m suspecting that had a lot to do with it.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Ordered a tool for removing the rubber hangers from exhaust systems and a thread chaser for O2 sensor bungs.

No immediate plans for the thread chaser but I’ll be replacing the exhaust on the girlfriend’s clown car. Soooo... That will be interesting on a vehicle sitting that low and no lift.

I keep intending to get one of those tools. I bought the O2 sensor chaser years ago and it usually works well as long as you don’t leave ALL of the threads from the sensor in the bung.

Have you seen the car ramps with a jack and stand built in? I’ve considered getting a set before to be able to get more height out of ramps.