Safe and proper way to raise jack stands?

[RobinHood]

What is the best way to increase the height of jack stands?

l am lifting my truck and want to use the frame in front of the engine to stabilize the vehicle at the projected ride height, however my stands are to short.

Any ideas or photos would be great.
Thanks in advance

 

[Randy M.]

Buy taller jack stands. Safety First.

Harbor Frieght has a pair of 6 ton stands that go to about 20".

 

[metalmacguyver]

Cribbing made out of 2x4s or 2x6s is the best way to do it.

 

[RobinHood]

Cribbing made out of 2x4s or 2x6s is the best way to do it.

That is what l was thinking

 

[Dangeranger3]

I have some 8x8's I'll put my jack stands on.

 

[pocket-rocket]

Cribbing made out of 2x4s or 2x6s is the best way to do it.

That's the way I did it when I swapped rear axles on my truck a couple weeks ago.

 

[Jimmeh]

Yeah, my dad and I built some cribbing when we were swapping engines on some cars out of 2X10. The wider the better.

 

[swamprat]

I have some solid concrete blocks that works well. Previous owner of the house left 4 in the garage.

 

[rangerbum]

I have some solid concrete blocks that works well. Previous owner of the house left 4 in the garage.

I've crushed solid concrete blocks while jacking up my ranger. I dont reccomend using them. Wood cribbing is used to hold up homes, so I trust them to work for a pickup.

 

[bikerboy]

Buy taller jack stands. Safety First.

Harbor Frieght has a pair of 6 ton stands that go to about 20".

X2!!

 

[lil red]

wood cribbing is the sheazzy, but if you plan on placing the jack stand on top of it, make a small box(think lincon logs). and make suer there stacked on the short side of the board,(makes it so you have to use more but saftey is key) and make the opening about 2 inches smaller than the base of the jackstand, so theres about one inch of wood on the inside of the botom rail of the stand, this works like a charm

iv seen it done on about a 12 ton box van(my firehouse is tourching it on tuesday,should be a fun car fire drill)

 

[wahlstrom1]

For those who don't understand what cribbing is....Wallah!

My truck spent a year on those, which was about 360 days too long......but it's done now so I'm happy.

-andrew

 

[4x4junkie]

I have some solid concrete blocks that works well. Previous owner of the house left 4 in the garage.

Yeah, like rangerbum said, bad idea. Any form of concrete (especially cinder blocks, etc) can crumble under the weight of the stands being placed on them.

I use 6"x6"x4' wood beams in various fashions when working on a vehicle. I find these are much more stable than the small 10-12" square base a typical jackstand provides (which can also sink into warm asphalt on a hot day leading to a disaster if you don't notice it in time).

 

[swamprat]

I've crushed solid concrete blocks while jacking up my ranger. I dont reccomend using them. Wood cribbing is used to hold up homes, so I trust them to work for a pickup.

They are not cinder block, should have mentioned that before. I have droped them and beat on them and havent broken them yet. By the way my house is held up by conrete blocks