What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[ElectraRider]

Thank goodness you weren't under it.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

I'm just glad you're ok. Metal can be fixed or replaced. People not so much.

 

[Blmpkn]

Yeah, glad your alright. What an absolute kick in the nuts though.. one step forward 3 steps back. Sorry to hear about your other crap going on, sending well wishes.

 

[Roert42]

Nearly lost my leg to a rotor one time, working on a gravel driveway with nothing under the jack stands.

Knee got pinned under the wheel stud and I had to lift up on the fender to take enough pressure off the suspension I could un pin my knee from the stud. Always put wood under the jack stands after that.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Hang in there buddy!

Sometimes it just really isn’t easy…

Thank goodness you weren't under it.

Yeah. It did sort of give me warning though. I heard a creak and looked at it funny and everything still looked ok and right when I was about to decide that it was going to be ok, blam! There was 9 jackstands under it, 3 house jacks and two bottle jacks under it when it went down. I’m not entirely sure what happened.

I'm just glad you're ok. Metal can be fixed or replaced. People not so much.

As I was sitting next to it after it went down and saw the gas coming out of the tank that a jackstand went through, I thought probably harder than I should have about just striking my lighter and getting it over with…

Yeah, glad your alright. What an absolute kick in the nuts though.. one step forward 3 steps back. Sorry to hear about your other crap going on, sending well wishes.

Definitely a hard kick in the nuts. This might be more than 3 steps back. And yes, on top of everything else, I’ll take all the prayers and well wishes I can get.

Nearly lost my leg to a rotor one time, working on a gravel driveway with nothing under the jack stands.

Knee got pinned under the wheel stud and I had to lift up on the fender to take enough pressure off the suspension I could un pin my knee from the stud. Always put wood under the jack stands after that.

Yikes. I pretty much always put wood, steel, stone or concrete under jackstands, ever since I accidentally rolled my first Ranger off a bottle jack replacing a wheel stud. I put wood under the jacks too. Both bottle jacks were on wood, two of the house jacks on wood and the third on a piece of 1/4” steel plate. 6 of the jackstands were on wood and two of them I had pulled, re-leveled with limestone and re-set. I’m not entirely sure what went wrong other than I probably effed up somewhere.

 

[Curious Hound]

Darn! Sounds like you had an earthquake to take it down like that.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Darn! Sounds like you had an earthquake to take it down like that.

I didn’t feel one, but something went terribly wrong. I was trying to be very careful. I tried jacking up one, then the other front wheel and wasn’t happy with how it was looking so I jacked both fronts up very carefully to keep everything balanced and was adjusting the house jacks as I went. Got it to where I was about to check things and it had been stable for a couple minutes. Heard a creak and looked at it funny but it went quiet for just long enough to think it was ok, then just blam, down in the blink of an eye. I had been worried about this happening for awhile now and was trying to get the front tires on before fully weighting the rear axle (I had a good bit of the truck weight on the rear axle when it went down in addition to the stands under the hitch and frame). Wanted to fully weight the rear axle to see what the extended shackles got me.

 

[Lefty]

Perhaps this is a good place and time to mention that no one recommends cinder blocks. Some years ago I purchased some for another project (but not for the truck). I grabbed one when I was loading at the lumberyard and it fell apart in my hands.

Sometimes I use ramps. Now I wonder if they are any safer. And just thinking out loud here: maybe if working on wheels it might even be safer to jack the truck up, slide the ramp under the frame, making sure to have boards underneath, and let the truck rest on them?

Maybe nothing is certain on loose gravel or soft ground.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

No one ever recommends cinder blocks. I just thought I should mention this on your thread.

Some years ago I purchased some, but not for the truck. I grabbed one when I was loading them at the lumberyard and it fell apart in my hands. Sometimes I use ramps. Now I wonder if they are any safer. And just thinking out loud here: maybe if working on wheels it might even be safer to jack the truck up and slide the ramp under the frame, and let the truck rest on them?

Cinderblocks are NEVER safe!

The style ramps you have are ok but missing a piece that runs from the bottom of the vertical to near the second bend. Triangulation makes it stronger. Some manufacturers don't put them on, so I use angle and do it myself.

 

[Lefty]

Cinderblocks are NEVER safe!

The style ramps you have are ok but missing a piece that runs from the bottom of the vertical to near the second bend. Triangulation makes it stronger. Some manufacturers don't put them on, so I use angle and do it myself.

I was wondering about that. Maybe I should get out the welder and beef them up.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I was wondering about that. Maybe I should get out the welder and beef them up.

I drill holes and bolt them on.

 

[Lefty]

Cinderblocks are NEVER safe!

The style ramps you have are ok but missing a piece that runs from the bottom of the vertical to near the second bend. Triangulation makes it stronger. Some manufacturers don't put them on, so I use angle and do it myself.

But haven't we all driven by someone's lot only to see an old car up on cinder blocks? It's almost like a trend. I wonder just how many cars in the USA are resting on blocks right now.

 

[Roert42]

Don’t think ever seen a car on cylinder block’s except in movie or something.

See lots of cars sitting on top of a hunk of log.

 

[Curious Hound]

Don’t think ever seen a car on cylinder block’s except in movie or something.

See lots of cars sitting on top of a hunk of log.

You need to get out more.

 

[Roert42]

You need to get out more.

I try to avoid it whenever possible.