Good idea. My asphalt driveway has indentions all over as the Westy has been on the racks so many times. . Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Vanagaon axle stand height?
> one thing i've found very useful with jackstands ... cut some 1-inch > (25mm) thick marine plywood (so it doesn't come unglued when/if it > gets wet) into a square at least a couple of inches wider on each side > than the jackstand. then put the square of plywood under the > jackstand. helps gain a little height, but mostly it keeps the base of > the jackstand from sinking into the dirt/gravel/asphalt driveway. or > damaging the concrete driveway, if you're lucky enough to have that > sort of driveway. :) > > most of the time, you can find remnants or scraps at home-depot or > lowe's or somewhere ... they've sold 1/2 a sheet and have few > customers for the leftovers, so they'll sell it cheap. they even cut > it up for me. :) > > joel > |
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