http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=74211&group_ID=1725&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
Which is the better color? Pepboys has the best price. I still need to jack my vanagon up and measure the distance I actually use.
BTW, I've used my jacks a lot while taking of a wheel while on the road, et. They've been very helpful, though sometimes distressing to store (like they sure don't fit under the front seats).
Getting a smaller set, I mean more packable, like the links, is going to allow me to pack them in very nicely.
From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Jack Stands
> foldable jack stands sound great for carrying on major trips, if that's what
> you're thinking.
> Though 4 sounds quite heavy to take along.............I carry two light
> weight ones..........I believe in being very prepared, but not 'over
> prepared' and will fudge just a bit toward 'not quite as prepared for just
> anything' to save weight and room. If I just have to, I can find something
> to support the van.
>
> 3 tons for each jackstand is much more than you need. That's 6,000 lbs.
> Even stuffed, a vanagon is in the 5,000 and something range. That means ONE
> of the 3 ton jack stands could support the entire van balanced on it.
> Since you only hold up one corner of the van at a time with a jack stand, a
> 2,000 lb rated jack stand would work adequately.
> In my shop I have major bomber 4 ton or whatever jackstands, but if you're
> thinking 'folding' and fitting them in the van......
> I personally sure wouldn't be carrying anything that heavy on board, since
> it's not likely to be needed anyway, if you've done your work on the van
> properly.
>
> Can't think of what you're talking about with the 2 X 4.
> on the rear, I 'hook' my jackstands into the outer forward 'crook'
> almost......of the trailing arms. I don't use the jacking point there. And
> the jack stands hook into the front corner of the trialing arm nicely at an
> angle..........like the stand is not straight in line with, or straight
> across, relative to the van........set diagonally like this they are more
> stable, on a flat hard surface of course.
> On the front, I do use the jacking point.
> I also find that the 4 support points like this are not exactly in
> plane.............one front needs a small wooden pad, like 5/16ths inch
> thick.....
> for the van to side dead evenly on identical jackstands, on a flat hard
> surface.
>
> hope some of that made sense !
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M'obeechi" <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:53 PM
> Subject: Jack Stands
>
>
> Big URL but nice product:
>
> http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&productId=100594518&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=100594518&cm_mmc=1hd.com2froogle-_-product_feed-_-D25X-_-100594518
>
> These jack stands look to be the bomb for packability. I have standard four
> ton jack stands, and they are a complete pain in the ass to fit into the
> vanagon, and no matter what you do, they're wasting a lot of space, but
> these... wow... they pack real well.. which opens up the number of places
> they can be stashed without banging into something.
>
> Anyone know if a 3 ton jacks are okay for fully loaded vanagons, lets assume
> the heaviest for now.
>
> Also, has anyone used those bottle jack hydraulic types. I wonder if they
> could be used with the extension meant for the HiLift (as far as HiLift,
> putting that thing in the vanagon is an even bigger nightmare). I was
> thinking also that the end (front or back I forget) where you have to use a
> piece of two by four wood because of the metal gap (when resting on a jack
> stand) that you (I) could have someone weld a metal plate to this area. Any
> thoughts on this?
>
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