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[Nick W]

Lets start again    I have 2 jacks. A 3 ton and 2 ton. 3 ton is too big and heavy to carry up and down 3 flights of stairs for small jobs and quick inspections and I need to make a return trip for the stand which is exhausting so I want to use my two ton which I can carry with one hand.

Makes perfect sense to me; lugging the 3 ton jack through the house and up the cellar steps for small jobs does my back no good at all. Especially knowing that I have to put it away when the job is finished.

[chrisgixer]

Ok . But why won't a block of wood take up the difference between the two jacks?

[SMD]

TB is spot on. I thought I mentioned it in the OP but having re- read it can see why everyone is confused.

Chris, it would have to be a small bit of wood because after a couple of pumps on the jack, the saddle touches the jacking point on the car but I guess every inch helps. I think you are right in saying the chassis rail is lower than the jacking point because theoretically the jack has a lift capacity of 345mm and the stand as it lowest is 310 but in reality doesn't pan out. The 3 ton jack lifts over 500mm so a big difference

[chrisgixer]

There's another trick. Place the wood on stand, lift car by wheel arch, with left(or spare) foot slide jack under. Takes practice though.


...or just by some lower stands.

[SMD]

I think I'll be buying some lower stands. 

These are the lowest I've seen so far but only 25mm lower than what I currently have. Ideally i would like something lower but if I can get a bit of 2" timber on the jack saddle that should give me enough height

[SMD]

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/hydraulic-jacks/axle-stands/jsr2-axle-stands

Forgot to add the link earlier

[05omegav6]

Halfrods do/did a set with two axle stands and a jack in a case iirc

[SMD]

But that's no good to me anyway, I don't need any more jacks! I'm guessing small axle stands don't exist because I can't find any

[Marks DTM Calib]

As per Tunnies post:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cax-3tbc-3-ton-axle-stands?da=1&TC=SRC-axle%20stands

[SMD]

Hi Mark,

These have a minimum working height of 300mm and are similar to what I already have.

[tunnie]

Personally I'm not keen on those, especially when lifting the front. They dig into the chassis rail, rather than just 'hug' it.

Work fine for the back though.

If your jack can't get high enough for those, then I'd seriously consider a better jack. Those ones Mark posted at their lowest setting will be quite useless for any serious work other than an oil change.

I'm known as being on the slim side, but even those at their lowest setting leave very little room to slide under, let alone do any work.

[SMD]

I have the Melco stands, the one tunnie linked. Its way too high for my small jack

20mm higher than the ones in Entwoods post. So a 20mm bit of wood, or more, would achieve the same thing, was my thinking.

I'm surprised  a 3 ton lack can't lift enough to get the Melco stands under though.

I think SMD is trying to say, for whatever reason, he doesn't normally want to use his 3t jack, and for some jobs prefer to use a small, toy one

 

Just want some toy axle stands to go with it