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Daniel132

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Hey guys,

 

Crawling under the old car with normal jack stands scares the living daylight out of me even though I know its perfectly safe. 

I came across these wooden jack stands recently that look like jenga blocks online. 

Thinking to myself that they would be a good back for the car too fall onto in the far fetched case there was ever a failure.

Is this a stupid idea?

 

Thanks!

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not stupid, just pointless as wood is definitely weaker but probably strong enough with the load spread out like that.

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Stacked like that it'll be properly strong. Held up a shipping container like that a few years back with 6 stacks of them.

Still looks dodgy AF though, do not recommend.

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If the pieces have locating pins/dowels in the ends it'd be OK, if not then forget about it

It's not the timber strength in question, it's stopping them from slipping apart/off, particularly the top ones

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2 hours ago, k31th said:

which they essentially never do...

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https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/browse-all-recalls?f[0]=field_accc_psa_product_category%3A5035

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3 hours ago, Daniel132 said:

Is this a stupid idea?

Looks like untreated softwood/pine etc?

 

Might be strong enough as is, but wouldn't want them getting much moisture in them?

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