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IdahoDoug
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 Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:39 pm Post subject: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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Because so much of the work on my Vanagons has involved the rear end up in the air, I now own a veritable flock of jackstands. For 6 months of the last couple years, it sat on 4 and I needed another car completely off the ground as well. So I have an incongruous 12 of them. Now that I've reorganized the garage after the WBX rebuild, they look like a steel flock of birds in the corner, and they're really difficult to store.
They're too heavy to put up on a shelf and I'm hesitant to hang them on the wall for the same reason - they'd make a nasty Vanagon dent if someone brushed one off the wall and it bounced against the body. You can't hang them from the saddle as that part just pulls out of the frame. Can't hang them upside down for the same reason - the saddle will fall to the floor. Yet floor space is at a premium. I don't want to put them outdoors as they'll rust.
Anyone thought of a clever way to store them in the garage?
Doug
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PDXWesty
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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Google it: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/303922674826198521/
Also - Just keep the best 4 and get rid of some.
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Steve M.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:11 am Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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Take the adj. shafts out of them and see if they fit over each other.
Of course you now have a box of "necks"!
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allenw
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:40 am Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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| I use the bicycle hooks that are used to hang bikes from the ceiling works great. Make sure you screw them into a wall stud, I put them upside down and put the shaft in the middle. |
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jimf909 
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:22 am Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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Garage Journal can be a good source of inspiration...
Jack Stand Storage
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235659
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DanHoug
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:48 am Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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dang. i only have 2. i've got to get me a whole bunch more!
i'm a big fan of these and i use them to elevate the rear end (tires on of course)...
https://raceramps.com/car-ramps/garage-and-service-ramps/56-race-ramps/
if the vehicle is already in the garage, i'll jack up the end and slide these in. they are light, strong, made in USA, and work great!
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spitsnrovers
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:41 am Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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You mention that the raising portions slides completely out of the stand portion, so you can't hang them......
On my stands there is a tab on the stand portion that is supposed to be hammered over a bit into the raising portion to prevent just such an event.
Do yours?
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:17 am Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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| spitsnrovers wrote: |
You mention that the raising portions slides completely out of the stand portion, so you can't hang them......
On my stands there is a tab on the stand portion that is supposed to be hammered over a bit into the raising portion to prevent just such an event.
Do yours? |
All of mine do, and they are peened in place. Long story short I dropped one on my toe, which turned black and took forever to grow out. After I got over the initial pain the first thing I did was to lock all of my jackstands. I own 12 and sometimes I feel like I need more. I find them handy for painting stuff when not holding up a vehicle.
I'd guess not too far down the road, IdahoDoug, that your son will be on his own and will need some. They'll end up being "borrowed" out of your garage soon enough.
If you're out of wall space, jackstands can be hung from the ceiling too. In the electricians aisle of HD and Lowe's there is a rail system called Unistrut. This is a C channel system used to suspend electrical stuff off of ceilings in commercial buildings. There are all sorts of fixtures made to run in the channel. It's super strong, plenty strong enough to hold all of your jackstands.
-Kevin
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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Buy more cars and store them underneath.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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I've been storing my spares at Harbor Freight. Every time I go, I look at the 6ton size and think "do have a place for those in my garage?"
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| I find them handy for painting stuff when not holding up a vehicle. |
This is a winner for me. I think I'll buy next time... Thx Kevin
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Merian
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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buy the house next door and turn it into a 2nd garage
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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Take four downtown and find someone who parked in a handicapped spot and jack there car up until the wheels are just touching the ground.
Pop a cold one and watch from a distance.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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| Abscate wrote: |
Take four downtown and find someone who parked in a handicapped spot and jack there car up until the wheels are just touching the ground.
Pop a cold one and watch from a distance. |
Some people don't "look handicapped" but you can't tell what their "max distance" is by one observation of their mobility in one situation.
Prob better ways to find out who's pirating the Handicap placards without exasperating the genuine users. But yeah I wonder sometimes how many of those are just being pirated, and what process is maintaining the proper dispersion of placards among the folks who truly need the assistance. I've never heard of any "vetting process" after the placard award, so there's ample opportunity for abuse of the system. Handicap parking is costly for merchants, and to be fair it should be vetted, and (I bet) it's not vetted at all, zero.
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Steve M.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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| Abscate wrote: |
Take four downtown and find someone who parked in a handicapped spot and jack there car up until the wheels are just touching the ground.
Pop a cold one and watch from a distance. |
I like your thinking!
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IdahoDoug
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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Wow, ya learn something new every day. I have idly wondered at least once what that stamped out "neck and head" shaped thing is for as the engineer in me knows that things like that cost money in a product and are rarely random. So because I've apparently never read the literature that comes with these things I had no awareness I am supposed to peen them in. Thanks!!
On a random note, I just watched my wife and son drive off for the first time in the Porsche now that I've nearly completed the mechanical resto. I'm one left tie rod away from declaring it done. It's a gorgeous sunny day here and I suggested they take it to head to Spokane.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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| IdahoDoug wrote: |
| I just watched my wife and son drive off for the first time in the Porsche |
These are the good old days, Happy Holidays
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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now THAT is a car that is "fun" to fix...
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: What do you use for jackstand storage? |
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I leave them in the storeroom until they are thoroughly wrapped in black widow spider web, then they are easier to transport as a pair.
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