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  • Navarone
    Banned
    • Jun 2014
    • 935

    #16
    Wood is very strong under compression, and those look like they have a larger footprint than any jack stand I've seen. And they're on the tires, not a slippery frame rail.

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    • rturbo 930
      R3VLimited
      • Dec 2005
      • 2599

      #17
      Originally posted by jaywood
      Looks sketch IMO. Might be fine to hold an 02' but i wouldn't trust it for something a bit heavier.

      Steel > wood for holding up cars.
      Yep. I would want a bigger footprint, too.

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      • ForcedFirebird
        R3V OG
        • Feb 2007
        • 8300

        #18
        Used something similar to pull engines out the bottom of f-bodies back in the days of working out of my home garage. I still use them to this day and just had an e30 up in the air the same way since all our shop lifts were taken up and we were pressed for time to get a parts car engine out in time for a race...



        Not only are they plenty strong, I still have these very same ones and have been using them to support cars and drive-trains since they were made.
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        • Northern
          R3V Elite
          • Nov 2010
          • 5036

          #19
          I made something similar for making the exhaust on my iX. I figured since the car has crazy ground clearance anyway, why not use the tires. Two of them are ramps made from scrap 2X12's and 2x4's, and the other two are very similar to the OP, except 12x16x12" BxWxH.
          Originally posted by priapism
          My girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.
          Originally posted by shameson
          Usually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30

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          • Northern
            R3V Elite
            • Nov 2010
            • 5036

            #20
            Also, OP your 02 project looks sick
            Originally posted by priapism
            My girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.
            Originally posted by shameson
            Usually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30

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            • anabolice30
              E30 Modder
              • Jul 2013
              • 946

              #21
              Originally posted by NitroRustlerDriver
              That's too high IMO. Up like that you can't reach anything lying down, but there isn't enough room to squat/stand, so...
              Lol, OP needs an ass crib

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              • Farbin Kaiber
                Lil' Puppet
                • Jul 2007
                • 29502

                #22
                Note, this is common in the firefighter field for supporting vehicles and lifting them, so I'm gonna say if they trust it...

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                Cribbing is one of the most frequently used and essential tools during rescue operations and is considered to be among the strongest means of support. Gravity is inescapable; thus, cribbing is used to transfer the weight of a load into a "footprint" and provide a simple temporary support during rescue operations.

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