The best place to jack up a truck from is right under the springs on the axle. Obviously you better have the wheels blocked. And you only get one wheel off the ground at a time.
Didn't ask for your approval. It happens all over the country several times a day. I was only pointing out tire shops don't lift one wheel at a time and they surely don't use the frame
Have you ever tried? I worked at a tire shop tbrough college. That's almost a dozen years ago. You don't have to believe me even though Andy said he has seen it also. It happens, it's a fact. Next time I get my tiny jack back I'll get all four off the ground for you.ointlaugh:
The shop I worked at did between 900-1200 tires a month. That doesn't include flat repairs, used tires, mount and bal or rotate and bal. Almost all of the tire work was done by floor jacks.
Thats why the front goes up last and down first. It's not something you want to leave all day. For the jack stand crowd, they aren't a guarantee of safety either. I've seen more fall off of jack stands than jacks. People get too comfortable when it's on stands.
It's not safety... I was trying to be nice, but you must be a water head retard to believe that it's a good idea to have a vehicle up on two jacks with no tires on the vehicle... Especially an F250. Anyone can do it, but it's fking STUPID....
Everytime my F250's have gone to Discount Tire they have used four jacks to lift it. Which was a realy good thing when one of them failed and dropped down.
It was an example to show that it is perfectly acceptable to use the differential, sorry you two got lost in translation. I never said it was the best thing to do, but sometimes you do things in a pinch you wouldn't always do. I even stated three was preferred.
Local tire shop would always use 3 on trucks. Never seen em do 2 before & can't say that I'd want to. But they would run 3 jacks all day long without issue.
When they did my buddy's dually-
As far as what I do, I jack off the pumpkin & then put heavy duty jack stands under the axle tubes. Sometimes use blocks of wood like Tanks does depending on what I'm doing.
Local tire shop would always use 3 on trucks. Never seen em do 2 before & can't say that I'd want to. But they would run 3 jacks all day long without issue.
When they did my buddy's dually-
As far as what I do, I jack off the pumpkin & then put heavy duty jack stands under the axle tubes. Sometimes use blocks of wood like Tanks does depending on what I'm doing.
im bumping this thread to actually ask if a 1.5 ton jack will lift a 4x4 single cab f250? the seal is bad in it or i would just go try myself...trying to decide if i want to try and fix it or just replace with a 2-3 ton?
I don't believe any manufacturer recommends lifting by the differential. I have done it, and so has everyone else, but just so you know, the differential housing will deform when you lift using it, although it will " most likely " spring back to normal shape when you set it down. As these machines become more and more expensive, I have begun paying more attention to the little details that can lead to more precise and longer lasting components.
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