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Fred Scigliano said:
Lost ya on the 2x4 stands Chris.
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So I worked for a DoD contractor that on one of our contracts, they were responsible for rebuilding up armored Humvees. Weighing in excess of 15,000 pounds and then some.

After having several people hurt using heavy duty Jack stands rated for much higher than that, one of the mechanics came up with the idea of using 2x4s, stacked up like a tower, bolted together. After some testing and verifications by the engineers, it was gov approved. That was 7 years ago and they’ve not had a Jack stand related injury since and serviced hundreds of Humvees this way.

I used it this concept on my dart. Sadly the squatters stole mine.

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I need to do a massive photo dump into my build thread. I’ve got like 275 pics you all haven’t seen of the progress, trial and error etc
 
dukeboy_318 said:
So I worked for a DoD contractor that on one of our contracts, they were responsible for rebuilding up armored Humvees. Weighing in excess of 15,000 pounds and then some.

After having several people hurt using heavy duty Jack stands rated for much higher than that, one of the mechanics came up with the idea of using 2x4s, stacked up like a tower, bolted together. After some testing and verifications by the engineers, it was gov approved. That was 7 years ago and they’ve not had a Jack stand related injury since and serviced hundreds of Humvees this way.

I used it this concept on my dart. Sadly the squatters stole mine.

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Good idea thanks.
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Your mileage may vary. Test it out a few times to ensure they’re safe. I cut them to 12 inch pieces. I put a tractor on them once time and they did fine .
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I made up a set to fit under the front wheels. Needed for engine removal/install. Shop crane runs into axle stands.
Height was floor jack maxed out, gave me lots of rumm under truck. D9 dozers sitting on wood blocks is the only way.
 
Tooljunkie said:
I made up a set to fit under the front wheels. Needed for engine removal/install. Shop crane runs into axle stands.
Height was floor jack maxed out, gave me lots of rumm under truck. D9 dozers sitting on wood blocks is the only way.
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Yep.
 
Icetech said:
Just curious.. for you guys that have done USCT frame connectors.. how much grinding on them did you have to do to get them to fit? I feel like i'm having to do more than i thought i would.. like a hours worth and in and out 10-15 times to get them close.. also, the front of the connector is about 3/8" lower than the frame in the front, just making sure that's normal and not supposed to be perfectly even
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Normal, they take quite a bit of hand fitting to get them right.
 
Working on the second coat of red paint on my cornhole boards. No pics today. Probably one more coat making it three. Then to lay out the yellow star around the hole. They will look like the Vietnamese flag....LOL
 
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