Citidiot question.

[M92PV4U]

Just do it in the street or in your old man's shop.

Shop is full, I'd rather work on it on concrete than gravel. I guess that I could do it in the street, I just don't like the idea of being in the road while working on it.

 

[Provience]

Shop is full, I'd rather work on it on concrete than gravel. I guess that I could do it in the street, I just don't like the idea of being in the road while working on it.

Neighborhood, use the street. It's way more convenient than it seems

 

[Grnjp92]

Shop is full, I'd rather work on it on concrete than gravel. I guess that I could do it in the street, I just don't like the idea of being in the road while working on it.

Fair enough. I just want to minimize any chance beyond my own stupidity. Now if it's your only option, I guess I would crib it out. More work then necessary for sure.

 

[Stingray]

Shop is full, I'd rather work on it on concrete than gravel. I guess that I could do it in the street, I just don't like the idea of being in the road while working on it.

Try not to extend the jack stands more than necessary, use wide base cribbing.

You really should be fine though.

 

[Stingray]

Fair enough. I just want to minimize any chance beyond my own stupidity. Now if it's your only option, I guess I would crib it out. More work then necessary for sure.

Beat me by a second

 

[subybaja]

I'd chock the hell out of the rear on the slope, then use the stands on top where it's relatively flat.

Unless you've got the special inclined-use stands.

 

[Ebs]

Front tire seems to be in sand dune mode.

 

[Filthy McChevy]

Rear Wheels chocked and facing uphill . I’d take jackstands on sloped cement over level asphalt most days too.

This.
ALSO Reminded me of when I was replacing the rear axle on a Suburban and ran out to check it when I heard a loud boom in the middle of the night. Turns out a propane tank blew up and set a house on fire around the corner. Suburban was still up on jackstands.

 

[brocolocoli]

That asphalt looks pretty flat. Do one side at a time with the side you're working on facing your house so at least the truck will crush you when someone hits it instead of getting run over

 

[WTF?]

That asphalt looks pretty flat. Do one side at a time with the side you're working on facing your house so at least the truck will crush you when someone hits it instead of getting run over

that's only if the jackstand doesn't go leaning tower of pisa after the feet sink into the asphalt at an uneven rate and get you crushed before someone collides with the vehicle .

 

[Thatg9659]

You’re in California, why don’t you have a $1000 Craigslist lift bolted to the slab already?

Eta, I like to let the vehicle weight rest on the chocks Before jacking it up, rather than relying on my foot tap to get them set in.

 

[Deleted member 1632]

Wheel Chocks, parking brake and I would position my self to be uphill of it while wrenching as much as possible Incase it does roll off, I don't get maimed or killed.

 

[Squamch]

I've done worse. I've pulled engines on slopes that I had to toss a chain under the engine hoist wheels to keep it from rolling, then use a 2x4 to inch it back uphill by levering it against the back of the hoist. Good times.

I've had a honda accord chained up to a cherry picker to get the engine out of my 3.0 toyota before. Not a good time at all honestly, but better than chained to the floor jack to pull the zf6 and t case in the ford.

 

[Grnjp92]

I've had a honda accord chained up to a cherry picker to get the engine out of my 3.0 toyota before. Not a good time at all honestly, but better than chained to the floor jack to pull the zf6 and t case in the ford.

If you had other options.... would you have used them.... I think he maybe has options.

 

[Thefishguy77]

As a proper hillbilly I would jack it up facing down hill with the rear tires well blocked. Then after its up high enough I would put green tree rounds under the frame rails right about B pillar/front doors. Then jackstands as backups to hopefully buy me a second to get out from under it should it go south. At least thats how I support mine when I work on it. Oh yea level ground more better.

Unless you have good jack stands there is no way I would trust them to hold that pig alone.

 

[brocolocoli]

that's only if the jackstand doesn't go leaning tower of pisa after the feet sink into the asphalt at an uneven rate and get you crushed before someone collides with the vehicle .

Plywood footings under the stand fixes that.

 

[Grnjp92]

As a proper hillbilly I would jack it up facing down hill with the rear tires well blocked. Then after its up high enough I would put green tree rounds under the frame rails right about B pillar/front doors. Then jackstands as backups to hopefully buy me a second to get out from under it should it go south. At least thats how I support mine when I work on it. Oh yea level ground more better.

Unless you have good jack stands there is no way I would trust them to hold that pig alone.

Plywood footings under the stand fixes that.

Ah no. That's gravity pulling the weight down hill. Stand on a hill with a plumb bob, see if it points at your toes.

 

[plym49.2]

Downhill, nose down, on ramps.

I have to change a wheel bearing and brake pads.

ET2 is on the right track.

Downhill on ramps, floor or bottle jack under one A-arm at a time. Rear wheels locked in gear/park + ebrake + chocks.

Minimum setup and truck is level-ish whilst working on it.

 

[Hooligan]

I don't get maimed or killed.

Found the safety guy!

 

[Deleted member 1632]

Found the safety guy!

Hahaha who also has been doing redneck dip****tery for almost 30yrs now

 

[Steve300xcw]

I have to change a wheel bearing and brake pads.

Thats it? Jack up one corner at a time and do it. Jesus **** this is a canada question if I ever saw one

 

[Weasel]

Thats it? Jack up one corner at a time and do it. Jesus **** this is a canada question if I ever saw one

No kidding can't believe it took so long for anyone to say that!!

 

[Gtrplyr78]

No one said the most important thing, set up a camera and record an entire ordeal

 

[WTF?]

Plywood footings under the stand fixes that.

if a guy doesn't even have a garage to work on his DD, where does he keep his stash scrap plywood??

 

[det107]

No one said the most important thing, set up a camera and record an entire ordeal

And post the video in the Up thread for the insomniacs-

 

[M92PV4U]

if a guy doesn't even have a garage to work on his DD, where does he keep his stash scrap plywood??

In the garage

 

[Steve300xcw]

if a guy doesn't even have a garage to work on his DD, where does he keep his stash scrap plywood??

In the back of the tahoe

 

[subybaja]

No one said the most important thing, set up a camera and record an entire ordeal

Yeah, speaking of, where's the BigfootWelldriller YouTube channel?

 

[buzzbombxj]

I've done way worse, without real wheel chocks. You aren't even going to be underneath it. Add cribbing if the jackstands start to tip, but I doubt they will.

 

[Leadfoot21]

Sideways.

Didn’t read all comments was driveway is steeper and I turn them completely sideways and work on them that way.