Well let's head them off at the pass then. In order for those to fail, the wood would literally have to be crushed and wood is extremely strong in compression, it doesn't matter if it's end-grain compression or cross grain, but my experience leads me to believe that wood is even stronger against compression across grain than with the grain. There, we'll let the negative Nancys chew on that.
I was a search and rescue tech in the Army for little and at the school I got my certifications, we used to use wood framing to hold up parts of concrete walls, we would crib school buses and cars before doing rescues. I think one time we even used wood cribbing on a huge concrete pipe. I think for the bus we had to use 4x4 cribbing and lay a 6x6 across the frame.
House cribbing is usually done with 6X6 lumber, but then again, a house weighs a mega shit ton more than any passenger vehicle. 2X4s are absolutely PERFECT for this application, and I have been doing this for years and years.
I made the same a few years ago, and I make them so I can add sections to make them taller. Made it easy for me to replace my transmission without a hoist.
A buddy built a similar set for me and they are awesome. My set is 32” long, however, and the top surface is flat so that I can put my scales on it and use them to scale and align my race car. I only wish we had built these things years ago because as you noted, they have lots and lots of uses.
LOL, just so happen to be doing the same thing. I went out to a spec home build site yesterday and got scrap 2x4 off there trash pile. Bought 5 lbs of screws today for 25 bucks. Building mine tomorrow. Mine are 22 1/2 long and 16” wide. I got off cheap with free lumber.
Steel wheel horizontal on the floor, another wheel dropped in standing upright, 4 snots of weld. Done. Junkyard style. I've built several cars on my gravel driveway using mine. Way safer than axle stands, way safer than going to corona burger for breakfast as well. I'm amazed they are still doing non essential fast food in the US. All the mc burger places in the UK have been closed down for weeks due to risk of mass infection. Hope you stay safe and live up to your name.
@nick payne If you dont think ply on the outside of that with it fastened in the right places won't stiffen the structure then i have nothing more to say . It's got nothing to do with compression. Its spread .
The Carl’s Jr. biscuits and gravy kicks ass, in case you’ve not tried them. I really dig your C10-I’m working on a ‘70 GMC right now. Putting in a gen IV rat motor I built years ago, and just scored some beautiful Hooker long tube coated headers. We’re finally putting up a shop this summer in my backyard, then on to the projects I want to do.
Ive been using these for years to jack my cars up to work on them and protect them. I live in VA Beach and my house is in a flood zone. Come in handy in case the storm surge from a hurricane gets high enough to get in my garage.
Thanks for the Video....Great Minds do think alike. I did the same thing, and built them so they would fit on the Harbor Freight Dollies as well. Works real good as long as the floor is clean....lol.... One little speck of sand, and you are not going anywhere....lol....Stay Safe My Friend....Regards.
I've been wanting to build a set of those for a while. I have a lot of work to do under my Buick and it needs to be high enough to get under there and weld
Used to do the same thing with rims nice big one on the bottom a medium one in the middle then a big one on top upside-down. With a flat plate inside for bearing plates.... That's how I used to do alignments on lowered cars as I didn't have a drive on. We used what we had they were strong plentiful and free most of the time. Mind you 2 x4 are definitely more manageable.
I made some of these. Mine are 12" high and are two piece having a top and bottom section. I can lift the car 6" or 12". All eight pieces stack together and are strapped to a small Harbor Freight furniture dolly for storage. For added insurance I glued and screwed them together.
I built ones just like that a few months ago for my Corvette.. they work quite well as long as you tie them together if you need to move it across the floor
Best stands for cheap... not with wood prices so high, however using scrap 2x4s from a construction site scrap bin/pile will make it free though so still best option for cheapest price 👌 as you can't get much cheaper than free haha screws and nails are cheap in bulk.
Thanks for sharing Lucky. We all like to save a buck or two. More money for HP toys. BTW I saw the red van you guys are working on and she looks good. You rung that old mustang out just fine at the track. I would bet you got ever pony out of that one that she would give you. More of that PLZ. Cheers sir.
I envy this kinds of trucks that exist in the West. Such a clean and robust design this old tractors. Such nice craftsmanship and life long usability. Outside of inefficient drivetrain (due to when built) and slightly to heavy built, well this workman's machinery are just outstanding. This "death" machines are what we should have on the roads. Going slow and carefully used and maintained for work tasks. Built to last a lifetime and be a tool like a hammer. We in Europe has or rather had the grate person movers (volkswagen) Built light, fwd and safe enough in a accidental collision. We still got the best small worker van's (Caddy and the French Berlingo) But heavy duty van's/trucks all points to USA and such. But even medium work vans I think Europe do better. (Transporters, French Ducato's) Then wherever Toyota old school trucks are better medium trucks or not then something old school made in USA.... Well I can not say honestly. Problem is that todays junk is made to fail and replaced every few years. And the traffic is so undisciplined and lazy. It is to dangerous to travel in stuff not built like racing vehicles. Self driving should be banned and really to not do something about safety on the roads. Like common! Car manufacturer's make self driving vehicles as drivers can not be bothered to drive a deadly machinery?? Find it funny how someone that believe a Tesla or something is environment friendly. Taking a 80s design and modernize it would be environment friendly. And keeping it on the road for 40+ years. But then you do not have fancy computer screens or self driving madness. And probably stuff like servo steering and whatever need to go. 0-60 times being high and safety poor compared to todays cars made to crash in 200km/h. Like common sense dose not exist today... Keep it runnin! Looks like a keeper! :) Loved that sound! (hard to think that was stock from factory but still nice!)
I use 2 x 10 or 2 x 12 off-cuts that they sell at my lumberyard ...they call it "Cull Lumber" and 4 foot lengths are $2 a piece. 5 minutes with the chop saw and you're in business..also..easy to screw together if you wish...
Next time throw a strap on that load and secure it while bringing it home! I'm indifferent on your use of a seat belt, but gotta make sure that suff in the bed ain't gonna depart the next time you see a Mustang or somethin'.
Awesome vids. Idk if u have already. But I'd love to see how u made seat brackets to put newer seats in a older truck! Wanting to put obs seats in my 87 V20 4x4 squarebody. Thanks again
The cheese is always awful at fast food places. It's always disconcerting to see cheese offered and then biting into a cold piece of sliced America Kraft. Good times. No cheese - No Pico de Gallo. Who wants extra water blowing through your tortilla bread 😂🍻
@@PrydeWater901 no debate on that. I'm debating the merits of drive thru rubber sheet cheese that won't even melt in a hot burrito. The type of cheese thats good for sealing leaky roofs.
Same way we built outrigger cribbing for our Rough Terrain 22 ton cranes in the military (Just a lot bigger footprint). I set my cars on car ramps when doing this. You can get em' at yard sales for $5-$20. If we can ever have yard sales again??
Lucky i am really digging the wheel and tire combo. What wheel/tire/backspacing are you running? Im thinking of ditching the old school 15” welds for something a bit more modern. Keep up the good content!
I have been using these for a few months. Something to keep in mind... How high can your jack go? I already had a long jack but it wouldn't get my car high enough. I ended up buying the low profile long reach steel jack from HF and it works great. My stands are 12" if I remember correctly. I also cut some scraps at 45 degrees to put a lip on two sides so the car won't roll off without a parking brake on. They don't stack as well due to this though.
alright Lucky Costa. it sucks when i'm suppose to hit the like button, but accidentally hit subscribe. normally not a problem. but i'm already a subscriber. so it unsubscribes me and then resubscribe ,omg. i do it all the time. i'm old. love anything you put your paws on.
Always cool and real stuff.Is that the old red 66 or did you do a swap? 1966 Chevelles are so sweet.My dad has a 300 model 2 door post.Its been in the family since 77.Dragcar but not tubbed.Wheres the Dodge wagon she was a beaut.
@@luckysgarageshow No Lucky, they were jumping on the bandwagon. There are people that follow your post's hoping to make a buck off of your ideas. You are respected more than you realize perhaps.
Be honest, Lucky. You're just going to use these to steal others peoples wheels and tires. Hey, times are rough.😃 ( I actually made a pair of small wooden ramps from 2x4 for those quick under car inspections)
For those who do not have the benefit of a lift in their garage, but would still like to be able to use these things, here is a video (not mine) on how to get your car on and off the stands. czcams.com/video/gJ7t_WxgMK8/video.html
Lucky, Don't set these on top of the HF wheel dollies. Those castors are horrible and get stuck in side load positions constantly. With the car/truck up so high and them getting stuck, you take a big chance of dropping the car off.. Best thing to do is get a 2 x 6 or 8" and add them in the same way as the rest of the build and add 4 quality castors to each one. You will use them for years without issues and you'll be glad you did... You can even run 2 x's from one to another to keep them solid and roll it all out onto a shitty surface without worry!!!
Here comes all the people freaking out about the stands and who have never seen House Cribbing before...
Ive been doing this for years in my garage. They are solid.
Well let's head them off at the pass then. In order for those to fail, the wood would literally have to be crushed and wood is extremely strong in compression, it doesn't matter if it's end-grain compression or cross grain, but my experience leads me to believe that wood is even stronger against compression across grain than with the grain. There, we'll let the negative Nancys chew on that.
I was a search and rescue tech in the Army for little and at the school I got my certifications, we used to use wood framing to hold up parts of concrete walls, we would crib school buses and cars before doing rescues. I think one time we even used wood cribbing on a huge concrete pipe. I think for the bus we had to use 4x4 cribbing and lay a 6x6 across the frame.
We use loose 4x4 lumber on the fire department for stabilizing large vehicles or whatever. Plenty strong
House cribbing is usually done with 6X6 lumber, but then again, a house weighs a mega shit ton more than any passenger vehicle. 2X4s are absolutely PERFECT for this application, and I have been doing this for years and years.
The most down to earth car guy on tv. Thanks for the content lucky
The toughest part would be finding 14 straight 2x4s at HD.
They don't sell straight 2x4's at Home Depot, do they....
They do have nice wood if you are building a boat.
@@scraptoartmetalworks2494 Or airplane propellers
@Zhiyang Lu You just need to build cribbing for your jack...
@@joeschlotthauer840 It takes me 20 minutes to find 2 that are half-straight.
I love those early 90s split bench. Reminds me of my old 454ss that I never should have sold.
Those 454SS were slow pigs due to new emissions and GM having no clue what they were doing.
@@SOLDOZERtrue in stock form. Mine wasn't. Stock short block but everything up top was done.
I have one of those slow pigs and there worth a bunch of money 💰
AvE calls them "Jenga blocks". They work pretty well from what I've seen
If AvE says they verk. I'm happy with it
I made the same a few years ago, and I make them so I can add sections to make them taller. Made it easy for me to replace my transmission without a hoist.
how did you do that?
I think that is called "cribbing" anywear outside the automotive world. LOL. Nice work, Lucky. Who knew you were a Woodsmith, too? LOL
A buddy built a similar set for me and they are awesome. My set is 32” long, however, and the top surface is flat so that I can put my scales on it and use them to scale and align my race car. I only wish we had built these things years ago because as you noted, they have lots and lots of uses.
Love how you kept the original wheel.
1/2 lemonade + 1/2 water = a cup full of ice filled with lemonade. Common now 😂
LOL, just so happen to be doing the same thing. I went out to a spec home build site yesterday and got scrap 2x4 off there trash pile. Bought 5 lbs of screws today for 25 bucks. Building mine tomorrow. Mine are 22 1/2 long and 16” wide. I got off cheap with free lumber.
Judging by the music, Lucky has a fondness for the Charleston.
Lucky was the Charleston Dance Champ in his Senior year of High School, class of 1924!!!
I've used these for years and they work very well.
Steel wheel horizontal on the floor, another wheel dropped in standing upright, 4 snots of weld. Done. Junkyard style. I've built several cars on my gravel driveway using mine. Way safer than axle stands, way safer than going to corona burger for breakfast as well. I'm amazed they are still doing non essential fast food in the US. All the mc burger places in the UK have been closed down for weeks due to risk of mass infection. Hope you stay safe and live up to your name.
Handy for torquing down suspension and coilovers in situ.
These were ”first” seen in Detroit Speed project gallery many years ago. Pro touring crowd started copying them . Good stands!
This Old Garage!
That truck sounds amazing!!!
We used to make those aswell , when I used to work in a shipyard . Lucky is a man of many talents . Cheers
Built me a set of those 10 years ago, still use them.
If you screw some plywood to the outside it will strengthen them up some more .
@nick payne If you dont think ply on the outside of that with it fastened in the right places won't stiffen the structure then i have nothing more to say . It's got nothing to do with compression. Its spread .
The Carl’s Jr. biscuits and gravy kicks ass, in case you’ve not tried them.
I really dig your C10-I’m working on a ‘70 GMC right now. Putting in a gen IV rat motor I built years ago, and just scored some beautiful Hooker long tube coated headers. We’re finally putting up a shop this summer in my backyard, then on to the projects I want to do.
Ive been using these for years to jack my cars up to work on them and protect them. I live in VA Beach and my house is in a flood zone. Come in handy in case the storm surge from a hurricane gets high enough to get in my garage.
They work perfectly in the garage! It gets the vehicle higher than if it was on jack stands.
Thanks for the Video....Great Minds do think alike. I did the same thing, and built them so they would fit on the Harbor Freight Dollies as well. Works real good as long as the floor is clean....lol.... One little speck of sand, and you are not going anywhere....lol....Stay Safe My Friend....Regards.
It's like watching Norm Abraham change his oil!👍
Lol.
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Haha! Good one.
I've been wanting to build a set of those for a while. I have a lot of work to do under my Buick and it needs to be high enough to get under there and weld
People in Florida use them to elevate their cars in their garages during hurricane season.
Bumblebee4788 that’s what I’m going to do here in Houston
I put a ratchet strap around one tire and bind it to the platform when I leave it up there for a long period
Used to do the same thing with rims nice big one on the bottom a medium one in the middle then a big one on top upside-down. With a flat plate inside for bearing plates.... That's how I used to do alignments on lowered cars as I didn't have a drive on. We used what we had they were strong plentiful and free most of the time. Mind you 2 x4 are definitely more manageable.
Didn’t notice him using a square to keep the boards straight. I still like that 66 Chevelle. There were many of them out when I was in PS in the 60’s.
I made some of these. Mine are 12" high and are two piece having a top and bottom section. I can lift the car 6" or 12". All eight pieces stack together and are strapped to a small Harbor Freight furniture dolly for storage. For added insurance I glued and screwed them together.
I built ones just like that a few months ago for my Corvette.. they work quite well as long as you tie them together if you need to move it across the floor
Best stands for cheap... not with wood prices so high, however using scrap 2x4s from a construction site scrap bin/pile will make it free though so still best option for cheapest price 👌 as you can't get much cheaper than free haha screws and nails are cheap in bulk.
Thanks for sharing Lucky. We all like to save a buck or two. More money for HP toys. BTW I saw the red van you guys are working on and she looks good. You rung that old mustang out just fine at the track. I would bet you got ever pony out of that one that she would give you. More of that PLZ. Cheers sir.
Good job.... I want to build me some also. Hey! Lucky love the way the truck sounds great build so far.
I would have expected Lucky to stack up some car wheels and tack them together
Simplicity is key! nice work
I envy this kinds of trucks that exist in the West. Such a clean and robust design this old tractors. Such nice craftsmanship and life long usability. Outside of inefficient drivetrain (due to when built) and slightly to heavy built, well this workman's machinery are just outstanding. This "death" machines are what we should have on the roads. Going slow and carefully used and maintained for work tasks. Built to last a lifetime and be a tool like a hammer. We in Europe has or rather had the grate person movers (volkswagen) Built light, fwd and safe enough in a accidental collision. We still got the best small worker van's (Caddy and the French Berlingo) But heavy duty van's/trucks all points to USA and such. But even medium work vans I think Europe do better. (Transporters, French Ducato's) Then wherever Toyota old school trucks are better medium trucks or not then something old school made in USA.... Well I can not say honestly.
Problem is that todays junk is made to fail and replaced every few years. And the traffic is so undisciplined and lazy. It is to dangerous to travel in stuff not built like racing vehicles. Self driving should be banned and really to not do something about safety on the roads. Like common! Car manufacturer's make self driving vehicles as drivers can not be bothered to drive a deadly machinery??
Find it funny how someone that believe a Tesla or something is environment friendly. Taking a 80s design and modernize it would be environment friendly. And keeping it on the road for 40+ years.
But then you do not have fancy computer screens or self driving madness. And probably stuff like servo steering and whatever need to go. 0-60 times being high and safety poor compared to todays cars made to crash in 200km/h. Like common sense dose not exist today...
Keep it runnin! Looks like a keeper! :) Loved that sound! (hard to think that was stock from factory but still nice!)
Thanks. Lucky, I need 4 of them for my shop
As a woodworker I had to just get a reference from a pro! Thanks Lucky, well your helper anyway! Lol!
Good idea to set the Air Gap on these blocks so it's just right.
gotta build me some of those
All that work to check the piñon angle
SWEET
Handy! Just realized, you don't often see shop's/garages with "pit's" (trenches?) on car show's.
Lucky more like these helps keep the mind/creative thing going so your Mellon does not atrophy. thanks
I built some , they work great when building an exhaust system .
We have the same blocks we made for work to put under skid steers. 🇺🇸👍🏻
Nice! Norm Abrams would be proud😄!
dig that green hot rod.
I use 2 x 10 or 2 x 12 off-cuts that they sell at my lumberyard ...they call it "Cull Lumber" and 4 foot lengths are $2 a piece. 5 minutes with the chop saw and you're in business..also..easy to screw together if you wish...
nice work lucky , when going to work on my rx-7 it needs a ls motor
Next time throw a strap on that load and secure it while bringing it home! I'm indifferent on your use of a seat belt, but gotta make sure that suff in the bed ain't gonna depart the next time you see a Mustang or somethin'.
Say hi to the mustang👍👍🏁🏁
Sweet nice tech tip Lucky! 😎🤘👍
Perfect stance!
GREAT! I want to make those, too!
Awesome vids. Idk if u have already. But I'd love to see how u made seat brackets to put newer seats in a older truck! Wanting to put obs seats in my 87 V20 4x4 squarebody. Thanks again
Nice they work great
its funny i just did those wood block today to work my pinion angle on my 86 C10 :)
Who doesn’t get cheese on their breakfast burrito?
Who doesn't get a biscuit?
The cheese is always awful at fast food places. It's always disconcerting to see cheese offered and then biting into a cold piece of sliced America Kraft. Good times. No cheese - No Pico de Gallo. Who wants extra water blowing through your tortilla bread 😂🍻
cheese smells like shit
Cheese belongs in breakfast. 🧀
@@PrydeWater901 no debate on that. I'm debating the merits of drive thru rubber sheet cheese that won't even melt in a hot burrito. The type of cheese thats good for sealing leaky roofs.
I'm building a set of cribs for my 64 SS Malibu today also. Like minds think alike. LOL
Same way we built outrigger cribbing for our Rough Terrain 22 ton cranes in the military (Just a lot bigger footprint). I set my cars on car ramps when doing this. You can get em' at yard sales for $5-$20. If we can ever have yard sales again??
Lucky i am really digging the wheel and tire combo. What wheel/tire/backspacing are you running? Im thinking of ditching the old school 15” welds for something a bit more modern. Keep up the good content!
Did I see a spare knock sensor by the right sun visor in the C 10? LOL!
Bar soap on screw threads goes faster and you don't split the wood.
8x8x16 blocks for a buck a piece, and return them when your done.. Though you had me at "make it a combo"
Executive decision Oh My!
I have been using these for a few months. Something to keep in mind... How high can your jack go? I already had a long jack but it wouldn't get my car high enough. I ended up buying the low profile long reach steel jack from HF and it works great. My stands are 12" if I remember correctly. I also cut some scraps at 45 degrees to put a lip on two sides so the car won't roll off without a parking brake on. They don't stack as well due to this though.
I want to see some rollers on top of the crib you built
alright Lucky Costa. it sucks when i'm suppose to hit the like button, but accidentally hit subscribe. normally not a problem. but i'm already a subscriber. so it unsubscribes me and then resubscribe ,omg. i do it all the time. i'm old. love anything you put your paws on.
No cheese! Perfect.
Perfect for doing corner scales and total weight..etc. catch my drift?
Lucky, what is the yellow thingy just above your rear view mirror?
What creeper do you like? I have been reading reviews and have not found a good one yet. Thanks!
Always cool and real stuff.Is that the old red 66 or did you do a swap? 1966 Chevelles are so sweet.My dad has a 300 model 2 door post.Its been in the family since 77.Dragcar but not tubbed.Wheres the Dodge wagon she was a beaut.
What size tires you have love you dude
Since you posted this I've noticed 4 or 5 different guy's posting the exact same tool.
Well they are pretty simple to build and I’m sure I’m not the first. 🤓👍.
@@luckysgarageshow No Lucky, they were jumping on the bandwagon. There are people that follow your post's hoping to make a buck off of your ideas. You are respected more than you realize perhaps.
Could have placed the screws in alternating diagonal pairs.
Awesomeness
lucky for President
In Ontario right now each jack stand would cost over 100$
First time viewer, new subscriber, and.........hello neighbor!!!
Hey there. Thanks for watchin
My buddy was just going to build a set of those, good idea. Carpentry sucks!
Thanks Lucky....
Has someone been watching AvE?
Double A That dude is fucking funny
Hey Lucky digging the tunes brother
I tried to count the layers; but, no luck. So, how many layers are there Lucky?
What are the measurements to make these?
Ever thought of including out takes ?
Have you checked the price of 2x4's lately you can build them out of metal cheaper .
Be honest, Lucky. You're just going to use these to steal others peoples wheels and tires. Hey, times are rough.😃
( I actually made a pair of small wooden ramps from 2x4 for those quick under car inspections)
What length did you make the 2 x 4 pieces? Thanks why the extra board on the bottom layer? Why the chang in pattern on the top layer? Thanks again
All right. What about the rpu?
Gettit Lucky!
For those who do not have the benefit of a lift in their garage, but would still like to be able to use these things, here is a video (not mine) on how to get your car on and off the stands. czcams.com/video/gJ7t_WxgMK8/video.html
Lucky, Don't set these on top of the HF wheel dollies. Those castors are horrible and get stuck in side load positions constantly. With the car/truck up so high and them getting stuck, you take a big chance of dropping the car off.. Best thing to do is get a 2 x 6 or 8" and add them in the same way as the rest of the build and add 4 quality castors to each one. You will use them for years without issues and you'll be glad you did... You can even run 2 x's from one to another to keep them solid and roll it all out onto a shitty surface without worry!!!
What ever happened to 4 milk crates and a bumper jack...around 2 a.m.
you could have added wheels to the 4 tower's and made the truck movable ??
Not just a pretty face 🤔....car builder and a carpenter!