I have a good 3 legged stand, and have had no trouble with it. It's an older
Walker brand, so it's built stout. One thing you do need to watch out for
though, is your 292 or any inline 6 leverages the weight out farther than a v8,
so it puts a lot of strain on the head of the engine stand. I don't think the
cheap ones will hold up for any length of time with an inline hanging on them.
My son had a jeep six on his good stand, and it sagged down at the outer end.
Just be careful!
And if you go the cheap route, definitely get the 4 legs.
--- In old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com, Karl Eastman <drbogus2@...> wrote:
>
> Stay away from the 3 legged engines stands!!!
> Buy a decent one, getting injured because you cheaped out is not good logic.
> When you are done with it, put it for sale on www.craigslist.org and you
> will get most of your money back.
> It may go against logic, but I see some engine stands for sale in the auto
> parts category and that is where I would list it.
> You may even find one on craigslist right now cheap.
> Good Luck.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nate <vwnate1@...>
> To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 9:34 AM
> Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Engine Stand Needed
>
>
> Â
>
> Thank you Dennis ;
>
> I looked there and found a decent four point one for $59 , I was hoping to
> spend less that that as this is , I hope , a one time need . I'll discard or
> return it when I finish the job ov overhauling the 292 CID L6 thinwall engine
> I just bought for my '69 C/10 .
>
> Used , I see them @ Auto Swaps for $25 all the time but now I need it and the
> Auto Swap isn't for a while...
>
> -Nate
> Dennis wrote:
> >
> > Nate, don't travel too far, Harbor Freight has them from $55.
> >
> > Dennis McGillis
> > 1953 3100
> >
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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