[MBZ] Jacks

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[MBZ] Jacks WAS:Ramps

2012-04-22 Thread Dieselhead
Farm stores or HF. HF I think is dropping the good ones like I use. I have 2 nearly identical. One from a farm store (~ $175 19 years ago) and one HF (~ $135) about 10 years ago. It is GREAT to have 2 matched or unmatched! I am not enamoured of the "rapid" ones. You want length, and maxim

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2006-05-29 Thread andrew strasfogel
No thanks - I think I'll stay back east... Lots of stumps and they are always free (following thunderstorms and hurricanes). On 5/28/06, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 28 May 2006 06:50:33 -0400 "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about the folks in Phoeni

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2006-05-28 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 28 May 2006 06:50:33 -0400 "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about the folks in Phoenix? They have no stumps! All they need to do is get some big rocks and cut them in cylinders wider than they are tall and they'll be set, too ... Craig

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2006-05-28 Thread andrew strasfogel
What about the folks in Phoenix? They have no stumps! On 5/27/06, archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That must be about the safest kind of support there is. No way they could turn over. Thanks, Gerry - Original Message - From: "B Dike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheapest and safest solution

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2006-05-27 Thread archer
That must be about the safest kind of support there is. No way they could turn over. Thanks, Gerry - Original Message - From: "B Dike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheapest and safest solution I have seen is big stumps, sawed square on both ends so that the diameter is significantly greater

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2006-05-27 Thread B Dike
Cheapest and safest solution I have seen is big stumps, sawed square on both ends so that the diameter is significantly greater than the height. Raise the car with jacks and slide a stump under each corner of the car. Bruce archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It would be nice to get the

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2006-05-24 Thread BillR
Is that why space is a vacuum? I always wondered [with apologies to the bad 'theology' joke that came from]. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of OK Don Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:41 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject

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2006-05-24 Thread OK Don
Gravity sucks! On 5/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gravity - not just a good idea, it's the law. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 24

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2006-05-24 Thread archer
I "was" going to borrow a saw from my neighbor, but after what you told me, I won't. Thanks for the tip. Gerry - Original Message - From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:20 PM Subject: Re:

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2006-05-24 Thread Jim Cathey
Unless you got a big rocket:) Better make that a _really_ big rocket: gravity is patient. -- Jim

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2006-05-24 Thread Hendrik Riessen
Unless you got a big rocket:) Hendrik who has never been in a rocket - Original Message - From: "Bob Rentfro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:01 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and ja

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2006-05-23 Thread Hendrik Riessen
" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Thanks, Curt. Didn't know that. I was going to borrow a saw from a neighbor. Gerry -- - Original Message - From: "Curt Raymond&quo

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2006-05-23 Thread BillR
: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Maybe, maybe not. After living through a major ice storm in Canton, NY maybe 7 or so years ago, I didn't like having trees as near the house. Didn't think anything of it until I go

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2006-05-23 Thread Levi Smith
sage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:05 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Gravity - not just a good idea, it's the law. Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1992 300D - 278Kmi 513.205

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2006-05-23 Thread Curt Raymond
s it needs touching again, the temper is totally gone from the cutting edges. Still since it was free I don't have a big problem sharpening it until the teeth are gone... -Curt Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 10:58:35 -0400 From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jac

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2006-05-23 Thread sunilhari
Gravity - not just a good idea, it's the law. Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1992 300D - 278Kmi 513.205.7474 -Original Message- From: "Bob Rentfro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Date: Tue May 23, 2006 11:33 am Size: 480 bytes To: &quo

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2006-05-23 Thread Bob Rentfro
Hendrik cautioned us: "Be careful and think it through carefully, cars tend to come down quicker than what they went up." Gravity ALWAYS wins. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 153K Litchfield Park, AZ

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2006-05-23 Thread Bob Rentfro
- Original Message - From: "Hendrik Riessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:03 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Blocks of of old school wood. I've got old railway sl

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2006-05-23 Thread archer
Thanks, Curt. Didn't know that. I was going to borrow a saw from a neighbor. Gerry -- - Original Message - From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:43 AM S

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2006-05-23 Thread Curt Raymond
do the bar any favors... -Curt Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 06:17:16 -0400 From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/pl

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2006-05-23 Thread archer
gt; Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands I have a nice collection of landscape timbers, 2x8s and 2x12s that I use to "shim" the jack and the jackstands when I need a little extra room. But I'm real careful not to get under 'em until I

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2006-05-23 Thread Jim Cathey
It would be nice to get the MBs higher than the Walmart jackstands and high lift jacks will go, but the prices for commercial jackstands and jacks that will go higher are prohibitive. Harbor Freight has some big jack stands that aren't horribly expensive, especially when on sale. I use firewo

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2006-05-23 Thread Royce Engler
3 May 2006 19:33:38 +0930 From: "Hendrik Riessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Blocks of of old school wood. I've got old railway sleepers cut up, which get the heaps up quite high to get gearboxes out. Be careful and think it through carefully, cars

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2006-05-23 Thread archer
t; Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:03 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Blocks of of old school wood. I've got old railway sleepers cut up, which get the heaps up quite high to get gearboxes out. Be careful and think it through carefully, cars tend to come down quicker than what they w

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2006-05-23 Thread Hendrik Riessen
From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:40 PM Subject: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands It would be nice to get the MBs higher than the Walmart jackstands and high lift jacks will go, but the price

[MBZ] Jacks and jackstands

2006-05-23 Thread archer
It would be nice to get the MBs higher than the Walmart jackstands and high lift jacks will go, but the prices for commercial jackstands and jacks that will go higher are prohibitive. The old repair shops would use half of rear axles for stands, but I don't remember what they used for jacks.