Question about jacks

El_Ade · Post by **El_Ade** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:23 pm

So i recently moved into a new house, however my carport thing whatever you wanna call it, has abit of slant to it, so when i go to jack my car up...it slips of the jacks(not good)

And seeing as i live on Brisbane's steepest street,i cant really go park it outside the house whenever i wanna work on it..

Anyone know if there jacks designed to be used on an incline, if so would they be round the same price as a normal jack?

or a solution to my problem that may not cost so much..
iv tried putting bricks behind the wheels, didn't really work..

Cheers

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:39 pm

Really you should not be jacking up on incline..... I bet people have before and got away with by chocking the wheels, but its just no worth it mate.

Post by **BorepYano** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:42 pm

why not just level your carport?

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:44 pm

Buy a trolley jack

El_Ade · Post by **El_Ade** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:36 pm

I8A4RE wrote:Really you should not be jacking up on incline..... I bet people have before and got away with by chocking the wheels, but its just no worth it mate.

Yeah, i had no idea the incline would be a problem till yesterday, tried it only twice and just left it because as you said, its a really bad idea.

Leveling my car port.. wouldn't that be a fairly costly option?
if worst comes to worst something like that would probably be a good idea, just trying to find some other alternatives before i do something like that.

Trolley jack...hmmm, interesting, that could work.

Cheers for the ideas guys.

Post by **BorepYano** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:59 pm

Cost of leveling your carport all depends on how steep the incline is, if it's paved or not etc.
figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a level space to work on regardless of what u use and what you do.

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:43 am

level the jack, choke the wheels