Try it, see if it is.Hypothetically: My car has a kerb weight of 4 tons. My jack is rated at 1ton. I have a flat tyre so need to jack up one corner. Is the said jack up to the job?
Nick
Ipso facto: A two ton jack would suffice?Depends on weight distribution and chassis flex - front is often heavier than the back, and lifting one wheel often lifts the other side if it's stiff. When I lift my yeti, I end up with two wheel off the ground.
So, answer would by no.
I think less engineering equation and slightly more agricultural grunt? I was hoping for the former but the latter answers the question indeed.Try it, see if it is.
I mean, what's the worst that can happen?!
use the jack that came with the car if there is oneHypothetically: My car has a kerb weight of 4 tons. My jack is rated at 1ton. I have a flat tyre so need to jack up one corner. Is the said jack up to the job?
Nick
even if it is up to the job needs chocks underneath. my mates dad was testament to that found him crushed underneath , the jack collapsedTo be honest me being me, I’d use it, and make sure there was something under to stop my untimely demise. Also, what are you driving that weighs 4t?
I didn’t notice he first word on your post, did wonder though what you’d bought that weighed one and a half tonnes more than a Range Rover.As I said at the start, It's a Ford Hypathetic
As I said at the start, It's a Ford Hypathetic
Hypothetically I’d use a hi-lift and try not to die all the while
That was when I discovered the "tarmac" on my drive was less than solid . . . I was used to a concrete driveway with a layer of tarmac on top - my current driveway is more air, surrounded by a very random collections of bricks, stone, bottles, solidified bags of cement, and a varying thickness of not stuck together very well tarmac stuff.I really fussy about being "squashed" - the minimum you are looking for it the wheel you took off under the sills - then to get nearer a decent standard - block of wood on the wheel.
But placing axle stands - and letting the car down on them - it not hard work - getting "squashed is not fun"...
That was when I discovered the "tarmac" on my drive was less than solid . . . I was used to a concrete driveway with a layer of tarmac on top - my current driveway is more air, surrounded by a very random collections of bricks, stone, bottles, solidified bags of cement, and a varying thickness of not stuck together very well tarmac stuff.
My old stands, with bare angle legs, sunk into it. They now get stood on plywood and/or metal plates if I used them - other stands have wider feet.
Have to say I wouldn't lift my Yeti with anything less then a two ton jack.Depends on weight distribution and chassis flex - front is often heavier than the back, and lifting one wheel often lifts the other side if it's stiff. When I lift my yeti, I end up with two wheel off the ground.
So, answer would by no.