Medium Height Tripod Stands?

[Mr. Roboto]

I've been searching for a set of tripod jack stands to use under my BP9000, but I am not quite finding what I need. Due to my 10.5' ceiling height, I am stuck at a someone mediocre working height for being under my lift. Here are 2 examples of mostly what I am coming across.

http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/2-Ton-Tripod-Stand-SHORT

http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/2-Ton-Heavy-Duty-Tripod-Stand-TALL

Short and tall jack stands. I need something in the middle. Fully collapsed, the short stand is too short to be useful, and at fill extension, the tall one would be too tall for me. Does anyone know if someone makes a medium height tripod stand? Maybe something that operates in the range of 40" to 72" or thereabouts?

Here's a picture of an SUV on the lift. It wasn't up as high as I could get it, but as you can imagine, when I put a car up there, I can get more height under the lift. Thanks for any input!

 

[dalehsc]

we had the same needs at our shop,we bought one of these for lower control arm support when changing a lower ball joint on ram pickups. heavier than we needed but the heights were right. 28" low to 47" high. It's rated at 10 ton. Big Red Jacks #T41009G

 

[A-R-K]

I have the Greg Smith short ones you linked to. They get 50-something inches high, that looks about where you are. Me ceiling is about as high as yours and I tend to use them in the middle of their range.

Note though that they are not intended to be used like jack stands holding the whole weight of the car while you work under it, only to support the car from rocking while on the lift.

I bought them for that reason and because they are relatively cheap.

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[Mr. Roboto]

I have the Greg Smith short ones you linked to. They get 50-something inches high, that looks about where you are. Me ceiling is about as high as yours and I tend to use them in the middle of their range.

Note though that they are not intended to be used like jack stands holding the whole weight of the car while you work under it, only to support the car from rocking while on the lift.

I bought them for that reason and because they are relatively cheap.

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Thanks for the feedback, maybe I will re-visit them as an option. I need to get a car up there and measure, I keep forgetting. That's what I want them for, to prevent any extra rocking, or maybe to compress a control arm or raise a rear axle a few inches to line up suspension components.

 

[A-R-K]

Thanks for the feedback, maybe I will re-visit them as an option. I need to get a car up there and measure, I keep forgetting. That's what I want them for, to prevent any extra rocking, or maybe to compress a control arm or raise a rear axle a few inches to line up suspension components.

For those things, I think you'd be pretty happy with them. With anything more than an oil change, I toss them under the car as extra assurance too.

Oh, and if you are close enough to pick them up in person, they'll come looking a lot nicer. I have 4, two I got in store, and the two sent by FedEx have lots of paint chips because the parts are not well padded in the box.

 

[metaleltr]

http://m.northerntool.com/products/shop~tools~product_200641746_200641746?hotline=false

 

[Mr. Roboto]

For those things, I think you'd be pretty happy with them. With anything more than an oil change, I toss them under the car as extra assurance too.

Oh, and if you are close enough to pick them up in person, they'll come looking a lot nicer. I have 4, two I got in store, and the two sent by FedEx have lots of paint chips because the parts are not well padded in the box.

Thanks for the feedback. Thankfully, I'm only 20 min away from the NH location, so I won't have to worry about shipping them.

http://m.northerntool.com/products/shop~tools~product_200641746_200641746?hotline=false

Thanks, but that's very similar to the "tall" one I linked to from Greg smith.