jack storage

[Dale1962]

was wanting to see your ideas on how to store floor jacks, bottle jacks, jack stands, floor cranes. the stuff takes up alot of room, there has to be some good ideas out there.

 

[PCO6]

I store my jack stands on shelves. My disassembled engine crane and stands are out in a shed as they don't get used that often.

 

[Zelatore]

Pretty much the same. My stands are on shelves in a cabinet and my crane is in the shed. Small bottle jack and seldom used small floor jack are in the cabinet under the sink while the large main floor jack just sorta lives out along the wall

 

[Dale1962]

i have seen jackstand racks on the wall, and brackets to store floor jacks on the wall. im looking into the great minds here for something with alot of thought into it. im planning my shop and these items are needed alot but a pain to put somewhere out of the way until you need them.

 

[ford33]

I built a wooden open top box and mounted it to wall. I store four jack stands and four wheel chocks in the top of the box and hang the jack and floor creeper from J-bolts at the bottom of the box. I also drilled a hole in the bottom of the box and slide the jack handle through the hole secured by a long nail through the side of the handle. Everything is nice and tidy and it doesn't take up floor space and requires minimal wall space.

The box measures approximately 28" wide x 10" deep by 9" high and is secured by four concrete anchors to the cinder block wall. Box is made of 1/2 thick plywood except for the bottom and the back side where it attaches to the wall. In those two areas I used 3/4" thick pine.

It took about 2 hours to build and has been up for about 3 years.

I can't seem to post pictures.

 

[crewchief888]

jackstands on the floor underneath the compressor shelf,

2 scissor jacks on anotehr shelf under the compressor,

floor jack is usually tucked under my trail truck thats parked in the garage.

it's currently holding up the front end, due to a flat tire, and broken bead seal 17" wide tire, and 15" of room between the tire and my toolbox

just been too cold to move the whole truck out to get the wheel off, dismount it, and reseat the bead.

 

[DirtRoad]

I have also strugled for years on what i could do with jacks and jack stands.
I dont think there is an answer really. They are just one of those things that cant be organized.

 

[mrodgers]

Mine just sit on a shelf. My old crappy ones are tossed in a corner somewhere. I don't get enough scrap metal to bother with, but my brother-in-law raids his dad's place and loads up his pickup, so he stops by and I give him whatever I have laying around. He needs the money more than I do. That's where the old crappy jacks are going to be stored at, the scrap yard.