RJ-45 Jack Safety

[barnee]

I have a 4 post with one RJ-45 jack and will be doing some brake work this winter.

When just lifting one end of the vehicle, is there any other supports that people use to make sure the vehicle is stable, besides good quality chocks on the non lifted end?

I'm mostly worried about the slope of the vehicle and it sliding off the jack arms while working on the lifted end.

What do you do, or is this a non-issue?

 

[Bogie1632]

If your lift is level it should be a non issue. Safety always, chock the wheels not being lifted, in both directions, and ensure your jacking at good points.

Funny side story... I had one of my trainees tip a truck sideways on a 4 post lift after jacking both ends up. He'd pulled the wheels off and went on break. What he forgot was me telling him to remove the JD 544E tire and rim assembly that was leaning in the back before going on the lift. That caused quite a bit of offset weight to one side and when he lifted the Jack's were closer to the diffs than to the axle ends. It slowly rolled until it hit the rotors and stopped. Luckily it didn't roll off the lift.

V/R
Bogie

 

[MikeF2316]

Hahaha, when I read the title I was wondering what you could do to protect yourself when plugging in ethernet cables!

 

[manwithtools]

Hahaha, when I read the title I was wondering what you could do to protect yourself when plugging in ethernet cables!

Me too, I thought it was going to be a PSA on running ethernet cables

 

[barnee]

I had started the thread and had to go back and check to make sure the rolling jack name was correct since my brain was telling me I was confusing it with the the computer jack.

 

[1984shovelhead]

I had just one as well just keep in mind that when only lifting one end of the vehicle depending on the contact patch and specific point of lift you are dealing with not only a vertical down force but a tendency for the jack to be spit out depending how high you go usually not an issue in my experience but something to think of

 

[Sarki]

Have a Bendpak HD-9 4 post with single sliding RJ45.
Regularly lift the front or back end to do brake/axle/suspension work, etc.
Have never had any issues or uncomfortable feelings with the wheels chocked.

 

[LX-Markham]

When you lift it compresses the springs on the rolling wheels and the jack bears on the rails. It’s not going anywhere. I still chocked the wheels, but it’s very stable as it is.

 

[brainypencil]

Hahaha, when I read the title I was wondering what you could do to protect yourself when plugging in ethernet cables!

Hahaha, Same here.

 

[Cryptic1911]

It's fine. I had my car jacked up in just the front for a few weeks with the arms extended while I waited for clutch parts. no issues

 

[barnee]

Thanks for the input.

The vehicle is a Vanagon and the trailing arms in the rear drop down pretty low so you have to lift the back end pretty high to clear the tires. I think I may have to use one of the higher arm pad extensions as well.

Ill set it up and take a pic for review.