Wheel Stands - Stackable.

[fiftyv8]

I'm looking for some ideas and inspiration.
I'd like to make some decent height wheel stands so I can stand a car project about 20 inches above the floor with its wheels resting on stands.

Searching here is near impossible to find stuff, so I am hoping somebody may have made some or remember a post that was impressive...

 

[Partsguy57]

I'm looking for some ideas and inspiration.

I'd like to make some decent height wheel stands so I can stand a car project about 20 inches above the floor with its wheels resting on stands.



Searching here is near impossible to find stuff, so I am hoping somebody may have made some or remember a post that was impressive...

These. I built a set for my camaro.. the Camaro with stands is not mine, the other Camaro is mine but I didn't have a pic of it on stands. Easy to build.. work great. ( found yellow camero online have no idea who's it is)

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[fiftyv8]

Partsguy57,thanks for that idea.
Where I come from lumber don't come cheap or is of decent quality, but it is still worth considering.

I've been a Ford man most of my life, but I do love Camaro's.
Both of those look sweet to me.

I was thinking more along the lines of made from steel and stackable.

 

[665.0coupe]

Cut 4 trapezoids and 1 square from 1/8” or 10 gauge sheet steel. The square will be the top of a box that the tire will sit on. The trapezoids will be the sides. Since the base is larger than the bottom they will nest.

I would also add some stops so the car can’t roll off the stands.

You could also use the same idea with tubing for the sides instead of sheet. Might be a little lighter that way.



This design could be adapted easily to have a square top.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'm looking for some ideas and inspiration.
I'd like to make some decent height wheel stands so I can stand a car project about 20 inches above the floor with its wheels resting on stands.

Searching here is near impossible to find stuff, so I am hoping somebody may have made some or remember a post that was impressive...

I believe it has come up before in discussion, where, I have no idea.

I have a set, made of 1/2" plywood top and bottom. The vertical up rights are 11" 4x4s in corners and one in the center. I don't do much on the car on these, rather just just them for setting up chassis/suspension as the car is still level and bearing it's weight on the suspension.

Total height is 12"/1' as it makes it easy to "burn" a foot when taking a measurement.

 

[sz0k30]

Question is - how are you going to get the wheels 20+ inches off the ground?

 

[dontlifttoshift]

You build the 2x4 stands in two halve that interlock. Lift to the first stack and then crib the jack up or use a block and then go to the second stack.

I feel that 12" is the perfect height for wheel stands.

 

[fiftyv8]

Question is - how are you going to get the wheels 20+ inches off the ground?

Maybe I was shooting a little high there and it probably helps explain why I am asking for info and help.

We can all learn from others ahead of the game...

 

[fiftyv8]

You build the 2x4 stands in two halve that interlock. Lift to the first stack and then crib the jack up or use a block and then go to the second stack.

I feel that 12" is the perfect height for wheel stands.

Thanks for your offering, you could be right.
Something to be said for that.
I guess height of wheels could influence the height on a stand.
Shorter probably also means greater stability and requires less materials to build...

 

[no704]

In a past life I fabed wheel stands for a show car to show off the suspension. Consisted of a 3/8 thick steel ring that would bolt to the hub with the wheel off and a 1-1/2 souare tube “T” welded to it. Worked great and took up minimal space.

 

[fiftyv8]

no704, do you mean something like a stand that bolts to the hub wheel stud pattern and has a short post with wheels attached for moving it around???

My buddy sent me some pic's way back when, but I just can not seems to find them right now.
Those stands were for without wheels and tires.

 

[bugnut]

this is using wood to support the vehicle by driving it up,
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forum...ion/2416498-diy-build-your-own-car-ramps.html

found these and thought they could be fabbed up with either a bottle jack or a junk yard scissor jack
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61cM1IiLWDL._SL1000_.jpg

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Auto-Car-truck-Service-Ramps-Lifts-Heavy-Duty-Hydraulic-Lift-Repair-Frame-

Was thinking old school metal ramps craiglist or equivalent and reworked, hmmm.

 

[DakotaMan]

If you have a bunch of money, raceramps has exactly what you need.

 

[no704]

Bolted to the hub. Just a upside down “T” for the base. No wheels.

 

[fiftyv8]

I was hoping to find some plans or ideas that involved making these at home after all I thought that was what we are about on this Forum.
I do want something with car wheels staying on and I would prefer metal, but I do concede that those wood ideas are hard to beat...

 

[bullnerd]

Copy a dirt bike stand? I think they stack.

 

[gofastwclass]

When I read your description I see this in my mind:

Not my car and not my image. Image taken from a build by IronWorks on Lateral-G.

 

[fiftyv8]

gofastwclass, there must be a glitch, no pic that I can see...

However I have just found a interesting wooden wheel stand on YouTube that appeals to me, even though I was originally looking for a steel solution.
What do you guys think???

 

[dontlifttoshift]

Meh.

Build the ones out of 2x4s they are cheap, more than adequate, lightweight, and easy to store. There is no downside.

I have a set here. I built them for a total of 12" tall (at the bottom of the tire) but they are two separate pieces, the first stack goes to 6"

 

[bugnut]

I tripped across Race Ramps they make a pricey product called a Wheel Crib and it comes in various heights. Because it is a dead load with no movement and the weight is spread out across a fairly large footprint, I would not hesitate to make something out of Rigid Foam Board topped with the uppermost layer being sheet wood with 2x2 or 2x4 stops. Rigid foam comes in various thicknesses and they could be variable height. An easy idea to test with a floor jack!

 

[gofastwclass]

gofastwclass, there must be a glitch, no pic that I can see...

However I have just found a interesting wooden wheel stand on YouTube that appeals to me, even though I was originally looking for a steel solution.
What do you guys think???

Well I liked the pic directly from Lateral G so that could be the problem. Here is another but linked from the site of the company that is building the car.

The stands in the video look fine but for me personally, I keep it simple and use the stands like DSE (Detroit Speed) uses which look like cribbing only screwed together. I make mine from scrap 2x4's and I've used the same set for 10 or more years. I've considered different designs including metal because I'm a metal guy but the set I made have continued to serve me perfectly well for ages.

This is my car on the stands I made.

 

[fiftyv8]

gofastwclas, thanks for sharing and the orange stands are what I was imagining, but I am wondering now how I could replicate them easily.

The lumber option is looking the simplest and most logical way to go for the home workshop guy with a limited budget...

 

[gofastwclass]

Not a problem, glad to share.

...and that is why my lumber stands are still in service after all this time. I would prefer steel or even ally but for the time, effort and money invested it's hard to beat the temporary throw together stands I built for free since they are still on the job.

Plus they do stack, just not as short as I would like. All four of mine fit under my sheet metal brake.

 

[fiftyv8]

I just found this video demo of a patent lift stand arrangement that I could live with, but not sure if I would want to be fabricating them unless I already had the materials for no $'s.

 

[bullnerd]

How about 4 metal car ramps?

 

[greg13]

If you have a heavy truck shop in your area grab 4 old brake drums. I've had 650 dozers on them.

 

[fiftyv8]

greg13, good idea but I'm sure they must be heavy to move around.

My buddy put two big brake drum together to make a pot belly stove/heater for his shop.
Worked too well actually...

Bullnerd, you are probably correct, I have two that I discarded years ago that had the drive on ramp which both for me and other was highly risky drive up and stopping since that could flip forward by either braking or hitting the end stop.
Also on the wrong surface they could slide when trying to climb the ramp.

I had thought of cutting the ramp part off and just using them as a wheel stand.
I guess if I looked around at yard sales I could find another pair cheap and do the same to get enough for 4 wheels.

I was leaning towards using lumber but now you have got me thinking...

 

[665.0coupe]

gofastwclas, thanks for sharing and the orange stands are what I was imagining, but I am wondering now how I could replicate them easily.

The lumber option is looking the simplest and most logical way to go for the home workshop guy with a limited budget...

The orange stands in the picture are what I described in my post. Just make the top flat instead of dished and add some angle iron to keep the car from rolling off.


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[greg13]

greg13, good idea but I'm sure they must be heavy to move around.

My buddy put two big brake drum together to make a pot belly stove/heater for his shop.
Worked too well actually...

Very easy to move, put them on their side and roll them.

 

[BLUE72CAMARO]

These. I built a set for my camaro.. the Camaro with stands is not mine, the other Camaro is mine but I didn't have a pic of it on stands. Easy to build.. work great. ( found yellow camero online have no idea who's it is)

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The yellow car was built by a guy named scott near Chicago, he was a really active member on nastyz28.com for a while and I shipped him a few tools on loan here and there when he was building it. I think he ended up selling the car about a year after finishing it and havent seen or heard from him since then.

 

[Partsguy57]

The yellow car was built by a guy named scott near Chicago, he was a really active member on nastyz28.com for a while and I shipped him a few tools on loan here and there when he was building it. I think he ended up selling the car about a year after finishing it and havent seen or heard from him since then.

Intrestesting.. nice looking car. I didn't have a pic of mine sitting on the same stands so I did a Google search and his came up. Thanks

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[BLUE72CAMARO]

Intrestesting.. nice looking car. I didn't have a pic of mine sitting on the same stands so I did a Google search and his came up. Thanks

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Google protour73 if you want to see more of the car. That was his screen name on nastyz

 

[airrj]

gofastwclass, there must be a glitch, no pic that I can see...

However I have just found a interesting wooden wheel stand on YouTube that appeals to me, even though I was originally looking for a steel solution.
What do you guys think???

Hey! One of my videos got referenced on Garage Journal and I didn't post it.

I use mine all of the time and I love them. Didn't cost me anything additional, all scrap lumber. You can go allot of good ways with something like this, my only suggestion is to get something. I use the wheel stands more often than jack stands now.

Good luck with whatever you make.

 

[fiftyv8]

Wow, thanks for letting us know it is your video, well done.
I plan to build some similar to yours, I am just collecting suitable off cut lumber for now.
Not bad for a guy who only wanted to build steel stands...

I don't have many choices of lumber, so will probably end up with items similar to your shorter stands and stack one on top of the other to obtain a reasonable lift height.

I don't do hardly any wood work, so am about to join a local community workshop for retired guys so I can access all their word working equipment to make the job easier and also to meet a few new guys in my area.

I hope they ain't all as grumpy as I am...

 

[bullnerd]

RJ, how often do you use the shorter ones alone?

If you built them again would you make them the same or just the tall ones?

 

[airrj]

I actually am happy to have both. I use the 4" ones commonly to change the oil on my CR-V. It is higher off of the ground and I only need it up a short bit to get good access, and the combination of the 4" and the 6" is good for me to work under my El Camino which is very low to the ground.

If I only had space, time, resources, etc to make one set, I would make the 6"; but for myself I am glad that I have both sets.

 

[Spareparts]

We had a bad accident with some stands made out of 2X4's stacked like some of them pictured here, mostly our fault. We used pressure treated 2X4's and screwed them together. With the car on the stands 2 of them came apart, the screws were eaten away from the PT lumber and the car fell on one of our crew guys. Broken ribs and a couple of bad cuts, lucky that was all he had. This was the time they had changed the process of treating lumber and not everyone knew it would attack the screws. If you make them out of wood, don't use PT or get the right screws. We used PT lumber because sometimes we used them to wash the car on them, dirt modified.

 

[isb cornbinder]

I made these rolling axle stands. They are height adjustable in all directions. The casters allow the raised vehicle to be moved easily. The lowest height is about 13 inches and the max height is about 20 inches.
The casters are Canadian Made 4" ALLGOOD. I used 2" square tube for the moving parts and 2 inch inside diameter hitch rated square tube to contain the moving parts. The height adjustable components are drilled for .500" pins
One side of the rolling axle stand (s) is inset to allow for placement of a floor jack.

 

[bullnerd]

I actually am happy to have both. I use the 4" ones commonly to change the oil on my CR-V. It is higher off of the ground and I only need it up a short bit to get good access, and the combination of the 4" and the 6" is good for me to work under my El Camino which is very low to the ground.

If I only had space, time, resources, etc to make one set, I would make the 6"; but for myself I am glad that I have both sets.

Thanks.

 

[fiftyv8]

Not just idle chat from me, I have now acquired some off cut lumber, which I stock piled ready for making myself a set of wheel stands.

No surprise, they are a copy of those shown on YouTube by airrj.

I decided to dock off all the rough and angled ends which are not much good to me in readiness for measuring and cutting my components to size.