Aluminum, so nice and light too.

The only drawback is the relatively small footprint; looks like it wouldn't
be as stable as a conventional jack stand.

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
M'obeechi
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:53 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Jack Stands

Big URL but nice product:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10
051&productId=100594518&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=100
594518&cm_mmc=1hd.com2froogle-_-product_feed-_-D25X-_-100594518

These jack stands look to be the bomb for packability. I have standard four
ton jack stands, and they are a complete pain in the ass to fit into the
vanagon, and no matter what you do, they're wasting a lot of space, but
these... wow... they pack real well.. which opens up the number of places
they can be stashed without banging into something.

Anyone know if a 3 ton jacks are okay for fully loaded vanagons, lets assume
the heaviest for now.

Also, has anyone used those bottle jack hydraulic types. I wonder if they
could be used with the extension meant for the HiLift (as far as HiLift,
putting that thing in the vanagon is an even bigger nightmare). I was
thinking also that the end (front or back I forget) where you have to use a
piece of two by four wood because of the metal gap (when resting on a jack
stand) that you (I) could have someone weld a metal plate to this area. Any
thoughts on this?

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