zack-cat
Active Member
So, as a field tech, the general way I was taught and the way I've always done this to hold up and elevated machine is use, I wanna say, around 4x4 oak blocks, 2 to 3 feet long and stacked them by placing 2 down and then stacked 2 more on top rotating, to correctly "crib" so when done right it looks almost like jenga blocks.
Now I'm working at a new company and they're cribbing blocks are 3 foot long oak 12x12's. They're so heavy I feel like I'm gonna have a blowout moving one. The way I've seen them used is just stacking 2 on top of each other in the middle of the front or rear of machine and call it good. This is the first place I've ever seen use such huge blocks. Also as far as jack stands go, the only 2 I have seen, one has one set of holes egged out about an inch like it was overloaded or shockloaded and the other has a rusty bolt in it instead of a pin. I asked the shop techs about the jack stands and no one seemed worried except me.
What's everyone else's opinion on the subject?
Now I'm working at a new company and they're cribbing blocks are 3 foot long oak 12x12's. They're so heavy I feel like I'm gonna have a blowout moving one. The way I've seen them used is just stacking 2 on top of each other in the middle of the front or rear of machine and call it good. This is the first place I've ever seen use such huge blocks. Also as far as jack stands go, the only 2 I have seen, one has one set of holes egged out about an inch like it was overloaded or shockloaded and the other has a rusty bolt in it instead of a pin. I asked the shop techs about the jack stands and no one seemed worried except me.
What's everyone else's opinion on the subject?