I have a stone driveway.....no concrete, nothing. I was wondering if it was safe to put a car(fiero) up on jack stands? Using 3/4" plywood. I used to have a full size extended cab truck, I would change the oil using the plywood on the ground. Then I had some ramps set up on it and just drove my truck up on em and did my business. I was wondering could I do the same on my fiero? Raise her up all on all 4's. I need to do some work, I was wondering how stupid of an idea this is? I mean I have NO WAY of getting to a garage or black top or solid pavement of any kind period. I mean it worked with my truck? Will this work? Please keeps thw wise cracks and name calling to a minimum..my friends told me how stupid I was to change my oil on my truck..but it worked. Any help will be read like scripture LOL.Thanks

I just dropped the cradle on mine, and it was on a broken up driveway, cracks everywhere, uneven paveing, weeds coming up thru the cracks. thats extacly what I did. put a piece of plywood down to make a somewhat flat surface, the used 2x4 blocks to stand the jack stands on. I started with the jack stands on just the plywood, but the stands started biting thru. Of course I cant recommend this, but it is what I did.

You are taking a risk; however, 3/4" plywood is pretty strong and should work. Just be sure that the area is flat, I think the plywood could slide on the rocks. Are you going to be dropping the cradle or something?

If you're really adventurous, you could pour a concrete pad big enough for your car or truck, say 10' x 20' and minimum 4" preferably 6" thick. Of course, if you don't own the place you may not want to do that.

Good luck, be careful.

A nice big patio stone under each jack stand should help the situation.

I used ply wood ontop of loose bricks, but i would probibliy use patio stones if i had to do it again, simply for the extra peice of mind...

I would trust plywood before patio stones. If they're wire reinforced patio stones then OK, but most aren't.

quote Originally posted by SpeedDemon: A nice big patio stone under each jack stand should help the situation.

I would think twice about this. The Fiero might be light enough, but I had a car break though one of these one time while I had it up. I was way clear and was jacking at the time. I would use those concrete pads they use for trailer house foundations. Way safer, and they are a higher psi concrete than the ones used for patios / walkways.

--Will

3/4" plly wood will be good enough.2 pieces doubled up would be even better.NO bricks.That is a diaster waiting to Happen.They can crumble all at once.Then you be in deep dodos.

When I put mine up on stands in my stone drive I use concrete patio pavers with 3/4 ply on top and haven't had any problems. DO NOT PUT THE STANDS DIRECTLY ON ANY BRICK OR PAVER. The corners of your stands can and most likely will crumble the brick/paver.