Wow, I'll keep checking for the $49.99 coupon. Why step up from 1.5 ton to 2 or 3 ton if only changing a tire. The Daytona 1.5 ton rapid rise as current price 134.99 and yes the 2 ton is $209.99.
I measured 14-1/2" from garage floor to the pinch weld the 1st time I jacked up my XL but it was very cold so my measurement might be a little off.
The reason I bought what I did was because I wanted to be able to jack up my wife's lifted Bronco as well. This jack will allow that. It will go high enough to get it off the ground where the others wouldn't.
Looks like you used a lift before placing the stands?Everyone seems to be overthinking this. The whole length of the pinch weld should be strong enough to support the vehicle. It's a key structural part of the vehicle.
The embossed "arrows" indicate more for vehicle balance than anything. I checked mine '23 out thoroughly yesterday when I lowered it.
As you can see I have a two post lift in the shop. When I did the work it wasn't yet connected to the 220.
It's been a while since I've had a driveway to do car work in so things may have changed, but I remember when I wanted to lift the front end to change oil (gets a little more room to work and angles the oil pan to get the drain plug on the lowest point) I'd use a floor jack under the engine (with a scrap piece of 2x4 as a soft jaw) to lift the front up enough to put jack stands under the side pinch-weld jacking points. Was lifting the front end by the engine ever a good idea? If so, is it still a good idea?
I just measured mine. The pinch weld is 12” at the top the weld and 15.5” with the rear tire off the ground
You can get a pinch weld spreader bar for a floor jack which can jack up both tires on one side of vehicle at the same time. Perhaps you could place jack stands under the ends of the spreader bar?
So a couple of these lift beams seem to max out at 36"-37" spread, my guess is that's not enough to actually reach both "notches", but maybe wide enough to do the job of lifting 1 side at a time?
Probably would adequately distribute load and mainly to help balance load for some nut who likes to pick up whole side of vehicle with his floor jack. I would definitely put jack stands at the designated pinch weld locations.So a couple of these lift beams seem to max out at 36"-37" spread, my guess is that's not enough to actually reach both "notches", but maybe wide enough to do the job of lifting 1 side at a time?
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Anyone find these pinch weld adapters to fit the maverick. In fords efforts to minimize our Jack ability they ran a plastic trim to hide it. Looks great but the adapter in ordered did not fit over the weld and plastic. Need at least 1/2” and one I bought advertising say 1/2” but was under 3/8”
