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jeskam
09-04-2023, 03:54 PM
My completion date is next Saturday 9/9/23. I have a 4 post lift with one sliding bridge jack and two jack stands. I haven’t built or successfully sourced a body buck at this point. I have been considering ordering a second bridge jack but have not done so yet. Can I get by with the one bridge jack I have and two regular jack stands just to get the kit into the garage from the Stewart truck?
egchewy79
09-04-2023, 04:32 PM
I think you’ll be better off with the car on the ground until you get a roller. I got a4 post lift after completion of my cobra but am not sure how’d you get the chassis on the lift before the wheels are on.
JohnK
09-04-2023, 04:36 PM
I'll disagree. I'd build a chassis dolly and get the frame on the dolly right away. It's easy enough to wheel the dolly onto the 4 post lift and be able to work on it at a comfortable height. Just build the chassis dolly in such a way that you can disassemble it from underneath once the car is a roller.
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=103295&d=1551821861
You may get away with it. But, may be better to just have 4 jack stands, since that's the process the driver is most likely most familiar with.
Jeff Kleiner
09-04-2023, 04:51 PM
1. Buy two more jack stands.
2. Roll it into your workspace on Stewart's dolly and set it on the stands.
3. Build a buck and remove the body.
4. Build the chassis to roller on the stands and then put it on the lift---or not.
You're welcome ;)
Jeff
egchewy79
09-04-2023, 06:16 PM
I feel like it’d be easier to move around from side to side without the lift in the equation initially.
jeskam
09-04-2023, 08:15 PM
Thanks for the quick input!
CraigS
09-05-2023, 07:39 AM
I can't imagine building on a 4 post. These are not exact dimensions, but the frame is maybe 4 ft wide and the outside edges of the 4 post tracks are maybe 6.5 - 7 feet apart. Killer on your back and/or your ankles/shins. If you can easily walk under your lift when fully up, I'd use stands for the frame on the floor, and set the body on the lift to get it up and out of the way.
JohnK
09-05-2023, 08:36 AM
I built my roadster on a 4 post lift from day 1 and it was a godsend being able to work on it at a comfortable standing height instead of having to work on hands and knees with the car on jack stands.
danmas
09-05-2023, 09:16 AM
I built my roadster on a 4 post lift from day 1 and it was a godsend being able to work on it at a comfortable standing height instead of having to work on hands and knees with the car on jack stands.
I have a four post lift and it is so much nicer to have things at the right level. Totally agree with this.
CaptB
09-05-2023, 09:30 AM
My Quickjacks lift saved my back.
JohnK
09-05-2023, 09:51 AM
Back to the OP's question... do you have the jack tray as well, or just the bridge jack? If you have the jack tray, you can put the rear of the frame on jack stands in the jack tray, and the front of the frame on the bridge jack and avoid having to build a chassis dolly. I had to build a chassis dolly because the Stewart truck couldn't get within a couple of miles of my house as the only road in was narrow, windy and tree-lined. I had to meet the Stewart truck a few miles away with a flat bed tow truck to take delivery. If the truck can get to your house and you can get the frame from the Stewart truck onto your lift, then you don't really need the chassis dolly.
Just a couple small points. Buy good jack stands. The cheap HF ones have had several recalls over the years and are pretty sketchy, IMO. I wouldn't trust them with my life. I bought a pair of these (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019JVIPM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1) and they're very solid. Put them at the rear corners of the frame where the rectangular tubes are welded into the 4" round tubes. For the front, just lay a towel or rubber pad on the flat center part of the bridge jack and place it under the 4" frame tube that runs across the two main front-rear frame tubes. This will give you a rock-solid base for the frame. The arms on the bridge jack are too far apart to be of any use at all on the roadster, so that 4" cross tube is the easiest lift point on a 4 post lift.
jeskam
09-06-2023, 12:00 PM
I forgot all about the jack tray! I’ve never actually used it.. glad I kept it! I am worried about Stewart getting near the house. As a used to be big rig driver I know I could get a 53’ into my one street neighborhood by backing in from the main drag. Whether they will do that or not is another story!
Mbufford
09-06-2023, 09:48 PM
I forgot all about the jack tray! I’ve never actually used it.. glad I kept it! I am worried about Stewart getting near the house. As a used to be big rig driver I know I could get a 53’ into my one street neighborhood by backing in from the main drag. Whether they will do that or not is another story!
This was a concern for me too. I called and talked to Todd at Stewart today, and he looked at my house and neighborhood on Google maps. He said it won’t be a problem, though the driver probably won’t go down my alleyway. Worth giving them a call for the peace of mind.
jeskam
09-07-2023, 03:27 PM
This was a concern for me too. I called and talked to Todd at Stewart today, and he looked at my house and neighborhood on Google maps. He said it won’t be a problem, though the driver probably won’t go down my alleyway. Worth giving them a call for the peace of mind.
I will do just that!