Floor Jack Capacity, is 2.5T enough?

[TwinWhitsles]

I've used these jack stands, which work well with our magentic jack pucks. There are a number of options to rotate your tires, but you should always have a high lift floor jack that has excess capacity. I use the HF I mentioned because it has readily lifted both my R1T and R1S with minimal effort over the past 2.5 years. The floor jack itself weighs 100lbs. It's robust. There are other options, like the off-road version of the HF floor jack pictured below.

Can you explain how you transfer from the jack to the jackstand given they both need to be in the same jacking location?

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[raylepper]

Have a look at Rennstands. The the jack puck sits on the cross beam of the stand and the stand is jacked up. One the vehicle has been lifted, the legs of the stand are extended to contact the floor and pinned. Then the floor jack is lowered and removed.

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

Can you explain how you transfer from the jack to the jackstand given they both need to be in the same jacking location?

Like Rivian Mobile Service, we use the lower control arms to lift the vehicle, then insert the Jack Stand. I typically don't use jack stands when rotating.

 

[TwinWhitsles]

Like Rivian Mobile Service, we use the lower control arms to lift the vehicle, then insert the Jack Stand. I typically don't use jack stands when rotating.

Very interesting. If you happen to have one, it would be great to see a picture of where on the lower control arm that is a good spot, just so I don't do anything stupid.

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

Very interesting. If you happen to have one, it would be great to see a picture of where on the lower control arm that is a good spot, just so I don't do anything stupid.

If you use the control arm you can also use jack stands (if one desires), since the port for jack pucks would be available. Put a block of wood on control arm to protect it.

Picture from another thread.

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