Pressing issues of the day: Best space location for Ford jack

[JoeH]

Originally Posted by BrianW

I gotta think you are the first person to ever jack up an SMB using the Book of Mormon. Possibly the first person in any vehicle to do so.

Could be. You're right though, it's the Book of Mormon and not technically a bible. Like say the King James Bible. Not sure which one is thicker in a pinch. Or, why there is one in cabins run by the National Park Service but I guess the Concessionaire get's to choose. Several lessons learned that day.

[fosterama]

Originally Posted by BrianW

I gotta think you are the first person to ever jack up an SMB using the Book of Mormon. Possibly the first person in any vehicle to do so.

Mighta been done by a Jack Mormon...

[rltilley]

Originally Posted by larrie

Safe Jack has occasional 15% off sales. Watch the site around Expo time. IIRC that is when they go on sale.

They just had a 15% off sale that supposedly ended on 4/30/17. The code was GEARUP2017 and may still work. I ended up picking up a jack stand since I just had a flat and found that a stand would have been useful.

I ended up ditching the Ford jack and getting a Safe Jack kit. I found that the Safe Jack was a bit too high to get under the axle when I recently flatted so I had to dig out a bit of a hole on the shoulder of the road. Not an option when on cement so maybe I'll add the Ford jack back in the kit somewhere. I keep all in the Aluminess box but may move them into the rear bumper storage. I think they'll fit but I'd need to put them in waterproof bags.


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[wadewaydo]

Originally Posted by JoeH

. I got a flat coming back from biking at the Rainbow Rim trail on the North Rim. I changed it in the parking lot at the Lodge. My first flat on my SMB with 35" tires. I couldn't find anything nearby except crappy and irregular shaped limestone rocks. It was a no-go situation until one of the maintenance workers took pity on me and grabbed a thick Mormon bible from one of the nearby cabins which I used on top of a block of wood and put the bottle jack on that.

Okay this story rocks. Funniest thing I heard all day.

My van didn't come with any jack or rod. Mormon or otherwise. I have a 20 ton bottle jack that I welded a V onto the top so it could lift from the axle. My rod is a 16" long modified 1/2' socket extension whittled down on the end to coincide with the factory spare tire hoist. I just use a socket wrench or a cordless drill with socket attachment to raise and lower the spare underneath. My tires are only 30" so the spare still fits below. I do keep a couple of leveling 2x6s just in case though.