Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981116233949.02d34430@olsusa.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 23:39:49 -0500
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
From: CavittP@aol.com (by way of Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>)
Subject: Jack stands
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I've been using two floor-jacks with 12" lengths of carpeted 4 X 4 bolted to
the jacks.  For the tail I made a carpeted saw-horse and use bags of shot and
a couple of old batteries (on top of the shot bags) to weigh down the tail
when jacking.

An interesting note:  A friend, for use with his L-320, was using small
hydraulic jacks welded on top of jack-stand.  He failed to put enough weight
on the tail.  While walking around the plane he stumbled and caught himself on
the cowl.  The lightly balanced plane drooped forward, slipped off the jack
pads and punched holes in the bottom of his plane.

I like my method the best of any I've heard so far...

Pete Cavitt - N320PL