Jacking up on tarmac

Nodding_Donkey

d0nkeyk0ng wrote: »

When I was researching jacks recently, there were a few reports of failures with the sgs one and poor customer service. Hence shed away from it.

Poor is a bit of an understatement.


When I took a complaint to social media, after failing to get any response from them, I received a phone call one morning threatening to sue me for libel. I pointed out that truth was a defence against libel and I'm still waiting.


This was about 4 years ago.

AdrianC

If your trolley jack is denting the tarmac, then I'd be getting the muppets who tarmacced yer droive, sorr, to fix the cause of the problem.

d0nkeyk0ng

AdrianC wrote: »

If your trolley jack is denting the tarmac, then I'd be getting the muppets who tarmacced yer droive, sorr, to fix the cause of the problem.

It's not happened yet and I want to avoid or reduce the risk of it happening. Block paving would have been stronger but looks crap IMO.

neilmcl

d0nkeyk0ng wrote: »

It's not happened yet and I want to avoid or reduce the risk of it happening. Block paving would have been stronger but looks crap IMO.

What, worse than the sight of big slab of tarmac :rotfl:

d0nkeyk0ng

neilmcl wrote: »

What, worse than the sight of big slab of tarmac :rotfl:

It's an individual preference. Locally a few driveways have block paving and it looks great initially but over time looks worse.


FWIW our driveway has light grey block paving perimeter with black tarmac in the middle. Looks very smart IMO.

d0nkeyk0ng

Well to update, I bought an Arcan all-steel jack from Costco. Makes my halfords 2T one look like a toy. I used 18mm thick plywood (1200x600) from B&Q to go on the tarmac. Worked beautifully.

Richard53

12mm plywood, a piece a bit bigger than the footprint of the jack. 19mm would be better, but I have found 12mm takes the load fine.

qwert_yuiop

Concrete blocks are useful.