How to Get Your Car On and Off Your DIY Wooden Car Stands (Wheel Cribs) 

Awesome video! I didn’t allow my Jack to move and the car came down towards me…luckily I had Chucks in place to stop it from running me over. Simple instructions forgotten over decades since HS shop class in the 80s.

Thanks, think I'll make a set. A suggestion for moving things in and out under a raised vehicle; I have a hook about 36 inches long with a D loop on one end and a hook, about three inches, on the other. The whole thing is 3/8 HR steel. Saves a lot of bending and grunting and makes it really easy to push/pull the stands into place. This is especially good for old guys like me; 78.

A walk in the park the way you explained and demonstrated the proper use of the cribs and the jackstands, great video!

Excellent! Just built the wheel cribs and it really helped watching doing the lift in stages. Thanks!

excellent video. I have built this type of wood cribs for my speakers but I have never thought about using it on car. It is a much much safer way to jack up the car. Thank again.

Thanks for the video very helpful! I am thinking of making some wooden stands purely for a safety backup if my normal jack stands were to ever fail the car could fall onto the wooden ones. I think you can never be too safe.

I am just deciding that I need more room when working under my vehicles. I find your approach something I think will work for me. Thanks a nice video ...

Really like that body style!

Excellent step by step thorough information, thank you!

Going to build a set this weekend. Glad I found this video.

Yeah, someone below suggesting stackable (maybe you did too) - like maybe make 2 cribs like yours and 4 cribs half height and then raise car up in steps - front raised half crib go around to back raise full crib height back around to front add other half step - and you don’t need the jack stands?? Sounds good to me! I came across this video and the whole concept of wooden wheel cribs which was new to me accidentally while researching jack stands thinking I’d have to buy 4 of them for a clutch replacement job I’m thinking of DIY’ing and thinking jack stands still might not be high enough. I’ll skip the stands and just make these! Thanks for excellent video!

Thanks for your detail demonstration, really helpful.

There was a lot of good, useful information in this video. Thanks for posting.

Sounding a lot like my high school football coach lol. Thanks much for all the tips. Very helpful ✌️🏾

Thanks for the solid tips. This is great information and well-presented.

Thanks for doing these videos you taught me a lot!!!! I messed up the first crib but due to your videos I’m on the right route now!!!!

Very simple... Very efective, some of the true spirit of homemade, a good idea with few tec, i like it, thank for share, hi from Chile.

Very cool. Just what I need, thank you!

I've been using tire cribs to work on my '70 Camaro for years now. I would add wheel chocks to your list of tools.

Very helpful! Thanks dude! Sweet ride too 😎👌

Great stuff - making mine tomorrow per your other video. I actually have 2 sets of ramps which I hope will speed up the process...

Great video! Thanks for posting!

Excellent tutorial it gave me ideas for my own project....Thank You Sir!

Dan. Using a hockey puck in your jack pad makes a good non-mar/ non-slip pad. I'm planning on making an insert for my jack with milk jug plastic. If you like the idea, you're welcome to make a video on that.

Thank you. Have you ever seen a homemade wooden stand tip or fail during use? Good tip about a piece of plywood for use under the jack (and jack stands, too!) if you don't have a garage or concrete driveway - the jack's wheels and metal jack stand legs will dig into dirt and even asphalt surfaces and won't roll well (or at all).

Such a great breakdown! Thanks man

Awesome solution with the lowest needed cost. Wow, amazing! thanks,👍👍👍

Well done! Thanks for posting!

Great video, thanks bro.

Great explanation and thank you for making the video 👍

I only came to find out how to make those Wooden car stands but watched the whole video on jacking instead. Great video!

Very thorough video!

Been thinking about building a set of these. Nice work Dan.

Was wondering how to do this after building them , thanks pal

Good video. It gave me some helpful tips.

Great video. Thank you.

very educative. Thank you

Excellent stuff

thnx for safety tips too .maybe i'll drive on these with ramps for fronts ,get ramps out of the way then do rear like you shown ? i think i'll drop my fuel tank like this .looks more spacious, free up my one jack. your Cragars are killer!!! inspired

Thanks for sharing!

Nice demonstration great work

Great video, very helpful

awesome thanks, great vid

Great information thanks

Great job thanks

Good job. I made a set of these a couple weeks ago. Wish I had seen this years ago. I noticed your rear sway bar. Is that factory or aftermarket kit?

Thanks. Saw these in a FB group and wondered how it was done. Will invest. I would take it car/truck needs emergency brake on correct?

Thanks Dan, cool video and nice car and cribs too , thanks for making the cool video. Now i am going to build a set too , thanks !!! : )

Bro, this is a great video.

To extend my jack higher I use a 4x4 cut off coz I don't like separate pieces of wood which can move. Also, when the jack has the tires higher than the 7 inch deck on my plastic Walmart Rhino ramps, I slide the ramps under both tires before continuing up ... ..... high enough for my big heavy duty 6 ton stands (with rubber pieces of hockey pucks) to fit under the body jack stand points....just it case it falls..

Great videos thank you so much

Great video

Use a stick with a nail or screw at the end to place and remove the stands underneath the car. simple and safer. Great Vid.

A great example of how to lift a car with unstable blocking on the jack.

What about cars that only have a lower control arm? When the car is lowered, the wheels contact in extreme positive camber which basically wants to push outward.

Excellent. Thanks for the video. Didn't see you did test for stability after the car was on the air. F.ex, try pushing the car in different directions to see if side load is also safe enough. It's been more than 3 years what do you say now? How is it going with the use of those wooden cribs? Are you still using it?

I built steel stands well oversized for a reasons but works the same way. I seen video in feed and wanted to see if you did it different lol. You didn't. Very handy setup for many different projects.

Cool. Looks like I need to make some wheel Cribs

This is very cool! Hey, what is the height of your jack fully extended?

No wheel chocks for the front wheels when raising the back? How did the car not roll forward?

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION - Thumbs up???

This guy has military training.. I can tell by his precise crisp sequenced instructions

thanks. i want to know if the 2x8 measurements are nominal or real.? thanks for your help

So did you block the front wheels so it would not roll forward as you jacked up the back.

This is something I've been thinking about for years.

I hate the k member on my third gen. Trying to put the car up on these, the jack can't go high enough. So I put two blocks of wood underneath, but the front of the k member has a small flat spot, then sharply angles up.

Quick question. Sort of just want some input of this idea.. so i have a lowered mustang i built wheel cribs that are about 6" tall then ill be adding 4 casters to each crib and that will add another 6.5" to my cribs. Each caster can hold around 330 lbs and ill have 16, 4 for each wheel. They lock as well. The car weighs around 3600 lbs. And thr casters together can hold around 5300 lbs. Would you personally work underneath something knowing, that thats something that would be holding it?

been thinking about building some to fit on dollies. everything in my garage is on wheels

Would it be safe to do and fuel pump with these under a obs tahoe?

Good job and video.

Good job! I ended up using epoxy instead of glue when joining the 2x4's, glue should suffice but using epoxy just gives me an extra layer of peace of mind.. Nonetheless it looks like you thought your process out well !

They can be used with car dollies too So when you make them . MAKE them the right size. Don't Drop them . Keep them dry. When you're not using them. They make a nice bench,or go under bench. You can also make one for the ja k, for doing your exhaust. But it doesn't roll. Put a carry Handel in them too. Good for doing quarter panels.

Asphault is sketch it sinks in especially with big vehicles on hot days i like to grab the jack handle and yank it side to side if it's not rolling while i lift

Another great tip is to have your ex-wife assist you with an extra set of eyes under your vehicle when you are jacking it up from a safe area outside the vehicle...........

Thanks!

What’s up guy? I’m three years late but I got to do it myself. Getting ready to remove a transmission for my car. I would like to make the wheel crib. But I don’t see the video that you said you have on it. Can you send it to me. Three years too late and you have a blessed one.

I got these (metal) wood burrs. I think ill make slots for the teeth on the jack

Nice, thx

Nice!

Might be easier the have two shorter interlocking wheel cribs and place them under the wheels in two stages. That way you won't need wheel stands.

Will the car move forward if I pull the driveshaft out?

These are awesome and I am planning to make a set following your video. I had a question. I see you have the rear end on jack stands which are on top of the cribs. I was told I need to take the rear end out to replace the rear rails. Where do you recommend would be most safe to set the jack stands while I have the rear end out. Thank you in advance for your response.

why not make the wheels cribs stackable so jack stands are not needed?

How many inches are those cribs? I have 8 inch wheel cribs, im guessing it'd be easier

Great videos-were you a Marine?

Great job stressing the safety aspect especially mentioning the part about "if you don't feel comfortable with..."

I am a very recent diy mechanic, just me Google, RU-vid and a few shop manuals to be able to maintain my 2010 Hyundai Elantra and I have to drop my gas tank to get to my evap system again. this may seem like a dumb question but what should I do to compensate for the slight slope in my driveway while jacking up my car? The only place I have to work on car is my driveway that is slightly slopped to allow rain waterto drain into a grate in the center. Is it best to have my car parked centered over top of the grate to Begin with? After the recent harbor freight jack stand recall im to nervous to trust any jack stands by themselves.

Nice tutorial. Are you from Western PA? I think I hear it in your voice.

can this even be done safely on a slanted/sloped driveway ?

Any methods for when you have to remove the front tires as part of the job as well?

is it safe to go higher then the ten boards high? maybe 12 or 14 high?

No every car has a subframe at the middle front. How would you lift the front then?

I made mine in two levels. Depending on the situation I just use one level or two.

wow

What year is your Camaro?

Have never used wheel cribs in my 40 or so years of wrenching... wondering why i like to fight myself so much ? Hope it was a fine 4th for you and your family.

best!!!!!!!

So once wheelchairs are in place, It's safe to go underneath to do work?

Nice job. But looks like you do this enough you should invest in a 2 post lift. Youve got the room for it, and it beats working from the floor.

3:13 mark to 3:35 mark. His rear end left a mark, he has a jack pad and he glued and screwed, all without a giggle. He and I are not the same. Thank you for the informative video though, it helps.