There are products called jack stabilizer pads that can be used to support a jack or jack stand.
Best wood for jack stands.
Always get asked where i got my stands for my car.
While ratchet type jack stands are safe enough pin type stands are almost indestructible since the locking pin makes it impossible for the supporting bar to slip through the base.
But the best option is a hard level surface.
Soo here you go got my buddy brent at hyper formance llc to make them for me.
Do not use wood blocks to gain more height as a wood block may slip or split buy taller jack stands.
If lifting the whole car lift and support the front first to the maximum height capable of your jack and jack stands.
The range of supported diameter logs is very limited as example the woodchuck tools log jack can handle logs way down from about 6 inches to the higher 20 inches while this one only best works on logs in the 16 20 inch range i find.
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It also weighs quite a bit.
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If you use wood to raise the jack for a higher lift put the board on the floor and the jack on top of it i have used 1x6x30 to sit my floor jack on it and it helps be sure if you get under the vehicle after you raise it use a good jack stand please be safe i had a car fall on me and crush my l5 vertebra because a jack stand collapsed yes it was new and was a 4000 lb stand it had.
Jack stands are important tools that keep a vehicle propped up after having used a floor jack like a scissor jack or a hydraulic jack to lift a vehicle once the vehicle is lifted enough to fit the jack stands on a solid part of the car underneath it like the chassis they can be carefully fitted and tested by hand for sturdiness at which point the jack can be removed.