Block pathing

[busakaz]

Hi all

I have just had a new drive block pathed and my question is do you jack your RR up on your block pathing, do you put planks under the trolly jack and axle stands to spread the waight.


thanks kaz

 

[Datatek]

Spread the weight, put half a tonne on a single block and there is a good chance it will sink especially after a lot of rain.

 

[busakaz]

Spread the weight, put half a tonne on a single block and there is a good chance it will sink especially after a lot of rain.

ok cheers Keith will do

 

[gfromleeds]

Its good practice to try spread the weight on any surface
I once had a car "fall over" cos the jack sank into the tarmac!

 

[kevwill]

Spread the weight very well on block paving - as its loose layed over a layer of sand; you could easily displaced a few blocks at a time with the weight of a Range Rover

 

[busakaz]

Spread the weight very well on block paving - as its loose layed over a layer of sand; you could easily displaced a few blocks at a time with the weight of a Range Rover

ok thanks Av you got blocks ?

 

[marccleave]

I have a Range Rover (albeit the better version, Classic ) and a slabbed driveway that was done ~13 years ago. 450mm^2 ~30mm (looking back, should have gotten thicker slabs, and bigger ones at that, the larger 600mm^2 and 50mm at least. Big heavy and don't move very much) slabs layed on several tonnes of sand that was leveled and flattened etc etc. Ideally it would have been mixed with cement and then a cement and sand mix brushed into the gaps, but only sand was brushed into the gaps and its turned out okay...

Now its fine jacking up the RRC, but I always put down either 1/4" or 1/2" sheet ply that I have cut into squares. I have four, one for each axle stand if needed. Their area is bigger than that of the axle stand so the weight is spread further again.

After 13 years or so all the sand has compacted, the slabs have settled etc so its fine now and I haven't had any stability issues. But on a freshly layed blocks I'd take it extra careful.

 

[kevwill]

ok thanks Av you got blocks ?

I meant displace a few blocks on yer new driveway (which you don't want to do). Use a couple of scaffold boards under the jack.

 

[wammers]

I have a Range Rover (albeit the better version, Classic ) and a slabbed driveway that was done ~13 years ago. 450mm^2 ~30mm (looking back, should have gotten thicker slabs, and bigger ones at that, the larger 600mm^2 and 50mm at least. Big heavy and don't move very much) slabs layed on several tonnes of sand that was leveled and flattened etc etc. Ideally it would have been mixed with cement and then a cement and sand mix brushed into the gaps, but only sand was brushed into the gaps and its turned out okay...

Now its fine jacking up the RRC, but I always put down either 1/4" or 1/2" sheet ply that I have cut into squares. I have four, one for each axle stand if needed. Their area is bigger than that of the axle stand so the weight is spread further again.

After 13 years or so all the sand has compacted, the slabs have settled etc so its fine now and I haven't had any stability issues. But on a freshly layed blocks I'd take it extra careful.

"The better one". You have an hell of a sense of humour.

 

[Datatek]

ok thanks Av you got blocks ?

I laid 6,000 blocks at my house in the UK, still good after 13 years when I had to sell up. A single block heavily loaded will either sink evenly or tip if the joints are not tight.

 

[kevwill]

I laid 6,000 blocks at my house in the UK, still good after 13 years when I had to sell up. A single block heavily loaded will either sink evenly or tip if the joints are not tight.

6000 blocks! you could have built another house with that many and doubled your money

 

[crashbox]

Spread the weight with planks so the jack doesn't slip on the oil leaks.

 

[dogsbody]

Being a lazy old bugger I've fallen in love with two 3' lengths of railway sleeper that I happened upon. Without even chamfering the ends I can drive (almost) any two wheels up onto them lifting one end or side about six inches. If I want a wheel free I just jack that one up another inch but for most servicing, checking and repair expeditions underneath I don't need a jack or axle stands.

 

[wattfield]

Being a lazy old bugger I've fallen in love with two 3' lengths of railway sleeper that I happened upon. Without even chamfering the ends I can drive (almost) any two wheels up onto them lifting one end or side about six inches. If I want a wheel free I just jack that one up another inch but for most servicing, checking and repair expeditions underneath I don't need a jack or axle stands.

Being a skinny old bugger, I can get under my Defender without assistance!

I have a monoblock driveway, I use a 2' x 3' driveway slab under a trolley jack.

 

[jamesmartin]

Being a skinny old bugger, I can get under my Defender without assistance!

I have a monoblock driveway, I use a 2' x 3' driveway slab under a trolley jack.

a slab youd be better using wood

 

[tomcat59alan]

a slab youd be better using wood

+1, the jack will dig into the wood so it won't slip.

 

[Datatek]

+1, the jack will dig into the wood so it won't slip.

You don't want a trolley jack to dig in, it needs to roll as the arm moves through it's arc.

 

[tomcat59alan]

You don't want a trolley jack to dig in, it needs to roll as the arm moves through it's arc.

Out of gear and handbrake off, then chock the wheels.

 

[Datatek]

Out of gear and handbrake off, then chock the wheels.

How will that help if you are jacking from the side under the chassis?

 

[tomcat59alan]

How will that help if you are jacking from the side under the chassis?

Good point but I have never had cause to jack under the chassis. If you did have to, you could always jack for and aft and the car will still roll.