busakaz

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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
 
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.
 
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!
 
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:eek:
 
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.
 
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.
 
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:D
 
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 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.
 

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