Rotating tires without long reach jack

I go to the neighborhood fixaflat. They do it in 6 minutes for $20.

I still change my own oil and do a lot of other maintenance myself, but when it comes to tire rotation I can't compete with that at home.

 

That's me, too. I like to do a reasonably thorough brake inspection at each rotation.

I do have a long floor jack now. When I didn't, I just put four jackstands under the corners one by one with a little jack. Tedious but gets the job done. You want jackstands under the car anyway, not just your jack.

 

Probably a bit of overkill - but I've seen similar ideas.
Always use jack stands

I have the otha problem.
By jack really is too small for my truck - so I use a '2x6 lift' on the jack to give me an extra inch and a half to yank the tires.

 

Yep.
"walking on cans" is a thing for a few weeks after a 120-day loadout.
A good Chief "Culinary Specialist" will arrange things so you can 'eat your way to the deck.'

Fun fact:
Unlike the rest of the government, the military actually has to run on a fixed budget - at least at the unit level.
What this means is that warships are 'issued' food before a deployment and they 'expend it' as it is eaten.
I've seen crews eat lavishly towards the end of a patrol because the "Chop"(*) didn't use enough money to feed the crew according to some notional "guideline."
I've also seen food written off as destroyed by fire, flooding, etc administratively after they spent too much money feeding the crew and needed an excuse.
Whose' to know?

Since we used to keep things like eggs (**) down near the bilges, and since it's not uncommon for water to get into the people tank - it's plausible.

(*) nicknamed for the Supply Corps emblem which resembles a Pork Chop.
(**) They used to last about 6-7 weeks up north - depending on things like spices and how often they fail the float test.

 

After a few prongs of speculation, I've decided you most likely wrote 'berthing' and got autocorrected.

Now I can't shake the picture of Pete Hegseth waving your post around as evidence of wokeness needing eradication.

 

I have experimented with many systems to lift cars for work and tire rotation.

These included expensive Safe Jacks Rennstands, the Bend Pax Quick jack system, the newer VKRP budget jacking system similar to Rennstands and the Harbor Freight aluminum flat top racing jack.

After nearly 15 years of experimentation and development and attempting to find the least expensive and easiest to use system, I have developed the current best option.

Most all jacking systems failures are the result of the car falling off the top lifting point of the jack. Preventing this from happening prevents damage to the underbody of the car and more importantly, personal injury.

Better than the larger awkward and heavier Harbor Freight 1.5 ton aluminum racing jack is the really inexpensive, compact and well made $42 Walmart 2 ton trolley jack weighing in at 18 pounds with an easy to carry top suitcase like handle.

The top swivel cup is not ideal for lifting ant Toyota at or near the pinch weld. Used as is will damage the fabricated sheet metal.

The key is a replacement adapter that locks onto the pinch weld without damaging it and keep the top of the jack firmly locked, while allowing the hack to roll to compensate for the changing geometry of the car as it is lifted.

Similar adapters are available especially for aluminum jacks stands sold by Big Red, Harbor Freight and many other vendors.

The cars rails inboard from the pinch welds are as strong as the pinch weld jacking points and can be used with the adapted jack for lifting to place the jack stands.

The uploaded photos show how this system works.

 

FWIW: I wouldn't jack up a unibody on one side to get both wheels off - That's a good way to bend it....... The AI doesn't care if you drive around on a bent frame. Ladder bar construction is another matter entirely.

I have a spare for road trips and do one corner at a time.

 

Low rise ramps:



Not for our 2010, but a couple of other cars.

 

Well, I get a pretty good view over the guy's shoulder. This all happens outdoors in the driveway, and there's not really any other place for me to wait or anything else to do, so I peek at the brakes. And my c model has rear drum brakes anyway, less to look at.

 

Still, I was halfway to a plausible explanation ... you'll be reassigned if you're showing at the time of leaving port, and if you're not, the cans will be used up by the time you need the space.

 

I generally take the pads out, measure them and note mileage and thickness, clean the fitting-kit clips (or replace them if need be), push/pull the slide pins till the grease feels awake, look for any rubber boot damage or rotor surface weirdness, then reassemble.

The tire-rotation guy would probably get bored while I did that.