When picking truck of our size I prefer to use 10k or larger not due to the weight but the shear size of the truck and the distance the trucks hangs out of each side of the lift. Ive put mine on a 9k lift. And i must say i was very nervous. Specially if you need to do soemthing that may rock the truck

 

I would assume jack stand rating is per stand, but why not ask the manufacturer to be sure. I'd just buy a drive on if it was me, I see them in auction listings quite often.

 

Lift was installed today, and I ask about jack stands because of the stability concerns people have brought up. I can get 2 ton jack stands with minimum hight of 49" max hight of 79" for $80.00 each ($110 shipped). If it is 2 ton per jack stand this would be fine (2 ton x 4 jack stands x 2000 lb = 16000 lb capacity) If it is 2 ton per pair I need to hit up the truck scales and see if I am under 8000 lb before I order them.

Keith

<edit> Just found another place with 2 ton high lift jack stands for $80 that is local and now that I have an F-350 to carry them in (instead of my Miata) I can go pick them up and avoid $120 in shipping costs!

 

Either way you can put a stand under each corner and still have most of the weight on the lift

 

Very True!

But some jobs are easier if you can move the lift arms out of the way... so I still want to know the answer

Keith

 

I concur. When we go to the truck pulls, my buddy's 7.3 4 door short bed comes in about 8,000. The 6.0 weighs more than the 7.3 and this truck has no lift on 33s. I'd put my 7200lb truck on it, but I'd be taking a 4 door to a truck stop scale, like Curry suggested, before I put one on that lift.

 

Here are the official truck scale results for my F350 XLT crew cab long bed 4X4! With 75 miles on the odo since my last fill up (approximately 40 lbs of fuel less than full) with my fat *** in the drivers seat it weighed 7940 and without me it was 7680. So add 40 lbs for the burned fuel and you get a fully fueled weight of 7980 with me driving and 7720 with no driver.

So, even if the two ton load limit for the tall jack stands is 2 ton per pair I am able to use them as suplimentary load bearing and stabalization on the lift

Now I just need to pull $340.00 out of my *** for the jack stands!

Later,

Keith

 

Looks like you got it figured out. I took a load to the dump the other day, and i weighed in at 8200 lbs leaving with about 14 gallons in the tank, and probably 300 lbs worth of humans in it. My truck is an 06 CCSB FX4. Good luck.

 

I can't understand half the stuff in your signature... any of that stuff add weight?

Keith

 

Somthing as simple as a different brand or size tires and wheels would make a weight difference, plus the add on's guages, coolant filter etc will add a little.