PLEASE! For safety's sake could you crib that assembly up with wood blocking. I would say you have about 7000# sitting on those little jack stands with no side stability.
One wrong move that thing could topple over on you.
Do you have any kind of hoist to keep some tension on that too since it's so top heavy.

I have a friend last month who luckily survived being crushed under his motor home when a jack stand collapsed.
He was trapped under the vehicle for about 4 hours before his son happened to find him.

"Neil" wrote:

Did you go through the clutch Gary? Now'd be the time to do it if it needs done : )

Yes clutch was replaced along with the bronze collar about 5 years ago with minimal run time, especially since it's been in the shop almost 3 years

"side-seat" wrote:

PLEASE! For safety's sake could you crib that assembly up with wood blocking. I would say you have about 7000# sitting on those little jack stands with no side stability.
One wrong move that thing could topple over on you.
Do you have any kind of hoist to keep some tension on that too since it's so top heavy.

I have a friend last month who luckily survived being crushed under his motor home when a jack stand collapsed.
He was trapped under the vehicle for about 4 hours before his son happened to find him.

I get what you're saying but with everything removed I would guess closer to 4000lbs. When I start to hang finals and track frames I have cribbing for under the front and back. I dont get under it and its plenty stable for what little I'm doing to it right now. I do hook my hoist to it if I have some heavy duty work to do that could cause it to fall off the Jack stands

"Neil" wrote:

By the way, what tool did you use to cut the sections out of your track frames? I'm wondering if I should bother picking up a cheap plasma cutter or somesuch or just use the gas-axe

4 inch grinder with a cutting wheel. They give a very clean cut and not really that expensive. I think I used 2 wheels per track frame to cut off all the old mounts and sections of frame, including the new pieces for the frames and the mounts

"d2gary" wrote:

4 inch grinder with a cutting wheel. They give a very clean cut and not really that expensive. I think I used 2 wheels per track frame to cut off all the old mounts and sections of frame, including the new pieces for the frames and the mounts

yes! ! a grinder with cutting wheel makes a very nice clean cut...and inexpensive too. Takes a bit of time but worth it:whoo: have a good grip and use plenty of care

Neil,

You can buy a big stack of cutting wheels, for what you would pay for a plasma cutter. Even a cheeeeeep one. If you had many curved or intricate cuts it might be worth it but not for what you plan on doing.

nice work you sure have been getting after it. one the cutting disk there great just don't buy the cheap ones. I love my 3m ones but I used jet, Norton, Walter. you may only pay 1.00 per disk more but you cut more and be happier doing it. safety side note full-face shields are a must with zip disks safety glass doesn't cut it. stay safe in the shop and keep up the good work

Speaking of safety.....
My friend’s cousin had a grinding disc come apart and took some pieces in his abdominal area
Was only wearing a tee shirt, lucky he didn’t bleed out, ended up getting stitches
So Wear your leathers, worth it and a face shield, and gloves
Leathers are hot, but well worth it