I think you should clarify. Never use only cinder blocks. You can use them but you should also use Jack stands as backups and place the wheels under the wheel hubs for extra security
What are you talking about? Dislike button is still there, and you can even view the dislike ratio with a simply browser extension. Also, how many cars have I seen up on cinder blocks with the wheels stole off them?? A lot. The 1st choice of thieves everywhere.
Dude! Be careful with these weak cinder blocks. They crack and break easily with impact. Use lots of pressure treated wood instead. Wet wood don’t break. Cement does.
@@itskingboy189 2 years later, I hope nobody got hurt using cinder blocks. For me, if I need to replace suspension I’ll take it to a local trusted shop, worth the money over time/risks. For oil, brakes, spark plugs, filters etc I do myself without getting under the car.
OMG, I used to use cinder blocks when I was 16 building my Camaro. I always shake my head and can't believe how LUCKY I was that I never killed myself. I can't believe someone is recommending this.
Super dangerous my friend. Many accidents have happened from doing this. Just happened again in my area. If you are under the car when the blocks break you will either be crushed to death or, if someone is there to call emergency services, you will be trapped with likely serious injuries while the fire department gingerly raises the car so as to not injure you more. If you are alone and cannot reach your phone, eventually someone will discover your dead body.
Exactly lol, go to a mobile home park and most people houses are sitting on them here. He tells you how to orient them and they're being done for redundancy. He literally says "a lot of people have been killed by not laying these correct". Jeeze commenters are stupid
Thanks. I can utilize this method for what I needed to do. Crushing myself to death under 2 tons of dead weight metal has always been an ambition of mine.
I've seen jack stands fail, jacks lose pressure, wood cribs tip over, bumper jacks fall down... never seen 8x8x16 cinder blocks fail. Anything you do is done at your own risk... but Ive spartan kicked a vehicle on blocks 24" off the ground and it didnt budge, wouldn't do that on jack stands. Edit: Just did a quick google to see if there were any pictures of failures... Looks like a lot of people dont know how to use cinder blocks properly. Holes pointing up, not horizontal. Way easier to bust one up if its horizontal.
I want you to know I was about to jack my golf cart up and use two cinder blocks on each corner I have it successfully raised and supported one 100 percent using the sender blogs I know a golf cart does not weigh nearly as much as a vehicle but at the last minute I decided to make sure I had the blocks correct and lo and behold sir maybe you just saved my life I had exactly backwards thank you very much Sir.
Problem is that the risk of cracking this blocks are high. And the risk of the car sliding sideways and the rest of the stands getting disturbed and boom. The car is going to crash land onto you.. Better off using wood crates (or what they are called) since they can be configured to handle the weight of heavy lorries...
The audacity to say Jack stands rent secure enough is astounding. Better change this channel name to “Live Short”. This man probably votes for candidates that try to strip away regulations for builders and safety organizations
The 12 ton jack stands from Harbor freight will give you even more height than the blocks. With it's wide base, it would be a lot safer too. Wait till Harbor Freight has their perking lot sale. That's the best time and price to get the 12 ton.
A lot of people said not to use cinderblocks, but none of them could come up with anything better besides a jack (which does not apply when you want it high). Those people must have never worked with cinderblocks, or they used really bad/old ones, or stand them on the sides.
I'll tell you what works better and is safer than cinder blocks. It's called cribbing blocks which are made of dimensional lumber (such as traditional 2x4s, 2x6s, 4x4s, 6x6s etc) which are interlaced together. It's what houses are lifted with and what firemen use to lift people who are stuck out.
There is too much to consider when using them for this purpose. Any concentration of pressure from uneven stacking, corner of a frame rail or bolt, a wayward pebble underneath while loading or similar situation can quickly exceed the PSI limits of cinder blocks. Sure you can get lucky using them in a pinch. But too many have FAFO why this is a bad idea. Cinder blocks are meant to have an even load spread though a bed of mortar. This is not something always feasible to duplicate by someone in too much of a hurry to find a better way.
Using cinder blocks as shown in this video is perfectly safe. He's right, get the orientation correct and cinder blocks can _HOLD UP A GIANT BUILDING_ ! ! ! ... personally, I put the block on a rectangle of heavy plywood that's been cut a bit bigger than the block. And then a wood block of 2x4/6/or 8 (what ever width is appropriate), that isn't rotted or severely weathered or split off from it's main board, above the top cinder block. The wood mushes a bit like a gasket and stabilizes everything. Yes, using cinder blocks in the wrong orientation is a fatal mistake. And NEVER use lightened blocks (air crete), no matter what. Cinder blocks that are rated for foundations are plenty dense and strong. I thought the video was quite good.
I don't know how and when I'm going to leave this world, but it WON'T be because I was working on a car and got squashed... and this is a great way get squashed.
I wanna change my oil and change these two leaking O-rings on my power steering pump. I am able to get my scissor jacks to get the car on the stands two notches high, and that works for changing the oil, but I don't think that will be enough room to work on the pump. I was just thinking of putting my scissor jacks on bricks every two notches until my car is high enough. I think the stand needs to be 5 or 6 notches high so I have room. Maybe 7. I'm a mechanic noob, but I also take safety very seriously. If that doesn't sound safe or someone has a better idea LMK Edit: I (my dad) have a hydraulic floor jack, but it fails after so many pumps. I'm starting not to trust it
ME; Looks over at the cinder blocks that have been under my RV for over 30 yrs. Recalls a time when RV was loaded with hardwood, used as an office with dozen men beside said firewood. Got shook during hurricanes and handles -30 c temps with the heavy load. Folks are correct about the dangers of materials but also like to repeat BS in the comment section. It's all quite comical really when everything is considered.
Its 2024 and this is the first video that made me laugh. Anyway, I know 3 guys who died from resting heavy weight on cinder blocks. They stack them the correct way, but they crumbled. If you do it right, you can crack cinder blocks with your bare hands. 1 died from a cave in. One guy died as like a 3rd cousin removed from me. And other was on a rock quarry -- he should've know better. Have you ever seen those Karate competition where judo chops break planks in half. Well falling weight will do that to cinder block no matter what orientation you use. When lifting a car, and yoyu want to crawl under it, then you need to use solid stacks of wood because if the car tilts or moves on you, the block will just roll and still guard against 6_000 pounds. Get some wood or metal stands with a wide stance and wide contact/load points (like under your wheels and jack/lift points in the manuals) -- don't even use (tiny) jack stands because they tilt on you if the ground is uneven: pro tip, the surface or ground is never perfectly leveled. Anyway, this is a good video showing how to improperly do it. Keep this video up.
It is trivial to build safe wheel cribs with 2x4's. putting wood on top of your jack in it's weakest orientation for that it cracks and falls off the jack. cinder blocks... This is like the opposite of anything you should do.
All these professionals know what not to use but don't really know the correct thing to use because they came here to watch this video to find out like everybody else. Im willing to bet most of you haters still havnt fixed what you were working on in the first place
The whole structure may be heavier, but there are quite a few piers made of blocks holding up those homes, so the actual load on each block is likely quite a bit less. Plus the home is (or at least should be) tied down, so there is no chance of it moving around.
I can tilt a car over with my 250lb body. I can't do that to a home. Once the car is in falling motion, a cinder block is not going to hold up. Hell you can throw a cinder block or drop a cinder block about 5 feet and it'll crack.
NEVER use CMU no matter what position you put them in. If the back of that car suddenly drops 2”, it will split that block like it was made of spaghetti. You are flirting with disaster.
Get like hard wood like square pavers But wood 5 high each wheel 4 jack stands and a jack that does lift high, if the stand did go there on the hard wood, double safety,
Don't use cinderblocks whatever you do. This will get you killed. If you dont have money for some decent jack stands you can easily make a rock solid stand out of 2x4 for relatively cheap. Just be safe and never sacrifice safety for convenience 🤙
@@angelo65116512 Are you dumb? He’s probably not a native speaker of English and he told that he is new to fixing. Of course he didn’t mean under the hood.
Hey all you naysayers, relax. It's in the video but he doesn't really mention the importance and vital difference of sandwiching the blocks between wood. I'd be super leery of resting metal frame on concrete blocks, but the wood above and below the blocks serves as a type of cushion / gasket to distribute the load of the vehicle across more surface area of the blocks. This is viable in a pinch, just be wary and watch what you're doing.
I wish some1 would creat a bunch of lightweight but strong & inexpensive bricks - Iv devised a way to lift cars 3-4-5 feet off ground with just 1 stinkN scissor jack(4 stands) but 19-20 bricks. steels to heavy, aluminum maybe brittle, some kinda graphite something or other✋😒
Guy, you should NEVERRRRR use cinder blocks no matter what position you place them in.. absolutely crazy period.. 🙈🙈🙈
They have solid paver blocks you can use. Put those under the tires and secure the car with jack stands
I think you should clarify. Never use only cinder blocks. You can use them but you should also use Jack stands as backups and place the wheels under the wheel hubs for extra security
If you’re gonna use CMU block fill the cells with grout or concrete. Ultimate strength
I'd rather use those recalled HF stands.
Lol 1 hour later we can work on the car
"Safety is not something you can redo....."
Proceeds to use cinderblocks.... 😂
Kids.... Never ever mix cinderblocks and autos.
"Safety is not something you can undo" Proceeds to use cinder blocks and a wobbly 4x4 to hold a van up.
Pssst. Hey rookie, that's how we all do it. Don't put the cinder blocks face down. Also, a 4x4 isn't wobbly if you have a load sitting on it.
RUclips should’ve never removed the the dislike button. This is so unbelievably dangerous
What are you talking about? Dislike button is still there, and you can even view the dislike ratio with a simply browser extension. Also, how many cars have I seen up on cinder blocks with the wheels stole off them?? A lot. The 1st choice of thieves everywhere.
RUclips should remove this
Why? Because you like to play it safe?
It's not bad
Only if he used improper pronouns.
@@SlowNBroke...
@@michaeltammaro482😂😂
Dude! Be careful with these weak cinder blocks. They crack and break easily with impact. Use lots of pressure treated wood instead. Wet wood don’t break. Cement does.
😂😂😂😂😂
@@itskingboy189 2 years later, I hope nobody got hurt using cinder blocks. For me, if I need to replace suspension I’ll take it to a local trusted shop, worth the money over time/risks. For oil, brakes, spark plugs, filters etc I do myself without getting under the car.
@@BlueStreak706shows that you're not truly a diy'er
I no longer trust what a guy like you says.... aka a noob.
@@richardnixon9324 I’m still not crushed like a pancake after many oil changes and brakes. You never worked on cars but sit and whine.
This could provide to death. Remove this film
Mate I know your getting slagged off for this, but hey sometimes you have no choice .. so I appreciate the help Cheers Fella 🍺
jack stands arent tall enough and secure enough??? what kind of conspiracy is that???
Needs new Stands!
Well, they ARENT TALL enough.
There is going to be a lot of flat people after watching this. Dude, that's pure dangerous!
OMG, I used to use cinder blocks when I was 16 building my Camaro. I always shake my head and can't believe how LUCKY I was that I never killed myself. I can't believe someone is recommending this.
DON'T DO THIS!! 🤚VERY VERY DANGEROUS!! 🚫
Super dangerous my friend. Many accidents have happened from doing this. Just happened again in my area. If you are under the car when the blocks break you will either be crushed to death or, if someone is there to call emergency services, you will be trapped with likely serious injuries while the fire department gingerly raises the car so as to not injure you more. If you are alone and cannot reach your phone, eventually someone will discover your dead body.
Human beings don't realize cinder blocks hold up mobile homes 😂
Yea fr they do
Human beings just repeat anything they read on the internet, lol .
Exactly lol, go to a mobile home park and most people houses are sitting on them here. He tells you how to orient them and they're being done for redundancy. He literally says "a lot of people have been killed by not laying these correct". Jeeze commenters are stupid
NEVER, use cinder blocks, period!
Why?
@@basedeal No rebar. They just...shatter.
Never trust a brittle material. Stack 2 x 8 lumber if you have to. Never use building blocks!!
Thanks. I can utilize this method for what I needed to do. Crushing myself to death under 2 tons of dead weight metal has always been an ambition of mine.
I've seen jack stands fail, jacks lose pressure, wood cribs tip over, bumper jacks fall down... never seen 8x8x16 cinder blocks fail. Anything you do is done at your own risk... but Ive spartan kicked a vehicle on blocks 24" off the ground and it didnt budge, wouldn't do that on jack stands.
Edit: Just did a quick google to see if there were any pictures of failures... Looks like a lot of people dont know how to use cinder blocks properly. Holes pointing up, not horizontal. Way easier to bust one up if its horizontal.
lol, damn, bro, your voice is fitting for these near death experience videos ;-)
Why not try to build a large block of legos to see if that works.
Yeah, I'm not big on YT censoring stuff but getting under a car on cinder blocks is not a good idea, to the point I wonder if they should remove this.
I want you to know I was about to jack my golf cart up and use two cinder blocks on each corner I have it successfully raised and supported one 100 percent using the sender blogs I know a golf cart does not weigh nearly as much as a vehicle but at the last minute I decided to make sure I had the blocks correct and lo and behold sir maybe you just saved my life I had exactly backwards thank you very much Sir.
sorry that was voice to text using my phone
What would you put UNDER the floor jack to increase its range????
This doesn’t seem that bad at all. What’s with all the complaints. I think I’d trust cinder block over a jack.
Problem is that the risk of cracking this blocks are high. And the risk of the car sliding sideways and the rest of the stands getting disturbed and boom. The car is going to crash land onto you.. Better off using wood crates (or what they are called) since they can be configured to handle the weight of heavy lorries...
That looks really sketchy!
The audacity to say Jack stands rent secure enough is astounding. Better change this channel name to “Live Short”. This man probably votes for candidates that try to strip away regulations for builders and safety organizations
The 12 ton jack stands from Harbor freight will give you even more height than the blocks. With it's wide base, it would be a lot safer too. Wait till Harbor Freight has their perking lot sale. That's the best time and price to get the 12 ton.
How can you report this?
A lot of people said not to use cinderblocks, but none of them could come up with anything better besides a jack (which does not apply when you want it high). Those people must have never worked with cinderblocks, or they used really bad/old ones, or stand them on the sides.
I'll tell you what works better and is safer than cinder blocks. It's called cribbing blocks which are made of dimensional lumber (such as traditional 2x4s, 2x6s, 4x4s, 6x6s etc) which are interlaced together. It's what houses are lifted with and what firemen use to lift people who are stuck out.
There is too much to consider when using them for this purpose. Any concentration of pressure from uneven stacking, corner of a frame rail or bolt, a wayward pebble underneath while loading or similar situation can quickly exceed the PSI limits of cinder blocks. Sure you can get lucky using them in a pinch. But too many have FAFO why this is a bad idea. Cinder blocks are meant to have an even load spread though a bed of mortar. This is not something always feasible to duplicate by someone in too much of a hurry to find a better way.
Simple. Buy larger jack stands. I have a huge set that can easily reach that height
This is a high stakes game of Jenga right here. 😂
Using cinder blocks as shown in this video is perfectly safe. He's right, get the orientation correct and cinder blocks can _HOLD UP A GIANT BUILDING_ ! ! ! ... personally, I put the block on a rectangle of heavy plywood that's been cut a bit bigger than the block. And then a wood block of 2x4/6/or 8 (what ever width is appropriate), that isn't rotted or severely weathered or split off from it's main board, above the top cinder block. The wood mushes a bit like a gasket and stabilizes everything. Yes, using cinder blocks in the wrong orientation is a fatal mistake. And NEVER use lightened blocks (air crete), no matter what. Cinder blocks that are rated for foundations are plenty dense and strong. I thought the video was quite good.
If blocks are needed surely they have to be solid (= no cavity) 4" blocks lain flat and topped off with 9" x 3" one foot lengths.
Will filling the cinder block holes with concrete make it safer?
Probably.
I don't know how and when I'm going to leave this world, but it WON'T be because I was working on a car and got squashed... and this is a great way get squashed.
looks safe enough to me
I wanna how long did it last
Dangerous as all hell
I wanna change my oil and change these two leaking O-rings on my power steering pump. I am able to get my scissor jacks to get the car on the stands two notches high, and that works for changing the oil, but I don't think that will be enough room to work on the pump. I was just thinking of putting my scissor jacks on bricks every two notches until my car is high enough. I think the stand needs to be 5 or 6 notches high so I have room. Maybe 7. I'm a mechanic noob, but I also take safety very seriously. If that doesn't sound safe or someone has a better idea LMK
Edit: I (my dad) have a hydraulic floor jack, but it fails after so many pumps. I'm starting not to trust it
ME; Looks over at the cinder blocks that have been under my RV for over 30 yrs. Recalls a time when RV was loaded with hardwood, used as an office with dozen men beside said firewood. Got shook during hurricanes and handles -30 c temps with the heavy load.
Folks are correct about the dangers of materials but also like to repeat BS in the comment section. It's all quite comical really when everything is considered.
Since early 2000s i've been using same method (WITH A SUPPORT OF 2 JACK STANDS FRONT AND BACK / or THE WHEELS ON SAME LOCATIONS) safety first ✋
I have four cinder blocks two on each side with the the wheels on and 2x4 as well spare tires underneath for extra safety
Its 2024 and this is the first video that made me laugh.
Anyway, I know 3 guys who died from resting heavy weight on cinder blocks.
They stack them the correct way, but they crumbled.
If you do it right, you can crack cinder blocks with your bare hands.
1 died from a cave in.
One guy died as like a 3rd cousin removed from me.
And other was on a rock quarry -- he should've know better.
Have you ever seen those Karate competition where judo chops break planks in half.
Well falling weight will do that to cinder block no matter what orientation you use.
When lifting a car, and yoyu want to crawl under it, then you need to use solid stacks of wood because if the car tilts or moves on you, the block will just roll and still guard against 6_000 pounds.
Get some wood or metal stands with a wide stance and wide contact/load points (like under your wheels and jack/lift points in the manuals) -- don't even use (tiny) jack stands because they tilt on you if the ground is uneven: pro tip, the surface or ground is never perfectly leveled.
Anyway, this is a good video showing how to improperly do it.
Keep this video up.
It is trivial to build safe wheel cribs with 2x4's. putting wood on top of your jack in it's weakest orientation for that it cracks and falls off the jack. cinder blocks... This is like the opposite of anything you should do.
Dang bro, you like to live on the edge.. I like it!!!
What is your opinion on using large wooden logs (
All these professionals know what not to use but don't really know the correct thing to use because they came here to watch this video to find out like everybody else. Im willing to bet most of you haters still havnt fixed what you were working on in the first place
The best and more used stand for lifting a car in the whole world. 😬
They use the same blocks to hold up mobile homes everywhere. And I guarantee mobile homes are way heavier.
No. I had a car fall off jack stands what weighed 1314kg so just under 3000lbs. Slid of the jack and collapsed block.
The whole structure may be heavier, but there are quite a few piers made of blocks holding up those homes, so the actual load on each block is likely quite a bit less. Plus the home is (or at least should be) tied down, so there is no chance of it moving around.
I can tilt a car over with my 250lb body. I can't do that to a home. Once the car is in falling motion, a cinder block is not going to hold up. Hell you can throw a cinder block or drop a cinder block about 5 feet and it'll crack.
This should work for what I'd need for it to do. I don't need to get *under* it, just need the most room possible
NEVER..EVER..EVER. use any type of stone, concrete or block supports. You will die.😱😱😱 Axle stands are for that or railway sleepers and stands
Have you even seen or used 6 ton or 12 ton jack stands
NEVER use CMU no matter what position you put them in. If the back of that car suddenly drops 2”, it will split that block like it was made of spaghetti. You are flirting with disaster.
If you're so concerned about safety than why are you doing this when you don't really have to. Just find someone who will let you use a proper lift.
What about solid dense concrete block under wheels ??
using plain 2x4s to build blocks would be safer than cinder blocks.
- actual experience
Cinderblocks you get today aint like the ones OP is probably used to getting… I wouldn’t trust them to hold a shelf
If you do that make sure you have a plan B & C incase it breaks
If a kid on a bike crashed into that jacked up clown car,it would collapse so fast that the guy under it wouldn't even have a chance to blink.
Giant boomer tools.
Get like hard wood like square pavers But wood 5 high each wheel 4 jack stands and a jack that does lift high, if the stand did go there on the hard wood, double safety,
This is how people used to support lifted vehicles.
Do not use cinder blocks under any circumstances.
Jack stands aren’t secure enough? Are you crazy? LOL
this looks pretty scary to me. Maybe better to use jack stands designed for it.
This guy is crazy
Is it okay to use a ramp and then use a Jack to lift the car. Then put the brick from the back of the car? I'm new to fixing.
Don't use cinderblocks whatever you do. This will get you killed. If you dont have money for some decent jack stands you can easily make a rock solid stand out of 2x4 for relatively cheap. Just be safe and never sacrifice safety for convenience 🤙
@@angelo65116512 my question is what can I do to lift my car up so I can go under the hood
@@josephpark6064 under the hood? You shouldn't need to jack up the vehicle
@@angelo65116512 ok
@@angelo65116512 Are you dumb? He’s probably not a native speaker of English and he told that he is new to fixing. Of course he didn’t mean under the hood.
Hey all you naysayers, relax. It's in the video but he doesn't really mention the importance and vital difference of sandwiching the blocks between wood. I'd be super leery of resting metal frame on concrete blocks, but the wood above and below the blocks serves as a type of cushion / gasket to distribute the load of the vehicle across more surface area of the blocks. This is viable in a pinch, just be wary and watch what you're doing.
It probably works most of the time in a situation that you want it to work all of the time. I'd rather used interlaced wood.
Scary as hell, NO thanks from 🇦🇺
I did this, I just bought 4 TRUCK Axle STANDS 4t each…🏴😎
Just get square 2x- wood and the BIG jack stands there a real thing
I wonder if this was his very last video he ever made… I don’t know what is worse, using blocks or cans of soup.
Natural selection 👌
I just wanna change my oil man wtf stands are too pricy
NEVER USES CINDER BLOCKS if you want to Live
This is why it was a bad idea to remove the dislike button
I wish some1 would creat a bunch of lightweight but strong & inexpensive bricks - Iv devised a way to lift cars 3-4-5 feet off ground with just 1 stinkN scissor jack(4 stands) but 19-20 bricks. steels to heavy, aluminum maybe brittle, some kinda graphite something or other✋😒
DO NOT USE CINDER BLOCKS.
This could be a deadly mistake is right!!!
Axle stands and ramps for me.
that does not seem safe.. sorry dude
Im pretty sure someone would let u use their lift
Just buy a lift...
I’m all for free speech but maybe this absolute death trap packaged as advice shouldn’t be the first hit for how to jack a vehicle up,
This video is not that bad
Remove this video!
Total insanity....
WTF you are trying to kill people cement blocks are not for holding a car up
You'll be fine if you use solid core cinder blocks. Nothing wrong in this video
this is horrible
How to get killed!!!!!
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