2x Unijack for tire rotation?

[kchau]

I found this Unijack thing, but the biggest one is only 6000lb, and the CT is 6600-6900lb. Will a pair of these work for holding up one side of the truck while swapping front and rear?

https://www.amazon.com/Alltrade-640...qid=1724345302&sprefix=unijack,aps,138&sr=8-3

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[Crissa]

Well, it's not lifting the whole vehicle, so it's common to not have the whole weight as the rating.

This is a good question, and the advice I can find is to make sure your jack can lift 3/4 of the gross weight. If you make sure nothing is in the vehicle before jacking, then the curb weight would probably be sufficient.

https://www.carparts.com/blog/what-size-of-floor-jack-do-i-really-need/

That said, the bottle jack in the official kit is four ton, not three ton.

-Crissa

 

[flyinglow]

Nice catch. Solves the problem that a lot of modern vehicles have jacking points but nowhere to put a jack stand once the vehicle is raised. All the underbody aero cladding gets in the way.

 

[Jimo]

I found this Unijack thing, but the biggest one is only 6000lb, and the CT is 6600-6900lb. Will a pair of these work for holding up one side of the truck while swapping front and rear?

https://www.amazon.com/Alltrade-640912-Black-All-Bottle/dp/B003ULZGFU/ref=sr_1_3?crid=25VLPUXX7EJST&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.n3AT0swbTiTX0E7uIsEnSli9NwPZqTmmgnDOmIMcJPcVggVDVnt1RgRRKlxdvZgXGLV_0evW9WjTZ2pdF-xwvvmoV8nzGPNVWy4CRcQo8zHPNf2200l5ZsKsOs3-vpMZZcO9-Or40_QTgZXXbkfuMx62GkkF-ZfWI5SI_xNp8slB6MFZ0eR9aGkshyqZHNWTGY4OOamBAuI0mqex519eUtmY64Hloj_fxQQojR7dbdvTpeYA1WiQDZvrmv7t3lEo19uBgnbw97P5s0cdzV2Jcur-JlCNNKqRW8Jffb8l8ig.c5OX6LEOmZNaQUXnMakgpnPH6ydmG_AAiUaI2IncysA&dib_tag=se&keywords=unijack&qid=1724345302&sprefix=unijack,aps,138&sr=8-3

If I read it correctly, the rotation pattern wasn't just front to rear.
Front tires went to the opposite rear location. Rear tires went same side to front.
The next rotation will be the same, giving each tire the opportunity to function in each location.

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