Hey everyone. Newbie to owning a Ford truck and would love some input and/or thoughts on jack stands for my 2022 Ford F-250, 7.3L, 4x4 (3.5" lift) Super-cab. I have aftermarket aluminum flatbed on the back with a Four Wheel Camper on that. I've also added an additional 35-gal fuel tank. Fully loaded on a CAT scale I was right at 10,400 lb. I have a great bottle jack (Pro Lift, 12-ton) that I picked up that has 18" of travel and has been more than enough in the area.

From what I've read, I would be looking at 6-ton jack stands. Does that sound about right? THX

 

I bought some 6 ton stands that I have used on the rear end of my 250 and they worked fine. Fully loaded my truck is around 8500-ish pounds...

 

6 ton from Harbor Freight. Those same jack stands are the exact same ones made under different name brands...like many parts are.

 

6-tons are perfect for these trucks.

 

Going to toss my hat in on the HF 6 ton's too; I've not used them yet with the truck, but they've worked well with my tractors.

 

Just buy new from HF, there were recalls a few years ago on some of their stands. New are good to go.

 

I have 4 HF jack stands going on 10 years and they are still in good shape.

 

Thank you all for your advice. Much appreciated.

 

Shop around for 6-ton stands. I caught a deal on Amazon and bought two pair. A piece fell out of the box during shipping and the pair was replaced as the vendor won't ship replacement parts. I have 5 complete 12klbs stands now. Also invest in a 4-ton minimum high lift floor jack. My 3-ton can't lift my F-350's front end up due to grille guard, hitch & diesel engine.

 

Same as most above 6 ton HF stands and a 12 ton bottle jack. Small enough to get under jacking points, strong enough incase truck is loaded.

 

I bought a set of HF 6 ton and a cross beam for my floor jack. Works OK for home tire rotation. I probably should get one more set of the jacks.

 

A floor jack is a great recommendation.

A bottle jack, especially one that has 18" of travel, can tip over.

The small base of the bottle jack is not a large enough footprint to absorb any shift in center of gravity as the ram raises the load higher into the air.

About 25 years ago, a bottle jack tipped over on a motorhome I was working on. Fortunately, I already had jack stands pre-positioned in place, and plenty of them.

Floorjacks, on the other hand, are like rolling pyramids, with a wide base and a very long foot print contacting the ground. Floor jacks are not as vulnerable to tipping over as the center of gravity shifts with height changes.

Especially offset height changes, where the jack is being applied to one frame rail, which tilts the truck more the higher one lifts.

To avoid tilting the truck when raising it, consider using two floor jacks simultaneously, one under each frame rail (or axle perch, etc).

With two floorjacks, one doesn't need a 4 ton floor jack. My floor jacks are only rated to 2.5 ton (with 31.5" of lift), but since I use them two at a time, they provide 5 tons of lifting power, evenly distributed under the truck, with not only a wide base and a long footprint per jack, but the two jacks used together helps prevent any tipping of the truck, and thus there are no shifts in center of gravity, and no twists tweaking the body seams from racking.

Takes two to tango:






The red steel tube blocks have a 1" steel dowel pin through their center that interfaces into the floor jack in lieu of a jack cup:


(F-550 shown. Pickups have thinner axle tubes, especially in the rear, so follow Ford's recommendations for raise and support points, as shown in the owner's manual)



Six ton jack stands:



Floor Jack range from as low as 5" to as high as 31.5".


While these high lift floor jacks are only rated to 2.5 ton, using two floor jacks together (preferably matching twins) doubles the lifting capacity, while evenly distributing the lifting action.

The lighter tonnage jacks are cheaper to acquire than heavier rated jacks, which often are not make to reach as far in nor lift as high.

 

I bought a set of these, also. I already had a set of 3-ton jackstands, but they just couldn't provide the height necessary for keeping the rear axle suspended while jacked up. Solidly built, they worked great, and I was comfortable about working around the truck.

I'll look into that cross beam setup for the floor jack, looks very handy, thanks!

 

Prefer USA made.

 

Keep in mind that jacks are rated per each, while jack stands are rated per pair. For example, 6 ton stands are rated at 6 tons per pair.