i guess a 3 ton should be ok.
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well if you want overkill i got a set of 4 26 ton jack stands now thats playing it safe each one takes 2 guys to move into place about 210 lbs each 
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Always get a bigger stand. You don't want a cheap flimsy stand collapsing when you put the weight of the truck on it if you are lifting all four corners in the air.
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Originally Posted by pitrow
Holy cow! I'm all about safety and I suppose you should get the heaviest duty jackstands you can afford, but geez, a 3 ton jackstand will hold 6000 lbs (plus a safety margin). You do realize that a single 3 ton jackstand is capable of supporting your entire truck (~5400 lb curbweight) right? How often do you hold your truck up (the entire thing) with just a single jackstand? Four 1-ton jackstands are more than capable of holding up the entire truck.
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Originally Posted by pitrow
Holy cow! I'm all about safety and I suppose you should get the heaviest duty jackstands you can afford, but geez, a 3 ton jackstand will hold 6000 lbs (plus a safety margin). You do realize that a single 3 ton jackstand is capable of supporting your entire truck (~5400 lb curbweight) right? How often do you hold your truck up (the entire thing) with just a single jackstand? Four 1-ton jackstands are more than capable of holding up the entire truck.
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I understand that, but you're missing the point. Even with your example, when you have the front up on jackstands and you're jacking up the rear, the most weight you'd have on the the jackstands is something like 60 or 65 percent of the vehicle weight. This is taking into account that the front of the vehicle weighs more and the angle of the vehicle could cause more weight to transfer forward. Even with a 6000 lb vehicle that's only, say 4000 lbs on the front. The rest of the weight is supported by the jack itself (or the tires if they are still on the ground). A single 2-ton jackstand in the front would support that, though it is right at the limit. If you have two 2 ton jackstands you now have a 4000 lb safety margin. 3 ton jackstands would push that to 8000 lbs. Overkill in my opinion. The safety margin using 3 ton js would support the vehicle one and a half times over!
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The stands I use at home are actually 6 ton stands. Even if the jack stand is supposed to support that much weight, I would much rather be safe than sorry. My life means a lot to me, and I don't want a jack stand collapsing while I am under the vehicle. To each his own