Question about safety during lift

Ok,

All my parts have arrived.

OME front and rear shocks.
885 coils
New Dakar leaf springs
LR UCA

Just waiting for the weather to warm up.

How to you "safely" lift your truck in your driveway when working on the front? What about when working on the back?

 

I'm not sure what you are getting at here. Make sure the brake is on, jack on the frame, and use jack stands. Pretty standard

 

what he said lol

 

Front: Set parking brake and chock rear wheels with adequate chocks, loosen lugs a bit on front wheels, jack up, set stands, lower onto stands but leave jack under center point.
Rears, chock front wheels really well, make sure stands are set well because its those and the front chocks are the only things keeping the truck up and in place.

 

Dont listen to them, here you go

 

what they said /\
Make sure when you lift the rear, you have the fronts chocked, and good too... gravity's a bad deal.

 

also see this thread
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=199945

 

I am going to expose myself for the newb I am. What does it mean when you say make sure the wheels are "chocked" well.

 

Something to resist the wheel's tendency to roll. A log or chock block.
The black wedge shaped rubber thing is a chock block

 

Actual wheel chocks are the best, usually hard plastic or rubber, but you can improvise. I've used 4x4 blocks of wood. Its just something that you stick under your tire on the downhill side so it cant roll away. Make sure its stuffed under the tire as best you can, and make sure its not something the tire will roll over. this\/ is an actual chock block.

 

I would go get a pair of chock blocks, when you set them, you want to make sure they are firmly set against the tire BEFORE you jack it up, usually I give em i medium kick to make sure they wedge themselves firmly under the tire, and I usually check them after I jack it up too.

 

I like these the best

 

I definitely remember using a 2 ft 4x4 in between the frame the jack pad to get that added height necessary to fit an add a leaf in. That definitely wasnt the most stable way to do it. Small gust of wind......