So my son decided to drive down here from Philadelphia for the holiday
weekend, and his 84 300SD (same as mama's) has bad flex disks and/or
center bearing, something noisy and thumping. So I have the parts, was
going to change all that stuff today, but really can't because my
driveways are just dirt (sand, actually), and my garage is full of my
workshop. No way to get the car jacked up enough, get a jack under there
to lift the tranny, etc. BAH. Good thing is he is moving from Philly
to DC in a coupla months, will only be in Philly for another month then
traveling, so doesn't need the car anyway. He was going to do without
while in DC (med school) so it was going to be here anyway. Whatever,
that isn't the point, but it sorta works out OK, he can fly back home.
I have a bunch of big trees around the garage and driveway, had thought
about getting a pad poured where I could work on the cars, but that
would probably damage tree roots and I don't want to do that. So I got
to thinking about making a pad out of treated lumber, laying down
sleepers of 2x6's, then laying 2xsomethings on top of them at the
opposite angle, the sleepers could just lay on the dirt, water would run
through the cracks between boards, I could level it up, etc. It would
be pretty solid, 3in thick, so could hold jack stands, floor jacks, etc.
to get the cars up when I needed to do that. I could even stain it
nicely. I have some sheets of this floor decking sheet stuff called
Advantech, that is tough as hell, I have been using that for under the
floor jack when I have to jack cars. It is not treated, but holds up to
weather quite well if it gets wet while working on things -- I wouldn't
leave it out permanently -- so that would be good to give a nice smooth
surface if I needed to roll stuff around and it would give another 3/4"
of solid surface.
Anyone see any issues with this? I have seen old race tracks made of
wood like this, so it has some historical precedent!
--R
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