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_Ogre · 04-27-2014, 01:30 PM

i hate to point out the obvious (too me)
the way you have the blocks under your frame is how people in this hobby get killed.
look around at any home with a block basement or any mobile home sitting up on blocks
while i don't recommend them for any truck use, blocks have no strength the way you have them under your truck
when, not if, they crack they will fail catastrophically. where yo had two 8'' tall blocks will now be 1 inch tall

if you insist on using blocks at least turn them like a mason would use them
(hint) stack them like the 2 blocks behind your frame, not like all the blocks under your frame

04-27-2014, 01:30 PM	#33
_Ogre Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Motown Posts: 7,677	Re: 1957 Chevy 3100, meet 1994 Dodge Ram 1500 i hate to point out the obvious (too me) the way you have the blocks under your frame is how people in this hobby get killed. look around at any home with a block basement or any mobile home sitting up on blocks while i don't recommend them for any truck use, blocks have no strength the way you have them under your truck when, not if, they crack they will fail catastrophically. where yo had two 8'' tall blocks will now be 1 inch tall if you insist on using blocks at least turn them like a mason would use them (hint) stack them like the 2 blocks behind your frame, not like all the blocks under your frame __________________ cool, an ogre smiley Ogre's 58 Truk build how to put your truck year and build thread into your signature shop air compressor timer Last edited by _Ogre; 04-27-2014 at 03:54 PM.