Collapsible Jack Stands

[Falcon]

Great thread here! One common denominator to this equation seems to be the Jack Stand. Air Bag, Hi-lift, bottle jack, no matter. To be safe, they all need a couple of jackstands. In light of that, I embarked on a search for a good portable stand, and I found this:

From the YotaTech forum http://www.yotatech.com/f172/slee-offroad-prototype-portable-jack-stand-155695/

...It is a folding jack stand that makes working on your axle or other parts of your truck much more safe in the field than just using your hi-lift and some rocks. The Jack is very sturdy and made of 6/13 plate steel. the legs fold down for ease of transport and the cover doubles as a Hi-Lift base which is much larger and stronger than the one Hi-Lift sales. this jack is a prototype and not in production yet so we have the first one, and when they do go on sale they may be a little different since this is a protoype, its also their first one made.

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Here is a reponse from the builder:

Cool, glad you are happy with it. We are finalizing the design and should have them for sale by Christmas. Glad you figured out how it came together after the really short demo at the Rubicon. __________________
Christo Slee
www.sleeoffroad.com

The bad thing is that post was in 2008 - nothing on the site about it. I've got an email out to the owner, we will see what he says, I will let you all know.

Falcon

 

[BigJ]

Awesome idea! That's EXACTLY the answer.

Thanks Falcon. Looking forward to the update.

 

[MagicMtnDan]

The design of that collapsible jackstand looks quite good.

I've heard good things about Slee Offroad especially in regard to Toyota products. I called them and got someone on the phone just now - he didn't answer with "Slee Offroad" so I asked him if business is OK there - he said it is. I told him we're interested in his collapsible jackstand and told him I couldn't find it on his web site. He said he was working on it and "kind of got side tracked". Said he had some issues with the top and never got back to working on it. He had no idea when he'd get back to it.

I told him I hoped he protected his design because once it's on the internet you want to be selling the product (and making some money before someone else comes along and does it cheaper and/or better).

So, it's a great idea (good find Falc! thanks!) that hasn't yet been executed except as a prototype. Too bad. Slee's and our loss.

 

[Falcon]

Hmmm... if your look hard at it, it wouldn't be hard to duplicate. Hmmmm... any body know someone good with metalwork that wants to make some money?

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Falcon

 

[MagicMtnDan]

I found a collapsible jackstand online - it's a patent application for a design that's not nearly as good as the Slee Offroad unit.

http://www.marketlaunchers.com/dickey.html
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http://www.delphion.com/details?&pn=US05915672__

 

[Falcon]

Update: Talked to a buddy that is a high-tech welder at the Lake of the Ozarks. He agreed to look at the pics, just sent them so we will see. Only problem is he is a VERY good welder, and busier than a cat covering sh*t on a marble floor.

The saga continues...

Falcon

 

[BigJ]

Copy from one thread to another test...

 

[NoCaDiver]

The people at Slee are very crafty with their work and have very good products. It's a shame it's indefinitely on hold.

 

[BigJ]

I just got off the phone with Tat of Off Road Trail Tools (http://www.offroadtrailtools.com/). VERY knowledgeable and friendly guy. A collapsible jack stand is something they're playing with. They knew of the Slee design as well as another design from Japan, but he thinks they might be able to improve on both. They're a new company (2 years old) but have already won 6 awards for innovation in this arena. I'd love to see what they come up with. Keep your eye on 'em...

 

[Falcon]

Update: Talked to a buddy that is a high-tech welder at the Lake of the Ozarks. He agreed to look at the pics, just sent them so we will see. Only problem is he is a VERY good welder, and busier than a cat covering sh*t on a marble floor.

The saga continues...

Falcon

Just got off the phone with my buddy. He said he could build them, even had all the materials in his shop. Going to meet with him sometime this week and see if we can work something out.

Just out of curiosity, how many here would be interested in this stand if I can negotiate a reasonable price?

Falcon