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Frank211 08-08-2018 11:12 PM

You need a new car stand ?
 
RPM has one for you Pit-Pro Extreme Car Stand | RPM R/C Products
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splyn 05-23-2020 10:22 PM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
nice. can it hold my beer?

JatoTheRipper 05-23-2020 11:18 PM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
I'm not a fan of things that have screws and wingnuts to prevent movement unless they have ridges where the two pieces interface - sort of like GoPro mounts. Otherwise it will move on its own. I can't tell if this stand has those ridges, but I hope it does or it'll be pretty useless.

Inspector86 05-24-2020 11:25 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
I can buy a 6' 4x4 post at the local box store for about $9 and cut it in to 4" blocks and get 18 stands out of it. For $23 I'll keep my 4x4x4 wood blocks.

Ghonda99 05-24-2020 11:48 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fe14683a51.jpg
I bought this one off of eBay last year and it holds everything perfectly. Even my 1/8 scale savage flux xl. I paid $13 less for it. I would buy it again though.


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JatoTheRipper 05-24-2020 05:17 PM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Inspector86 (Post 6024852)
I can buy a 6' 4x4 post at the local box store for about $9 and get 18 blocks out of it. For $23 I'll keep my 4x4x4 wood blocks.

Cool idea. I go to the dollar store and buy the planting foam blocks. $1 a piece and no work needed. We get to the same place with different materials and different costs. Sure, they won't hold cars at angles, but you quickly realize that's gimmicky.

Gula 05-25-2020 01:05 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
Ive owned two of those swivel car stands "free with purchase of 150 or more at towerhobbies" about a decade ago. All they did was collect dust, so i gave one away, and still have the other. Both were never used as i just work on a table or workbench. They're all just gimmicks.

garyk 05-25-2020 04:25 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
I don't like all that swiveling and moving around. Simple is better for me. I just get foam yoga blocks from Walmart and cut 'em in half. Two stand for $5 that are lightweight and work with a wide range of vehicles.

B-MOW71 05-25-2020 08:30 AM

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I'm with Inspector86 on the 4x4 blocks. After buying several CI blocks I decided to make some out of 4x4's. I had quite a bit of extra cutoff's from past projects. I cut the blocks to 4" high, painted them black and glued on a foam pad on top to cushion the links and help keep the rig from sliding off.

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FloridaST 05-25-2020 08:38 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper (Post 6024920)
Cool idea. I go to the dollar store and buy the planting foam blocks. $1 a piece and no work needed. We get to the same place with different materials and different costs. Sure, they won't hold cars at angles, but you quickly realize that's gimmicky.

I use foam yoga blocks.

JatoTheRipper 05-25-2020 04:44 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by B-MOW71 (Post 6025041)
I'm with Inspector86 on the 4x4 blocks. After buying several CI blocks I decided to make some out of 4x4's. I had quite a bit of extra cutoff's from past projects. I cut the blocks to 4" high, painted them black and glued on a foam pad on top to cushion the links and help keep the rig from sliding off.




Nice improvement over a simple block of wood.


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Originally Posted by FloridaST (Post 6025043)
I use foam yoga blocks.

I’ve wanted to get some cheap yoga blocks, but never found any in the US. They’re only cheap when ordering directly from China from what I’ve found. And when I say cheap I mean around $1 a pop.

j0e 05-25-2020 06:01 PM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghonda99 (Post 6024855)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fe14683a51.jpg
I bought this one off of eBay last year and it holds everything perfectly. Even my 1/8 scale savage flux xl. I paid $13 less for it. I would buy it again though.


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I’ve got one like this from rpm or proline from 20 years ago and really only use it with touring cars.
I’ve got an 8 foot workbench now and just stick a spare tire under the rig I’m working on.
Lol

HumboldtEF 05-25-2020 06:52 PM

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I have a few stands one homemade and the other similar to what Ghonda99 posted and I dont think I've ever used them and felt like I needed it. I almost always use a table top. If I use anything its scale jack stands but just to mock up parts not while I wrench.

My homemade stand actually got converted into a tool stand lol.

https://i.imgur.com/blI2hIU.jpg?1

j0e 06-01-2020 12:31 PM

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^
That's a nice looking stand!
"thumbsup"

MAGNUMB 07-27-2020 01:06 PM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
I use corn hole bean bags

Kingmeow 07-27-2020 02:25 PM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper (Post 6025116)
I’ve wanted to get some cheap yoga blocks, but never found any in the US. They’re only cheap when ordering directly from China from what I’ve found. And when I say cheap I mean around $1 a pop.

I know you said a $1 a pop but maybe you can make a few out of these. They don't list the dimensions but from the picture (compared to the girl's hand and foot) it looks "big enough".

https://www.fivebelow.com/products/s...ble-yoga-block

2019RedZR2Diesel 08-17-2020 09:19 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
I just made my own from scrap wood & painted it red with some leftover paint. Works like a champ & holds my TRX4 Defender nice & solid. I put about a 12" rise on it. I will try to post some pics but I am not very good with technology, so no promises.

Yeah, says I am not allowed to post pics yet, sorry.

KYJonesy 08-23-2020 10:12 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
I’ve been looking at these fancy stands online, but I’m glad I stopped by this thread - I never thought of half these options. I think I’ma give the 4x4x4 a go with some foam on top.


I came to get down!

MAGNUMB 08-26-2020 02:02 PM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
I've been buying empty black cornhole bags off fleabay and filling them with rice. Conform nicely so my rigs never feel like they are going to fall and they are cheap.

Jim85IROC 08-27-2020 06:24 AM

Re: You need a new car stand ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper (Post 6024920)
Cool idea. I go to the dollar store and buy the planting foam blocks. $1 a piece and no work needed. We get to the same place with different materials and different costs. Sure, they won't hold cars at angles, but you quickly realize that's gimmicky.

Great idea. I've got a couple Crawler Innovations blocks, which are great, but they're too expensive for me to buy one for every one of my crawlers that I want to keep elevated. The foam blocks would work great.


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