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can I jack up on a hill??


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stupid question I know and I've never tried for safety reasons, but there's nowhere to park on my street and my drive is on a slight hill. If I only need to jack the front have handbrake on and rear wheels chocked - is it doable or should I slap myself for thinking it??

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stupid question I know and I've never tried for safety reasons, but there's nowhere to park on my street and my drive is on a slight hill. If I only need to jack the front have handbrake on and rear wheels chocked - is it doable or should I slap myself for thinking it??

 

slap your self

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my drive is on a very very slight slope, you cant tell in pictures but it never gives me a warm fuzzy feeling untill its on the axle stands.

 

I chock the wheels and then take the handbrake off so it rolls onto them. the problem is that it puts a lateral strain on the scissor jack which its not designed to take and its poossible it will bend. it ifs a trolley jack, well they are on wheels, so that could end badly?

 

so to be safe, No.

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