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Old 10-06-2009, 08:52 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by r0nin89 View Post
Ughh I thought cinder/concrete block tech was commonly know. Never stack the blocks ANY way other than the face youd see them in a foundation.

I found this out the hard way at my buddys house. He threw a block under the back of the truck and mid axle drop out it let go. The truck was teetering on the 3 jack points that remained with me under it. That was scary...
The compressive strength of concrete is around 4000 psi. The compressive strength of cinder block is around 1250 psi.

With a car or especially with a truck, you can get close to 1250 psi. Figure the weight is spread out but comes to a point at each wheel. If you throw a cinder block under a rotor(!) or something like that then the weight gets concentrated.

Skip the block. Do it the right way.

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