RROriginals

Well, I found out I can't have the car in my GF's driveway, but my driveway is mostly compacted dirt and stuff like that, would I be able to jack up the car without any problems? The ground is 99% level and very hard to dig up.

pjjaramillo

As long as the dirt is hard/compacted and flat where you place the jack, it should be alright. If it is soft or has divots in it, that is not a good spot to raise your car. Oh, and try not to get too much dirt on your jack.

1966sportfury

level it out so a peice of plywood can lay flat 8"x8" or so, or just a piece of 2x6

78D200

When I was parting out my J10 last year, I was on dirt. A 2'x2' piece of 3/4" plywood worked great under the jack. Whatever you do, do not jack it up or have it sitting on a jackstand on the dirt.

RROriginals

Thanks guys, I was going to put a piece of plywood under it, level it all out, roll the car on it and then jack it up, it's for my brake job so eeeh... I don't know how this will work.

Polaradude

Just get some jack stands and chock your rear wheels.

MReeves

Use the plywood and make sure you use stands also.... This will work out fine.....

Sgt. Veteran

Be careful man flat people make bad mechanics, plywood and stands like everyone says

67gtxclone

Please be safe and use jack stands as well. You will want plywood under those too.

Crazy4Carz.Com

Oh well one less person posting here. Jack up your car on dirt and you will be dead soon. Even blacktop in the summer or on a warm day is too soft to jack a car on. Plywood is better but if the dirt goes away the plywood will shift and down will come the car!

RROriginals

My driver isn't doing my brakes, my friend's dad is doing it, he owns his own shop, I had 2 Ton jack stands and a 2 ton service jack, he got me 6 ton stands and a 6 ton service lol. Overkill? Most definitely.

Hopefully this all goes well, I tested the area I'm putting it on, I have a 1 ton steel beam sitting on the side of my house so I used a lift and put it on, held up pretty darn well!, Even added 500lbs and it didn't budge.

78D200

1500 pounds is probably not enough to imitate the front end.

like everyone else said, be careful.

1966sportfury

1 ton = 2000 lbs, so 2500. i do it all the time too. well a short ton is 2000 lbs an a long ton is 2240... short ton, long ton what a crock

RROriginals

I just got the car in at 3:15, it's in my yard now, I ended up jacking up one side of it and it held up well, about 5" off the ground first run. Excited about this one.