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Re: Jacking '49 GMC 150 (3/4 ton) #188830 08/31/2005 4:27 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 N.E. Pennsylvania I Inky05 Shop Shark
Inky05 Shop Shark I Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 N.E. Pennsylvania	If the weight is already on the axle, and you jack under the axle it will not compress the springs any more. If you jack under the frame, the springs will have to relax completely before the tire starts to come off the ground. IRWIPI 2005 Peoples Choice Inky, "It's not that I haven't done IT... It's that I haven't done IT yet." -------------------- '48 1-1/2 ton Dump '57 Chevy Panel '59 Chevy 2 ton Dump

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Jacking '49 GMC 150 (3/4 ton)	ltcmikem	08/31/2005 4:08 PM
Re: Jacking '49 GMC 150 (3/4 ton)	Inky05	08/31/2005 4:27 PM
Re: Jacking '49 GMC 150 (3/4 ton)	ltcmikem	08/31/2005 5:20 PM
Re: Jacking '49 GMC 150 (3/4 ton)	50GMC253	08/31/2005 6:08 PM
Re: Jacking '49 GMC 150 (3/4 ton)	ddweave	08/31/2005 6:31 PM

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