A floor jack's STEEL WHEELS

Well, I guess if wood or particle board might hamper the forward movement of the jack, perhaps because of a warp in the board, how about just laying a piece of double-corrugated cardboard down? ==============

So, you don't want to do it the right way ..you want to do it your way..?

And I'm wondering if you leave the jack in the trunk all the time? If so what about the extra amount of gasoline used hauling a 90lb jack around in the trunk. The auto manufactures spend millions getting 90lb off the weight of a car.

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Whatever he 'thinks' he's saved in the jack, he's wasting in gas..Is that why they call them 'dumbbells'..?

Doesn't make me want to throw out my ramps....

Maybe you would suppose that. But someone who wasn't a troll would come to the correct conclusion that it is the CONCRETE that is getting ground up, not the wheels.

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I found some of the hardboard (hole-less pegboard) at Lowe's last night. But instead of 1/4-inch, it's 3/16-inch, right in between 1/8" and 1/4". I'll probably check Home Depot.

I'm not afraid to admit when I'm wrong. I stand corrected. But I still say the green stuff tastes better..

That might be thick enough to hold up. The only way to know for sure is to try it - if it shreds, then you need the thicker stuff...

But I wouldn't bother using it with a regular floor jack on your own garage floor slab - even though the sight of the concrete dust might be unsettling the amount of actual damage is miniscule, and it would take decades of working on cars daily in the same places to see any real consequences.

If it does enough damage to be seen in one or two uses you've got bigger problems - like substandard concrete used for the slab, or they didn't seal and cure it properly and now it's spalling.

The only time we ever bother putting down hardboard on the floors is working on a building and they already have finished the floors (tiled, carpeted or painted) with steel wheel or very heavy implements like manlifts.

Even dropping a hammer or a conduit bender can cause thousands in damage to a tile floor if they have to redo large sections. Of course it could happen even through the hardboard, but you can show that you took reasonable and prudent precautions.

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