Jack Stands

[David Brady]

Folks,

I need to do some work under my bus. I bought a pair of 20
ton OTC jack stands and plan to use my HWH jacks to jack
the rear of the bus and the OTC jack stands to support it once
lifted. I read the file "working safely under your bus" and note
that the jack stands need to be positioned under the frame rails
or under the axles. Is it reasonable to place the jack stands under
the tag axle. My LXi has a tag axle that's supported by a torque
arm per side. Where the torque arm bolts to the axle there's a
nice flat surface area for the jack stand. This means that the tag
axle will need to be lifted so that the bump stop is pressing
against the frame rail, then the stand can be place under the tag
axle with the forces working thru the bump stop. In your opinion,
is this safe? The back end of my bus weighs 33,000 lbs, and I'm
working on a level 6" plus thick concrete floor, with tire chalks.

Thanks,
David Brady
'02 LXi, Smokey
NC