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Creating Wood Pads for Jacks

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What happens here

Using an electric chainsaw, the presenter cuts a white oak board into multiple sections. These sections will serve as sturdy, stable bases or 'pads' for the farm jacks, preventing them from sinking into soft ground or damaging the container's structure during lifting.

Goal: Prepare stable wooden bases for the farm jacks.

Tools and materials

  • Stihl MSA 140 C Electric Chainsaw Stihl — Cutting the wooden board into jack pads
  • White Oak Board — Creating sturdy platforms for the jacks

What they say

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cap blocks i probably will only need about 15 to 20 of them but i bought extras in case of a boo-boo now i've got a piece of white oak right here that we pulled off the sawmill we're going to cut this up and i'll show you how we put it up underneath the jack to help support the jack as we raise this thing up we really only need one jack per side but i bought two jacks from northern tool just in case we need to put both of them up underneath there so without further ado we're going to unbox these jacks and they're called farm jacks you'll get a better look at them we're

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