Turtle Plastics Jack Pad – Composite Load Spreading Base, 2" x 10" x 10"

A 100 tonne ram sitting on a 100 mm base is putting the weight of ten cars through something the size of a saucer. On soft ground, on hot bitumen, on a gravel pad or on a trailer floor, that base sinks – and a jack that sinks on one side is a jack that falls over. This pad puts a 10 inch square footprint under it instead. Composite, with a rope handle, rated to 3,000 psi bearing.

Ways to buy

• T-JP – Jack Pad, 2" x 10" x 10", 3,000 psi bearing, 3.17 kg.
• One per jack. If you are running four rams on a lift, you need four.
• Cribbing blocks, slabs, lock blocks, wedges, step chocks and crib pads – separate listings, linked at the bottom of this page.

Jack pad specification

What is in the box

• One Turtle Plastics jack pad.
• Rope handle fitted.
• Recycled composite plastic – will not rot, splinter, absorb oil or water, and is non conductive.

Specifications

How to choose

• Any ground that is not concrete deserves a pad under the jack. Bitumen in summer is softer than most people think.
• Working on a trailer or a truck deck? Spread the load or you will go through the floor.
• Cribbing on soft ground? Use a crib pad under the bottom block as well – linked below.

Technicians Advice

The cylinder lifts. The cribbing holds. That is the whole discipline, and the people who get hurt are the ones who forget the second half of it – a seal can pass, a hose can get knocked, a coupler can be half engaged, and a load held on oil pressure alone comes down. Build the crib as you lift: a little bit of stroke, a little bit of crib, repeat.

A tower built in 50 mm bites is stable and you always have support within a few millimetres of the load. Keep the stack square and keep it under about three times its narrowest base dimension in height – taller than that and it will walk under vibration or a knock. The capacity figures on this page are for a block loaded flat and evenly on a firm base; point-load the corner of a crib and the number means nothing, which is exactly what the pads are for.

On soft ground, on summer bitumen, or on a trailer deck, the jack needs a pad too – a 100 tonne ram sitting on a 100 mm base is putting the weight of ten cars through something the size of a saucer.

Things worth knowing: never mix timber and composite blocks in one stack, because they compress at different rates and the tower works itself loose; and the rope handles are for carrying the block, not for dragging a loaded one out from under something.

Complete your setup

Need help choosing? Call 1300 146 737 or email sales@mhfgc.com.au – real technicians, real answers.