Blacktop at 80 degrees

micky > wrote:
> I learned in the past couple weeks that blacktop at 80 degrees iirc is
> soft enough that the wheels of a floor jack, or the bottom outline of
> jack stands will sink into the blacktop. This is an especial problem
> with a floor jack because it's meant to roll backwards as the car is
> lifted, but if the wheels are stuck in the blacktop, the support plate
> of the jack will move underneath and wrt the car, making scarey noises
> at the very least.
>


Last year right after my new blacktop job, my bicycle kickstand put a goug
in it. It fell over too.

Greg