Not really helpful to the topic but hopefully it'll give some a laugh.
A year or so ago I had to replace the cooling hoses for the Allison transmission on my Silverado. Removing the passenger side front tire and fender liner was the easiest way to get to the lines and while I had the truck up on jacks I figured I'd change the front shocks at the same time.
I use a bottle jack under the frame then lower the truck onto a jack stand also under the frame. To mount the shock it was easiest to use the bottle jack to raise the front axle (independent suspension) to fit the shock. To do this I had to use the adjustment on the bottle jack as it was significantly lower than the frame. So, after a long day changing coolant lines and replacing one shock I had the tire back on and was ready to start the driver's side shock. I put the bottle jack back under the frame but because of the adjustment I made to install the shock I couldn't lift the truck high enough to get the jack stand out. So, lower the bottle jack, adjust the post height so it will lift the truck higher jack it back up and remove the jack stand. Lower the bottle jack and now I have the jack post adjusted so high with the jack all the way down it's still supporting the truck. Jack it back up, reinstall jack stand, lower the jack and adjust the post height, raise the truck again, pull out the jack stand and lower the jack. Now I can pull the jack back out but I realized when I pulled out the jack stand I had positioned it under the step/nerf bar and when I lowered the truck it was now being supported by the jack stand under the nerf bar. Soooo, jack it back up one more time to get the jack stand out from under the nerf bar. After that I decided it was best to wait and do the driver side shock the next day.
I now return the thread to its original topic.
BTW: I use a 12 ton jack. Overkill perhaps. But as Colonel John Hannibal Smith likes to say, overkill is underrated.
Dan
2008 Chevy D/A 2500HD ECSB
2010 Northstar 8.5 Adventurer