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Yes.

I always just place the jack on the axle. The axle is nice and square on the deuce so it makes for a pretty good jacking point.

I'd steer clear of the high-lift jacks. While the do have their place, they get awfully "wobbly" up that high. You can do what you want with a bottle jack, some heavy duty jackstands, and a few pieces of cribbing to put under your jack. There's really no reason to lift the tires 1' off the...

Amen WM. This is the most back and time saving tool you can own for working on big trucks. Sure, you can get by without it but the difference is like loading a dumptruck with a shovel versus a frontend loader.

I just place a 6X6 block of wood under my bottle jack and may run the screw out a little. Don't forget to get some heavy jackstands also because it's not safe to work under a truck supported by the jack only :wink:.

I've got a 20 ton bottle jack for changing tires and such and a forklift for the bigger stuff. I'd say you could get by with a little less than a forklift ;-). I'm thinking about building a rolling gantry with a chain hoist myself which will make it a little easier to pull engines and trans by...