Do they use a jack?
Why not just leave the car resting right on the pavement when they are done?
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If you tried to lower the car onto the brake rotors you wouldn’t be able to remove the jack.
Often there is more than 1 person working on the car. When you jack up one tire you can set it on a block and jack up a different tire while somebody work on removing that first tire. It would be really slow doing it one tire at a time.
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I use to steal cars. Other answers are good but the easiest way is to get the blocks up to height under the frame and then deflate the tires. Car will rest on the blocks and you can get the tires off, sometimes have to wiggle a bit but you don’t need a jack or anything crazy.
There was a car theft ring in Sacramento in the 90s, they specialized in broken down cars alongside the road.
They had a garage shop on wheels, and a “pit crew” that would put NASCAR to shame.. they would roll up on an abandoned car, a hydronic jack would slide underneath and lift the car, as a team they would proceed to strip the car to the frame. According to the news report they would finish in about 15 min.
Edit: Hydraulic
They use a jack to lift, but probably prefer the cinder block method for their own version of “The floor is lava” game.
Loosen lugs on the rear while jack man lifts.
Drop it on blocks while wrenchers remove the rears.
Loosen lugs on the front while jack man lifts.
Drop it on blocks while wrenchers remove the fronts.
Out of the van and back in with a full set in less than 5 minutes. Cinder blocks you can grab at most industrial sites.
So they can get the jack out after they remove the wheels. Otherwise they lose their ability to steal another set of wheels
They’re like reverse Santa: instead of leaving presents, they’re leaving cinderblocks and taking your wheels.
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