JimR
Elite Member
Since most of use have trailers I will post this here to hopefully prevent someone else from doing something really stupid like I did today. I was changing out the bearings on my twin axle boat trailer today. I had just painted the hubs and wheels and didn't want to ruin the paint. So I figured I'd let the jack down a little to line up the hub with the center of the wheel. It was a long day and I was tired. So as stupid as I was for almost cutting my fingers off I didn't. What I forgot about was the trailer fender. It has a nice straight edge coming down on the tire. My floor jack was real tight as usual and it took a good snap of the wrist to release the pressure. Ooops, too quick of a release is all I can say. My left hand was on top of the tire holding it straight. Ouch is all I can remember before snapping the jack lever to the right and pumping the handle like ****. My fingers were inbedded into the tire big time. The few seconds that the fender was digging into my middle finger felt like a minute. I had that **** thing off me in a flash as I saw my finger popping off in my mind. I lucked out with a swollen 4th finger with a little cut on it. The middle finger was not so lucky. I cut this one right to the bone. What was weird is that it didn't bleed. I didn't think it even got cut until I bent it. Then all I could see was bone. It did eventually start to bleed. I let it bleed for quite a while before bandaging it up. I'll never do that one again. I hope this saves someone from doing the same stupid thing.