Is This Safe?

[Slamfire]

Not California, no stucco on the building's wall and it's concrete blocks, a no no in earthquake country. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[markct]

well put beenthere, we all have a different view of whats safe, personaly i would do that provided the timbers were stout and the vehicle wheels were blocked so it couldnt possibly move, only thing i would do different is to do it on dirt rather than asphalt, on asphalt those timbers could easily kick out but on dirt you would be able to dig them in a bit so they wouldnt be able to slip out. heck i have dont things more or less by the books and had things go wrong, like when i had my baler on jackstands to remove the pickup head, it has to be on stands cause to get the shaft out both tires must come off. well it went great i crawled around under there for hours wrenching rusty bolts and beating and prying stuff since it apeared to be securely up on the jackstands, well the next afternoon i came home with the new bearings i needed and found it had fallen off the jackstands! thank god i wasnt under there!

 

[slowrev]

Hmmm, good point on the CA earthquake thing. Upon further study of the improperly propped vehicle, it is my conclusion that this photo was not taken in the USA.
Maybe this was a frame from a terrorist training film on how to put a bomb in a truck ?

 

[Chechnya]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Not in KY, the license does not look like Kentucky. Even though I can't make it out colors, etc don't look like KY. CA maybe ?
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I was thinking South Africa

 

[Soundguy]

More like south america.. or similar latin area..

Soundguy

 

[JDgreen227]

Where ever this situation is, it would be a good example for a Darwin Award nomination. Have to feel sorry for the poor fellow in the picture, if only he had a decent size CUT with a loader he could use that to support his truck and wrench away in perfect safety....

Yeah, right... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[markct]

you can bet that i would trust those wooden blocks more than any hydraulics system, you never work under any hydraulic lift without blocking it