JackStands

[patrick_g]

Always properly secure your elevated vehicle when performing inspections and maintenance. A good "ROCK SOLID" arrangement will ensure your safety.

Pat

 

[Soundguy]

He's probably under there brazing up the gas tank too!

soundguy

 

[dmccarty]

At least they are solid rocks.

Back when we lived in town the idiot neighbors used cinder blocks, aka CMUs, to hold up their Jeeps while they worked under the vehicle. Ya think they would have figured out this was a no no with all of the broken CMUs they had in the driveway.

Or that one of them was an EMT.

Figured one day I would go out and find one squeeshed under a Jeep.

Later,
Dan

 

[bigshovel]

Why is it everything I do when no one is looking end up on some discussion board on the internet with critic's lurking everwhere. There's nothing wrong with this procedure obviously the guy is still alive the rocks are still there. I guess my osha speech and lecturing needs modified.

Brad

 

[KennK]

Back in the late 60's, when I was a boy, our Boy Scout troop sort of "adopted" two boys whose father had died when the car he was working under dropped down and crushed him. Jose and Albert. Albert was the older one. Jose was real shy. They were a relatively poor family from Mexico and didn't speak much English at first. The troop did a lot to help get them gear and make them feel welcome. Scouting did a lot to show them that they could take care of themselves and grow. It was my first real exposure to helping others. A VERY sad story with somewhat of a happy ending.

Now I won't go under any vehicle - or even under my FEL - without some kind of jack stand or safety device. Life is too precious.

 

[QRTRHRS]

It has been many years but I still remember loosing a good friend during my high school years.

He had scored a major coo so to speak having picked up a really cherry 57' Chevy even by 1960's standards.

I think he was putting duel exhaust on it when it fell on him, killing him instantly.

To this day, I get comments about overkill when it comes to securing a vehicle when I work on one.

 

[Soundguy]

In the neighborhood I used to live in a father was killed when his car collapsed on him.. it was held up by hollow cell cinder blocks standing on end...

soundguy

 

[Bedlam]

And jack stands are just so cheap ..No reason not to have them.

like these. Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

and another link to something I havent seen
Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices



they say:Now you can easily lift low-profile, lifted and unibody vehicles without accessible jack points.

id say also good when you have the rotted frame , where the jack saddle 'goes up through' the body LOL

 

[wedge40]

I agree. Jack stands are so cheap these days. I have 3 sets and need to get a couple more, cause I use them to hold my 3pt attachments when not in use. Harbor Freight has them on sale for 10 bucks a pair quite often.

But I must say.. The guy in the OP will probably out live us all.

Wedge

 

[Bird]

Way back about 1961-62, a friend I worked with had his car fall on him. His wife came home and found him under the car, but alive. He was in the hospital a good while, off work a month or so, and when he came back to work, he looked like a walking corpse. Yep, I'm among those who won't get under a car without plenty of jack stands.