Gary,
I use to think ramps were great also. But my father-in-law changed my mind
about them. He use to use them all the time until one day he was under a
vehicle doing something when the phone rang. He slid out, answered the
phone, and while he was standing there talking, one of the ramps buckled and
kicked out. If he'd been under the vehicle, it would have crushed him. It
had been sitting on the ramps for several hours. No one was pushing or
leaning on the vehicle. You just never know.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Hedlin [mailto:ghedlin@theramp.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:35 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Jack Stands
I guess that's why if I can't do it on ramps, I wont do it!!
Call me paranoid, but putting 3800lbs on 4 things that maybe weigh 20lbs
combined sounds like a good recipe for disaster.
-- Gary Hedlin President Hedlin Web Designs http://www.hedlin.net Gary's Wisdom- #2 -Don't let incompetent people tell you that you don't know what your doing.On 12/31/03 10:22 PM, in article 0bf201c3d01e$ac72b220$5407a018@sw.rr.com, ""Aaron Wyse"" <awyse@sw.rr.com> wrote:
> > From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net> > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:25 PM > Subject: RE: DML: RE: Jack Stands > > >> >> I have a 2WD SLT and had to go to that Sears 3 ton also..that thing is >> heavy! I use 6 ton jack stands..ever been under a car when a stand broke? >> I have...I had the regular jack under that side but dropped down about an >> inch..caught the Malibu I was under. My hand got pinched so hard, it > split >> around my thumb...took 39 stitches..shoulda seen me pumping that jack up >> with one hand and leg...the other hand was caught in the coil spring...it >> was ugly. To this day, I use good stands and keep the floor jack braced > up >> as a back up. >> >> Rascal > > I came close to one of those "incidents" years back.. Was working under a > '72 Plymouth Fury.. with 2 bumper jacks at opposing corners.. a friend heard > it creaking and pulled me out by my feet before it dropped. Wakes you up > real quick. > Aaron Wyse > >
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