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spoolnaround 07-26-2002, 11:44 AM I was working on attaching a brake line when this POS collapsed on me! I was in the fender well since it hasnt one, the fender lip across my back and frame on my wrist.I need to go buy another set of 6 ton stands! I swear I wont ever use this cheap $hit again! http://pages.prodigy.net/nuttyisme/jackstandpos.jpg GloNDark 07-26-2002, 11:49 AM HOLY SHIT MAN! Extacly why I am putting my axles under the cruiser BEFORE I attempt to drop the motor in there. hahaha LUCKY SOB IS RIGHT!!! slorunner 07-26-2002, 11:52 AM Wow!! I wouldn't have trusted that thing in the first place.:eek: Always scares me when I'm under the rig, no matter how many things I put under there to support it.:D spoolnaround 07-26-2002, 11:56 AM Yea I only use these when My good ones are tied up, I have the Blazer on those doing the shackle reverse. :( My fawkin arm hurts like hell! I guess it affected my brain alittle since I cant spell lucky. Oh that bugs me, how do you change the tittle of a thread? I need to fix the spelling. ItsaCJ6 07-26-2002, 01:13 PM I have a bunch of 6x6 and 4x4 ends, about 2 feet long. I use them to crib up the Jeep after I jack it up. Nice and stable. Rerard 07-26-2002, 01:23 PM Holy Crap :eek: Chris Geiger 07-26-2002, 01:34 PM If your a cat, you only have 8 lives left. Be carfull! TrafficJammer 07-26-2002, 01:44 PM The low-tech option of stacking cinder blocks underneath my frame or axle has always worked for me whenever I'm going to have something up in the air for an extended period of time. withamc 07-26-2002, 02:01 PM Originally posted by TrafficJammer The low-tech option of stacking cinder blocks underneath my frame or axle has always worked for me whenever I'm going to have something up in the air for an extended period of time. I'm hoping that's in addition to jackstands. Those things have been known to crumble. rpenner54 07-26-2002, 02:26 PM EEK! Those are the same jack stands I have. I really don't trust them that much as I always put some wood under the rig too. They are my dad's he has had them for years... Harvester of Sorrow 07-26-2002, 02:48 PM Yeah... When I lived at home my Scout fell on me in my mom's driveway. Luckily for me I was swallowed by the fender well and nothing was under the disc rotor or spring or frame. You are a lucky man! TrafficJammer 07-26-2002, 02:54 PM Yes yes yes...that is in addiction to jackstands beerisgood 07-26-2002, 04:31 PM WOW, you are one lucky guy. Jeepskickass 07-26-2002, 04:44 PM :eek: Fawk, Craig, I'm glad you're okay! Time to hit the Harbor Freight sales, eh? hybrid 07-26-2002, 07:00 PM trafficjammer, cinderblocks..... then why bother? moveaside 07-26-2002, 09:06 PM That sucks! That's exactly why you don't work under the rig when nobody's home to help. Imagine if you got trapped and it didn't kill you. It would be a long wait for someone to come home. I actually showed my boy how to operate the jack just in case something like that were to happen he could get me out. Shawn_C 07-26-2002, 09:19 PM A older guy I knew just died a couple of weeks ago from this same thing. His jack slipped and his car fell on him. Wife was in town came home and found her husband dead, they figure he pretty much bled to death took a little while. Same thing happened to me I jacked up the body on my zuk to attach a shackle and had my legs sittin under it and I was prying on a bolt and the friggin Handy man turned side ways and fell out and the rig crashed down on the tires luckily I only hit my head on the jack. We as a whole need to start being a little safer bout this stuff. RE:Todd 07-27-2002, 07:23 AM Good to hear you're okay. ItsaCJ6 07-27-2002, 07:46 AM Another aspect to this should be trail repair safety since we don't have jack stands on the trail. I always put the tire I take off under the rig. (some clearance) But High lifts are not very stable so think of that before heading out to the trail. Maine Jeepah 07-27-2002, 09:37 AM I have my CJ up on 6 jackstands, AND have a nice big floor jack under there, and it still isnt safe enough for me. I'm under there constantly thinking what part of me will be crushed when she drops. :rolleyes: Glad you're ok. MJ Nobody 07-27-2002, 10:49 AM :eek: :eek: Have you bought a lottery ticket? In addition to putting my tire or whatever under my bronco, I always try to push the truck off the jackstands before I get under it. I'm also always aware of where my head an vital organs are.....if something does happen I'd rather loose a foot or arm verses my head! :nuke: And please people, don't use cinder blocks! Maine Jeepah 07-27-2002, 03:16 PM Heh heh I just tore apart a scoutII to send off to the junker, and after I pulled the axles, it was on cinder blocks, and where I could I threw tires/wheels under it. Man was that sketchy...all my jackstands were being used by my CJ...I worked very carefully, and thankfully they are beefy blocks. Don't try this at home kids. I was waiting for that big pig to crush me every time I was under there...cinder blocks suck. MJ | |