Never NEVER do this!
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Never NEVER do this!
A kid that goes to my school was driving through Detroit when the transmission on his 91 Taurus (totally rusted POS) totally gave out on him in the middle of a busy street. for some reason, he jacked up the car to look under it using the stock Ford jack that came with the car... and the jack broke while he was under the car. Needless to say the car dropped down right on his head and messed him up pretty good. Just take this as a lesson to NEVER get under your car when it is only secured with a jack! You must use jack stands!
just a friendly PSA.
just a friendly PSA.
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I personally have pulled guys out from a car...by the ankles...who choose to work on a car without jackstands. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.
I do this, because I too know guy that is pretty messed up for the rest of his life.
I agree, this should be reminder for all of us, because stupid accidents happen REAL fast.
I do this, because I too know guy that is pretty messed up for the rest of his life.
I agree, this should be reminder for all of us, because stupid accidents happen REAL fast.
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Atleast a tire should be under there. If it fell onto the ground, how else are you going to get it up, and not break anything?
Atleast a tire should be under there. If it fell onto the ground, how else are you going to get it up, and not break anything?
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thanks for the reminder. My brother once had a car fall on him the same way when I was very young and I'd forgotten about it until I read this post.
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Yeah.. i had a jack fold on me when i was jacking up the car to change a flat. I was not under the car. I always use jackstands when going under the car. It sucked to have to get a friend to bring me a jack, but at least i didn't get hurt.
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Originally Posted by Wolfedog50
Yeah.. i had a jack fold on me when i was jacking up the car to change a flat. I was not under the car. I always use jackstands when going under the car. It sucked to have to get a friend to bring me a jack, but at least i didn't get hurt.
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I had a jack shift on me once at work. I was having one of my dumb days and wasn't using stands. I laid down underneath the car and was having at a tire that wouldn't come off with a BFH. First swing, the car moved the jack and everything got about 3 inches smaller. I mean, I was laying on my side and the car literally touched my shoulder. Now I always use stands when going under a car. It scared the **** outta me and I never want to have that experience again.