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Captplaid
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Don't put 20A fuses on a rewound 5hp motor.
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I cringe when every 4x4 magazine say they are mandatory equipment.
It is a Kalif license plate.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Well maybe.
It is a Kalif license plate.
Close. Illinois.
And I thought memory was the first to go.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
as a kid all I had was a bumper jack , I switched out a lot of clutches and transmission and no I had no jack stands or cement blocks , just me [B)][B)]it was scary when the car shook and a couple times it fell while doing them .. but I always got clear . I knew better but you have to do what you have to do sometimes .
when I had the money I bought jack stands and a floor jack . when my kids came along I beat into there heads if the car comes up put jack stands and wheel chocks never trust any jack .. I was just dam lucky
There is a place for them, just 99% of people should never use one.
I cringe when every 4x4 magazine say they are mandatory equipment.
If I made and sold anything similar to a Hi-Lift Jack customers would look me up and kick my * then sue me. (and I would know that I deserved such)
AND I own a couple of them damn things, but I know how to defend myself when using them. Them Hi-Lift jacks are a accident waiting for a happening.
That's a picture that'll stick with you for life. These days when I'm under my vehicle I hardly have room to move about because of all the jack stands I have under there with me. I use jack stands even when I have the vehicle on ramps.
My neighbor was using bumper jacks to jack his car up. I heard his girl friend screaming and I ran to see what was going on. The car had fallen on him and he was dead by the time I got the car jacked back up so I could pull him out from underneath it.
That's a picture that'll stick with you for life. These days when I'm under my vehicle I hardly have room to move about because of all the jack stands I have under there with me. I use jack stands even when I have the vehicle on ramps.
I was changing a transmission filter on a '71 Corvette. Figured no big deal, so I pulled up on a set of ramps. As I was putting the pan back in place, I knocked the transmission into neutral. The car rolled off the ramps, and landed on me as I was turned sideways. Fortunately 1-I was able to get turned onto my belly and 2-I am fairly skinny. I was pinned under the car for an hour and a half before a neighbor noticed me and called Rescue.
Thats safe, as long as you are wearing a hard hat
AND
A jockey strap.
Steel toed shoes might be ok also if it falls and you needed to do some serious kicking for little while.
I knocked the transmission into neutral. The car rolled off the ramps, and landed on me as I was turned sideways.
When my vehicles are on ramps I've always got two of these behind the back wheels.
AND I own a couple of them damn things, but I know how to defend myself when using them. Them Hi-Lift jacks are a accident waiting for a happening.
Oh yeah!
There is a place for them, just 99% of people should never use one.
I cringe when every 4x4 magazine say they are mandatory equipment.
I take it you probably don't travel a lot on dirt two tracks in the desert mountain west.
I never leave home without one. [;)] And a shovel.
quote:Originally posted by Captplaid
There is a place for them, just 99% of people should never use one.
I cringe when every 4x4 magazine say they are mandatory equipment.
I take it you probably don't travel a lot on dirt two tracks in the desert mountain west.
I never leave home without one. [;)] And a shovel.
Think he ever a owned a 4+" lifted trail rig with a flat??