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48448, Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by DarkOne, Aug-03-12 07:20 AM
16 year old kid, killed by a falling car.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Teen-killed-when-car-falls-on-him-3758752.php
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48451, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by Fotowntalon, Aug-03-12 08:45 AM
Always one of my fears, I always use jack stands, and then put the jack up to it so its touching, just for extra safety encase a jack stand fails.
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48452, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by bluespunk, Aug-03-12 12:06 PM
I second this. I had to learn about jack stands the hard way. The jack tipped and my RS fell on my arm while changing my first tire and pinned my arm between the tire and wheel well. I got lucky and it just bruised the soft tissue around my elbow. It did put a quarter inch deep divet in the skin on the side of my elbow the size and shape of a bolt on the wheel well. Stayed there for months as a reminder before it healed completely.
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48453, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by VX100, Aug-05-12 09:14 AM
I do the exact same thing, a stand or two (depends on what I am doing) and I leave the jack there as well, just in case.
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48454, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by iamnotwhoiam, Aug-07-12 06:50 AM
and.... not only because it saves space, but if taking off the tires/wheels slide them flat under the sides of the car next to the jack stands.
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48455, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by Remy, Aug-07-12 12:57 PM
I had a car fall on me several years ago. If it wasnt for Jerrome (Bigbald21) I would be dead as door nail.
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48459, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by DanKid, Aug-12-12 07:07 PM
Originally posted by Remy
I had a car fall on me several years ago. If it wasnt for Jerrome (Bigbald21) I would be dead as door nail.
:eek :eek Details on what happened?
I always put a set of jack stands, a car jack on each side and a huge tree stump that's been in my back yard for years whenever I go underneath my car to do work.
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48460, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by DR1665, Aug-19-12 12:38 PM
Originally posted by Remy
I had a car fall on me several years ago. If it wasnt for Jerrome (Bigbald21) I would be dead as door nail.
Oh shit. Remy is back? WOW.
What. Is. Up.
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48473, RE: Just a reminder to ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!
Posted by bullettdsm, Aug-21-12 12:49 PM
Originally posted by Remy
I came out of nowhere and posted up a surprise comment just before the Shoot Out and then I went back to hiding
Dude! I thought you died and went to Honda heaven or something.
What's what?
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