[Fot] jack stands

[Rob]

But I think there is more than a few of us using the $70.00 light wght. 
aluminum jack from Harbor I have had mine for about 4 years. i never get 
under it and pay pretty close attention when lifting the car Actually I 
don't i trust it come to think of it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars at comcast.net>
To: "Justin Wagner" <jmwagner at greenheart.com>
Cc: "Rob" <19to1tr6 at comcast.net>; <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] jack stands


> We always should leave a floor jack up in case of a problem..That's common 
> safety stuff for Car Guys.... Chinese products have a Bad Track 
> Record!...RB
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin Wagner" <jmwagner at greenheart.com>
> To: "RACER BUD" <budscars at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Rob" <19to1tr6 at comcast.net>; <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] jack stands
>
>
>> I'd trust those stands over a hell of a lot of the other stands and 
>> odd-non-stand-objects I have used over the years to secure a car.
>> Besides, I've always made it a habit of putting other items under the car 
>> to support it if a stand failed... i.e. a floor jack (jacked up just shy 
>> of the frame)... big ol' tires and rims from a 4x4... etc. etc.
>>
>> And I've always made a habit of giving a car on stands a good little 
>> hand-made california tremor... as a test... before I put my body under 
>> it.
>>
>> In all these years, the only jack-stand screw up I've ever had... was... 
>> at 16... lowering my just-garage-painted-and-restored TR4A all the way to 
>> the ground just as I noticed that when I had pulled out the jackstands, I 
>> had accidentally left one perfectly centered and directly under the front 
>> valance.
>>
>> I never repaired that valance.   One really couldn't see the crumple zone 
>> behind the front license place.  (I wonder if whoever owns that car now 
>> ever fixed it?)
>>
>> On my current TR4A, that I bought in the 90's, the front valance was 
>> damaged and I replaced it with a TR250 valance so that I would get 
>> similar extra cooling from the vent that the earlier car's crumple zone 
>> provided. : )
>>
>>
>> --Justin
>>
>>
>>
>> RACER BUD wrote:
>>
>>> find out if they are made in China..no sarcasm intended here...I just 
>>> don't want to get under a car that is supported by a product made in a 
>>> country that we know sends us bad stuff(lead in toys, etc)....Racer 
>>> Bud..Spitfire #21
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" <19to1tr6 at comcast.net>
>>> To: <fot at autox.team.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:49 PM
>>> Subject: [Fot] jack stands
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am wondering what members think about Harbor freights Aluminum Jack 
>>>> stands
>>>> They weigh 3lbs and will support 1.5 ton. I like the idea of hauling 
>>>> less
>>>> weight to the track the van is usually over wght. as it is  Anyone 
>>>> using these
>>>> stands ?  thanks   rob
>>>>
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