[Healeys] Harbor Freight Jacks

[Alex]

Solid hardwood blocks are also useful to ensure safety. They can often be 
obtained from boatyards. Mine are about 2-ft long and 10 inches square. 
It's easy to place them at strategic points.

== Alex in Maine
     "The Blue Mainie," 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
     "Conkling," 1946 MG TC #1321
     Former owner 1957 A-H 100-6, 1967 A-H BJ8,
     1965 MG Midget
     http://home.roadrunner.com/~alexmm


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pieter and Linda" <pieters at pt.lu>
To: "Mark LaPierre" <lapierrem at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Steve Gerow" <steveg at abrazosdata.com>; <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Harbor Freight Jacks


> You are so right Mark. I have a friend who will be in a wheel chair
> for life after not using Axle stands. The car was on a flat concrete
> surface, on a very substantial trolley jack. The simple act of
> torquing  up a nut was enough for the car to slip off the jack and
> fall, breaking his back and a number of ribs. Had it not been for the
> fact that his head was just clear of the gearbox as the car came down
> he would be dead. Our hobby is not worth dying or being crippled for,
> Pieter
> On 05/12/2009, at 12:09 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>
>> The more I read the more it is apparent that some are actually not
>> using jack stands along with there
>> jacks.  Put the car on stands before you get underneath gents.   Its
>> such cheap, easy insurance. Many
>> of these units are made in China and I don't have to mention the
>> value they put on lives when it comes
>> to turning a profit.
>>
>> Mark


[demime found a multipart/alternative section which it tried
to parse but could not find any section which it could render. Please send plain text.]