Another saftey first

[Achto 27,505]

I captured this OSHA approved practice in progress just a mile or two North of Jim's @WHX24 house.  Or was this at Kevin's @pullstart house???  JK Kevin.

 

The car is being held on it's side by one lonely bumper jack. Who wants to be the first one to climb on in and work under it?? Don't worry, I'm sure that they have a piece of plywood or maybe a beer can under the base of the jack so that it won't sink into the lawn.

 

Edited July 20, 2020 by Achto

[Stormin 9,981]

 If that's a Hi Lift Jack or Farm Jack, I wouldn't go near it. I've a Hi lift Jack I used when I was off roading in my Land Rover days. Handy to have but could be lethal in the wrong hands.

Edited July 20, 2020 by Stormin

[Lane Ranger 10,946]

Even the picture makes me hurt! 

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

18 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 If that's a Hi Lift Jack or Farm Jack, I wouldn't go near it. I've a Hi lift Jack I used when I was off roading in my Land Rover days. Handy to have but could be lethal in the wrong hands.

We used those all the time in the Falklands, invaluable for getting out of a tricky situation which happened often enough on the boggy ground. Your right though, dangerous thngs and quite unstable when at full elevation - we often would raise the rover up and then push it sideways off the jack to clear whatever we were stuck in/on young and stupid I guess!

[squonk 41,032]

No sandals please! 

[peter lena 8,583]

many years ago , a friend of mine had his father in law crushed under a  "  bumper jack  repair " , maybe it was the era or just plain stupid . avoid at all costs, pete

[bottjernat1 2,190]

Looks as good as what I did many years ago. Wish i took photos tho. I went down to indy to "help" fix a car for a guy needless to say it was a pontiac 6000 and it had fuel pump issue and I ended up under it with only a floor jack and wood blocks on the jack and i was sitting under it indian style replacing the pump by myself. Then we took it to a local gas station then 3 out of 4 brake lines blew. I ended up towing it to kendallville indiana from Indianapolis with my 1993 dodge intrepid with no brakes only the e-brake. We made it. LOL and I told the guy never to ask for my help again and find someone else to fix the brake lines. LOL

[JAinVA 4,619]

That photo attempts to illustrate, strengthening of the gene pool, to us non P-C.

Edited July 20, 2020 by JAinVA

[c-series don 8,666]

Looks like a human size mouse trap. Put a cooler full of beer under there and someone is bound to take a chance! 

[Pullstart 62,797]

Funny you mention me Dan, we just drove by a dude under the left side of a car with no tire, yet the right side had a jack stand.  A little scissor jack was under the side of work.  I at least give the squish room, by using a tire as an emergency jack stand if for some reason the jack were to fall.  
 

My wife’s family is circle track to the bone and multi generations deep.  In the 90’s I believe two of their associates in the race scene passed away by poor communication in the pits during a race and the jack man let the car down on the guy.  We do use jack stands religiously around our house, or use the built in stops in the hoist 

[953 nut 55,083]

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,493]

Seems to be an internationally accepted practice...

 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

Tuk Tuk 3 wheeler. All the weight is on the right hand side now. I do wonder what the gas bottle is for though?

[Mickwhitt 4,592]

looks like a new yoga pose to me lol balancing the car on your swede.

 

My grandfather used to work on the underside of his cars by rolling them onto their side panels on some suitable support like old tyres etc. Easy to underseal or do brake pipes. 

But that was in the days when cars had real panel work, not the tissue thin steel we get now days.

[Lee1977 6,644]

15 hours ago, Stormin said:

Tuk Tuk 3 wheeler. All the weight is on the right hand side now. I do wonder what the gas bottle is for though?

That's for soldering up the holes in the gas tank.