who needs a jack

[massdrewski]

Friends don't let friends borrow your jack without telling you.

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Me doing some final touches on the leggy before she goes to a a new home :)

[rougeben83]

that just screams safe! :razz:

[ccampbell2546]

Yeah, be careful man!

[massdrewski]

it was good. I couldn't find my jack so I used two rail ties. those things are strong enough to hold up 6 fat chicks while eating cupcakes. the hardest part was backing down slowly...... but it worked perfectly.

[phi11]

I don't care how ugly it is,
It's still the best color! :smt016

[Bdubs]

That's probably safer than a jack.
As a contractor, we use wood blocks to hold up whole houses, so I don't think that little car will phase them all that much.

[Huffer]

Yeah, I'd feel better about using wood blocks/rails over a gas/oil valve release jack anyday.

I use my rhino ramps more than anything when working on cars.

Quick tip for those who are lowered, drive up onto some 2x4's and then slide the jack underneath to get some clearance.

[scubydu]

^^^^ Diddo
I keep a couple short 4x6's in my garage for changing my oil or whatever. Way easier than jacking every time.

[ccampbell2546]

I guess you guys are right, I've seen a hydraulic jack fail before. Wood can't really fail.

[massdrewski]

I'm going to take one of the wood blocks up with me to VT, Cut it in half at a 30* angle and call it a day. that thing (wood) was beter than any jack I have used. felt like I was using a Stand...Only I didnt have to jack it up and put it on. Great for Oil changes or exhaust work...or even doing engine work...makes it easier to work on with it 6 inches higher....reminds me of working on the old c/1500.....except when I asked my dad to turn the key when testing the ark of the spark plug..............It grounded just south of my belt buckle........Now That F***ing HURT!!!!!!!!!!! and yes....Fender to....."tip"

[rougeben83]

wood is sturdy and all, but you really have to make sure your tires are lined up on it, especially the higher you go. Your front tires look a little off - a good tug on a breaker bar while youre under the thing can mean Game Over Man, really quickly...

[massdrewski]

Yarmouthport man crushed by car


By Aaron Gouveia
agouveia@capecodonline.com
October 18, 2009

Jeremy Eardley, 29, was working underneath his 1995 Geo Prizm at 11:30 a.m. when it slipped off homemade blocks and pinned him, the police said. Eardley's fiancee discovered him in the driveway and called the police for help.

Firefighters used airbags to lift the car off Eardley, but a Yarmouth fire official said he was not conscious at the scene.

Rescuers tried to resuscitate Eardley as they took him to Cape Cod Hospital, but he was later pronounced dead.

Eardley had his car up on homemade blocks while making unspecified repairs, according to Yarmouth police Sgt. Gerard Britt. Somehow, the car slipped off the blocks and ended up on top of Eardley, crushing his upper torso, Britt said.

Local and state police are investigating the unattended death, but Britt said foul play is not suspected.

No one answered the door yesterday at Eardley's Manchester Road home, a duplex on a quiet dead-end street. Eardley's car was still parked in the driveway.

Multiple phone messages left at Eardley's home were not returned last night. Several of Eardley's friends and family members also were not available for comment.

Eardley enjoyed spending time with his five brothers, his sister, and his nieces and nephews, according to his MySpace Web page.

An avid participant in motocross, Eardley had raced since 1992 and was once ranked in the top three of the New England Sport Committee's expert class, according to his MySpace biography.




What did we all learn from this? besides the fact that geo prisms are death traps? ALWAYS KEEP YOUR CAR IN PARK WITH THE E-BRAKE UP WHEN YOU ARE WORKING ON IT!!!!

[Reason]

That's probably safer than a jack.
As a contractor, we use wood blocks to hold up whole houses, so I don't think that little car will phase them all that much.

I agree, we have bridges in RI held up with timber blocks lol

[d1giPhux]

Scary... peoples legacies are left behind by their myspace page.. that sucks. LOL. 'johnson loved pussy, smoking weed, and cars apparently.' What a nice way to let someone go.

Rhino ramps... oh man.. i would not get under those without jack stands.. ive seen those fail a couple of times.. luckily no one was under them. NO WAY would I use those.. maybe metal ones.. but never the rhino plastic ones.

[httrdd]

My plastic ramps are supposed to hold 6000 pounds. I used to pull up my fullsize F150 on them with no slipping and the ramps were wide enough to have extra room around the tires on my truck. I would and do trust them.

[d1giPhux]

Wait till you see a set of them break.. its quite frightening.. especially when you realize that someone you know might have been under it. No thanks on the plastic for me.. if you wanna get your skull crushed in.. thats up to you. Id rather just get some cheap metal used ones.. which in my opinion are safer. But nothing beats having some extra backup jack stands to keep you safe.

[Huffer]

Providing you use the Rhino ramps properly - ie. wheels and tires in between the sides of the ramp - there isn't a problem putting a Legacy on them. Legacy only weighs 3400lbs max (and I'm being conservative).

And I'd use a ramp before I use a jack stand because the weight is spread over a much bigger contact patch. A jackstand is always good though. Depending on how high you have the jackstand, you also make it more prone to tipping. You can't tip a ramp.

[d1giPhux]

Yeah.. true.. ramps do have their purpose.. and I do use them. Just not plastic ones.

[httrdd]

I have not put the whole car up there just ramped the front. I will support with extra blocks/stands if I put the tires on four ramps.

[Huffer]

I have not put the whole car up there just ramped the front. I will support with extra blocks/stands if I put the tires on four ramps.

I put the car up on 4 Rhino ramps - I drove up the front ones, then jacked the rear up and flipped the ramps backwards so the car wouldn't be able to roll backward. I figure it this way, if the ramps (pair) are rated to hold 6000lbs, and I have a 3300lb vehicle being supported by 4 of them, then each ramp is only supporting 900lbs max.

[Reason]

Yeah.. true.. ramps do have their purpose.. and I do use them. Just not plastic ones.


Just an FYI sometimes (and in this case) the plastic ramps are stronger than the metal ramps, well cheap metal ramps like you said. We use nylon straps to lift beams before chains. Pound for pound composite is stronger than steel. If you drove on the ramp with your tire not on it correctly than yes it could fail. I would trust being under plastic ramps with two people on the car bouncing around rather with two metal jack stands. Watch in the next some odd years of bridges that will be made mostly of fiberglass rather than steel.