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| oakdalecurtis |
 May 19 2020, 03:20 PM
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Oakdalecurtis  Group: Members Posts: 1,322 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California 
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Here’s a link to the Harbor Freight jackstands that are being recalled. Apparently the catch pawl can slip and allow collapse of the stands under load.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/bu...-of-collapsing/  |
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| jdamiano |
May 19 2020, 05:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 335 Joined: 18-March 18 From: Jacksonville Member No.: 21,981 Region Association: South East States |
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| Superhawk996 |
May 19 2020, 06:47 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,723 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(jdamiano @ May 19 2020, 07:13 PM)  Click bait video. "ha ha it totally failed" -- After he hooked a pry bar under it and then exerted substantial force on the pry bar without measuring the force on the bar and calculating the total force exterted on the jack stand lever. Later in the video he goes on to show that it isn't easy to accidentally release. What also isn't considered is that a failure of 1 jackstand probably won't kill you. Could it? Yes, in just the right scenaro but the weight would not crush to the ground and the other 3 stands would still bear weight. Now if you're only using 1 jack stand and working directly below it, that is just asking for trouble. I almost always back up a single jackstand with another. News Flash: working the the garage around heavy objects and power tools can be dangerous. Even full on two post and 4 post hoists have been known to fail unexpectedly. Extremely rare but it has happened. Standing under a two ton object is inherently dangerous to a degree. If we don't take responsibility for our own safety and actions, expect a set of jackstands to soon cost $500 to cover corporate liability and the costs of frivilous lawsuits. This sort of "experiment" makes a well proven jack stand design appear to be critically flawed though intentional misuse. Sort of like when NBC news was caught using ignitors to ensure that a "test crash" caught on camera would result in a firery crash. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-199...1335-story.html Just for clarity -- I'm not against pin type either! |
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https://www.roadandtrack.com/car... May 22 2020, 01:13 AM jdamiano Who needs expensive Harbor Freight jack stands any... May 22 2020, 08:15 AM Superhawk996
Who needs expensive Harbor Freight jack stands an... May 22 2020, 09:31 AM Coondog RE: Harbor Freight jackstands recalled! May 22 2020, 09:50 AM Cairo94507 My brother had 2 of the 6 ton red/blk jack stands ... May 22 2020, 03:42 PM Rufus For anyone who’s interested, here’s a link to ... May 22 2020, 05:33 PM PlaysWithCars
Who needs expensive Harbor Freight jack stands an... May 25 2020, 08:32 PM VaccaRabite
For what its worth, I've had similar experie... May 26 2020, 07:56 AM beech4rd We don't need no stinking' jackstands... May 26 2020, 05:10 PM Unobtanium-inc Looks like the new ones aren't much better.
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