Re: A Matter of Life , And A Death.

Posted by BigKev On 2009/8/19 11:06:19

I understand your fears. When I was in high school a guy I knew was crushed by a car in autoshop class because we failed to use the jackstands correctly. That has stuck with me for many years.

Here's what I do/did. First I bought over the top jack stands (6-ton rated), and four of them.If i have the front off the ground, and will be under the car, then I also put my hydraulic 3 ton jack under the engine cross member. As a 2nd safety, if the front wheels are off the car, I lay them down right under the frame.

Then I rock the car back and forth to make sure everything is stout.

Also one thing I learned by watching way to many required shop safety videos is to jack up the car first without the parking brake on, and then set the parking brake. I guess it's to help the car and tires settle or something like that.