Are ramps or jack stands safe? I don't have a garage or perfectly level place to use them.
01-17-2002, 09:31 AM
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ramps are safe if used on proper surface. lots of people have been killed by jackstands....please re
a friend of mine in alaska was crushed to death, he was an experienced and gifted mechanic. if you use them perfectly they are safe to a point, but i will never again crawl underneath a vehicle on them. ramps have such a bigger footprint, i feel safe underneath with them. if you are jiggling the car at all on jackstands i don't trust them. i do use them for working on tires/wheels/brakes, anything i can do from beside the car. if the work is extensive underneath, consider paying someone to do it on a real lift, or renting that space. ALSO-IMPORTANT - anyone leaving a car unattended (besides in a locked garage) on jackstands should be jailed, children should not be exposed to that degree of danger. whenever i see a car on jackstands with nobody around, i feel like going and pushing it over (not hard to do) to eliminate the potential for catastrophe i see there. i'm done preaching now.
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01-17-2002, 10:25 AM
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ha ha, when i lived in alaska,....
i did some pretty major work at the coin-op car wash. i never had a garage, and in winter the carwashes keep big big space heaters going in each stall, and the stalls have garage doors on both ends. i'd go in at 1 or 2 am and could work undisturbed for hours, as long as i wanted. warm, with light, and a pressure washer handy.
