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05-27-2015, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
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Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
saw these beauties on Craigslist today, I don't know about you but to me they're screaming Darwin Award!!!
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05-28-2015, 12:32 AM
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20' Daredevil (Ret)
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Jefferson State
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
I owned a couple similar to those many years ago. They never failed me but I never really trusted them. Actually I don't fully trust the ones I now own either -- if the cast locking tabs are defective they could snap off under load.
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05-28-2015, 01:16 AM
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
Nope!!!!
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05-28-2015, 07:18 AM
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
sure. I'd trust them to hold up a slab of plate glass as a coffee table
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05-28-2015, 07:20 AM
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Location: canton ga
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
They look more like camper jacks but I would not use them under my cars or trucks .
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05-28-2015, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Southern Oregon
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
I've used jack stands in the past. Like everyone else....never really trusted them. So I always left the jack under neath as well holding a little bit of the lod so if the stand went...least the jack would be there. I ain't gettin crushed anytime soon let me tell ya.
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05-28-2015, 05:54 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hole in the woods Florida
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
I use to have a set like that a while back, I pulled the Jeep up on my ramps to do a oil change then layed one on it's side as a chock under a rear tire.
Need I say, I forgot it was there and flattened it like a pancake !  The other now holds my trash trailer tong up off the ground.....
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05-29-2015, 06:58 AM
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
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05-29-2015, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Dakota
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
Lol reminds me of the cylinder block Jacks. Not worth the risk of getting hurt. I just buy some good ones and way over kill when jacking up my vehicles. Wife helps a lot with reminding me to use them also.
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05-30-2015, 06:43 PM
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meowMEOWmeowMEOW
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: MKE WI
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
If they were a rummage sale find for a few $$$'s I'd take them for fab purposes. Stuff like that is really good for making rear axle jigs/dollies, or supporting pipe lengths for welding on a table.
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05-30-2015, 11:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Alabama
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
My dad is always looking for "a bargain" and had set like that ..one of them collapsed under a s10..knowing him he probably didnt have it sitting on the ground level...luckily he wasn't under it and I immediatly destroyed the rest of em.
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05-31-2015, 12:55 AM
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Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
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06-08-2015, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Re: Do these Jack Stands look safe to you
I have a whole set like that holding my frame off the ground. They are cheap, and work great for all kinds of light-duty jobs, including camper leveling. I also use them under my trailer when it's not connected to the truck, so I can step up in it without it tilting.
They work fine for holding up a lawn tractor, etc. I have a set of big heavy duty types for holding a vehicle or anything really heavy off the ground.
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