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Did not happen working on a truck, but could have. Today I was doing some pre-Spring maintenance on my 3pt tiller. Had it lifted with the floor jack and jack stand were underneath. Floor jack failed, jack stands saved the day. You can see the fluid spill under the jack.
I have always, always used jack stands in conjunction with floor jacks. I have never had a floor jack failure until today. It CAN happen!
Be careful out there as you are wrenching on your new trucks and other equipment!
What the frickety-frack does this have to do with the 2017 SD?
Because floor jacks can be used with trucks. And lots of folks here are modifying their rides. Just thought I would reinforce some good safety practices and show an example of how floor jacks can fail...regardless of what piece of equipment you are working on. But thanks for adding a value added comment!
I'm **** about jackstands any time I'm going to be getting under the truck, and this is a great reason why. I've heard of jack failure before, but haven't seen it happen yet.
What the frickety-frack does this have to do with the 2017 SD?
Man I'll take this little reminder any way it comes. I use mine every couple of weeks on something (not always the 2017 SD) and appreciate the heads up. My dad's brother spent some time in the hospital getting his spleen removed and hip and femur rebuilt after a jack failed and let the front end of a combine down on top of him. The 4X4 piece of lumber that "happened" to be there saved his life. It was a horrific thing when his tiny little wife tried to use the now worthless jack to get her husband out. She ended up driving a long way down an Idaho dirt road to flag down some help.
Thanks for the reminder. I hate placing floor stands but I always do, even for simple adventures under the vehicle. Young farmer just a year ago went to work on a 32' combine head. Raised it up, let it back down on a 4x4 on end then went to work under it, for the last time ever. 4x4 snapped and he became one with the concrete floor. Can happen with anything, especially a 4 ton truck on wheels on a hydraulic mechanism with lots of moving parts to fail. Be careful!!
I agree. Lots of us work on our own trucks, and this is relevant to all who do.
Agreed!
I grew up in my Uncle's body shop, and was there the day a car fell on his chest -- for this exact same reason.
He survived, but there was damage to his heart. 10-15 years later (at about 45) he had a massive heart attack and died. I always wonder if it was related, and I always remember that any time I get under any vehicle.
I too appreciate the reminder. We lost a man in our neighborhood to a jack failure when I was in high school (50 yrs ago).
Ever since then whenever I am under heavy equipment of any type I use the floor jack to get the weight up in the air. I then place large 6x12 blocks of wood under the vehicle and let all the weight down on those. The floor jack then serves as the backup. Pretty low risk of a large block of wood failing.
If you use wood use oak or some other hardwood that doesn't have cracks and don't stack them.
Don't use haydite blocks either. I have saw them get crushed under a heavy load and guys get hurt or killed. I have three sets of jack stands
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