yesterday i was adding a few leafs to the front of my f350. just working away and the jackstand on the side of the truck i was working on snapped and the truck almost fell on me!. ive never heard of a 6 ton stand break like this.

be careful out there guys!





the 2 jackstands behind it were put there so the truck wouldnt fall to the ground after the one broke..

 

WOW! That is scary. I've had floor jacks lose pressure and fall or tip over but I've never seen a jackstand break like that. I always figured the legs to fold first. I usualy put crib blocks under the frame or axles if I have room just in case something like that happens.

Glad nobody got hurt!

 

WOW. How much of that extention piece was still in the lower half of the stand?
I've seen a similar situation happen, but they had the stand extended as high as it would go, and the vehicle wasn't on level ground.
I guess I'm not really paranoid after all, cause I usually put blocks or at least a tire/wheel under the frame, just in case......

 

i use the jack i got outta my dads 89 lariat, never had a problem

 

Glad you were spared, forum155pl. Be thankful!

 

Had that happen to me once, NEVER fully extend the stand. I use heavy blocks of 8x8 wood under the stands when they are not high enough(probly still not safe too). Or use bigger stands.

 

it was up only half of the full length.. if you look in the bottom of the stand you can still see a bit poking through.

i was really lucky, i only broke my thumb and fractured a few bones in my hand when it fell

i'm going to get a few rail road ties and cut em up for a safety measure now.

 

u got a good lawyer?

 

wow that sucks glad your ok. never had a jack stand break but i have killed a few 2.5 ton jacks with my f350 and one was with stock tires so i don't know why that one tacoed

 

Two words. Made in China.

 

last week at work i had a similar experience. i work at a small manufaturing shop, and we build manure spreaders. i was laying under one on a creeper tightening bolts, and at this point it didnt have axles or tires on it. before we put them on, the frame it supported by 3 pieces of 24" I beam. another worker was up top pulling hydraulic hoses through, using a forklift (cause thats the S & R way...lol) as he was pulling, it lifted the frame off the rear beams, knocking one over and the spreader swung down and hit the floor.
luckily i was closer to the front and it stopped at least a foot over my head, but needless to say, i was a little too close to needing some new shorts.

sorry to hijack the thread, just thought id share

 

Looks like three to me... But then that is why all our crap is made in China.

Sorry Baron, had to poke

 

he didn't count the article

 

I hate grammar ;(


Only because I finally took a high school equivalent English class 14 years after the fact.

 

I see that now! And I have the same set as you do. Kinda scary as I use mine under my 95 E-350 bus conversion to motorhome.

I sux to hear you got hurt but better than the alternitive. About 3 weeks ago I watched the news about someone killed under their car as they did not use jack stands and the jack failed....

ps the ONLY thing I really learned in english class was how to **** off the teacher(lol)........But I know enough to get by on my grammer.....