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Jul 31, 2007 | 09:59 AM

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Well duh. Any reasonably intelligent person knows that.

Sounds like we almost had a Darwin moment here. Have a couple more of these for the toe pain:

ive worked on my car plenty of times without jackstands. figured i'd be safe.

Jul 31, 2007 | 10:15 AM

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Jul 31, 2007 | 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ixhavexfaithx

ive worked on my car plenty of times without jackstands. figured i'd be safe.

Wow.

Good luck in the Marines then. And don't take a heavy vehicle mechanic job while you are serving....just to be safe.

Jul 31, 2007 | 09:11 PM

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the military provides the proper tools and doesn't give them away to people...

Aug 1, 2007 | 03:40 AM

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they provide the proper training too. good thing

Aug 1, 2007 | 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bruce988jl

I was on jackstands once.. damned things sank into the pavement... Along with the Jack. Stupid me opted to work on my car in the middle of an abandoned parking lot... It took another Jack and a sledge hammer to get the parts out of the pavement. (I didn't see them sink because I was on the other side of the car assembling a part that was driving me crazy. Mind you this was with my Taurus SHO though.

Good luck with the car, and hope you heal up fast. Sucks that you're shipping out so soon. I stick with Jackstands with plywood under it to displace the force of the stands, and on top of that I use 2 jacks.. haha

Many people don't realize that ashpalt is soft. When using jackstands on asphalt, you need to put a piece of wood or metal underneath them. If you have an asphalt driveway, you might as well save yourself some hassle and weld some metal plates to your jackstands.

Aug 1, 2007 | 08:15 PM

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same theory as a kickstand on a motorcycle. a guy i used to work with had just got his gsxr-1000.....it layed on its side by the time he was done with his shift

Aug 1, 2007 | 08:22 PM

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2 broken toes you really lucked out. when i first moved into my place there is this guy who is at the front of my neighborhood. i always see him works on his like 95 mustange. he was always under his car. then one day his car was there and he was gone so like a month later i see him wheeling around with 2 broken legs. then i hear that his car fell on him one day. talk about a bad day and on top of that he lives alone.