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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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Default Re: Need a lift!

Originally Posted by ZeRo_c0oL@work
Please, don't do any serious work underneath the car when it's on jackstands.... if for no other reason than what happened to big Dave (MyClone)

yet another time to be a dick...but from what i gathered, they were not on a sturdy surface.


jackstands are perfectly fine if they are used correctly, however, i personally have known three people to be killed by what they were working on when the stands collapsed. all instances they took a shortcut that normally wouldnt have happened, and poof.