I'd trust those stands over a hell of a lot of the other stands and
odd-non-stand-objects I have used over the years to secure a car.
Besides, I've always made it a habit of putting other items under the
car to support it if a stand failed... i.e. a floor jack (jacked up just
shy of the frame)... big ol' tires and rims from a 4x4... etc. etc.
And I've always made a habit of giving a car on stands a good little
hand-made california tremor... as a test... before I put my body under it.
In all these years, the only jack-stand screw up I've ever had... was...
at 16... lowering my just-garage-painted-and-restored TR4A all the way
to the ground just as I noticed that when I had pulled out the
jackstands, I had accidentally left one perfectly centered and directly
under the front valance.
I never repaired that valance. One really couldn't see the crumple
zone behind the front license place. (I wonder if whoever owns that car
now ever fixed it?)
On my current TR4A, that I bought in the 90's, the front valance was
damaged and I replaced it with a TR250 valance so that I would get
similar extra cooling from the vent that the earlier car's crumple zone
provided. : )
--Justin
RACER BUD wrote:
> find out if they are made in China..no sarcasm intended here...I just
> don't want to get under a car that is supported by a product made in a
> country that we know sends us bad stuff(lead in toys, etc)....Racer
> Bud..Spitfire #21
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" <19to1tr6@comcast.net>
> To: <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:49 PM
> Subject: [Fot] jack stands
>
>
>> I am wondering what members think about Harbor freights Aluminum Jack
>> stands
>> They weigh 3lbs and will support 1.5 ton. I like the idea of hauling
>> less
>> weight to the track the van is usually over wght. as it is Anyone
>> using these
>> stands ? thanks rob
>>
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