Darwin missed this chap, but a warning to us all

[solitaire]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4796391a11.html

the article says it all really

[Dragger_Dan]

"My Cefiro almost killed me but I still love it."

I bet you that this is not the first time somebody in NZ has uttered this phrase.

[BlakJak]

Three Words.

Axel Stands. Chocks.

[Timmo]

Its amazing that the article doesn't even have a simple addition/line in there saying "When working under cars, never rely on trolly jacks or scissor jacks- Always place the car on axle stands or another permanent jacking system"

If you've never been told you probably think 'its safe as' to crawl under a car just supported on a scissor jack....like this dude. The reader is left to assume that this was bad luck? or because the car was lowered?....not because this guy was a doofus

[darkwolf]

Or a combination of all three.

[solitaire]

dont all jacks have a disclaimer sticker attached about not being under the car if its resting on the jack?

[xsspeed]

Don't think scissor jacks do (older ones don't)

[IH8TEC]

Muppit

[solitaire]

Don't think scissor jacks do (older ones don't)

Shouldnt basic reason prevent people from being under cars held on scissor jacks?

by putting warning labels on things we are preventing the natural filtration of the gene pool.

[Adamal]

XS1V had a similar thing happen. He had a few people round and someone must have absent mindedly kicked away the chocks from the front wheels of an AW he was working on.

He went back to it later, went to remove the fuel tank and undid the handbrake cable....
It rolled forward and crushed him, broke is colar bone and grazed him up good and proper.
Ended up having to get a pin put in his colar bone. I've got pics of the gash somewhere

[Akane]

That's how one of my colleagues died while I was at EDS, and he got killed by a cefiro too, IIRC.

Moral of the story, don't go under a cefiro

[solitaire]

well now i feel stink

[solitaire]

That's how one of my colleagues died while I was at EDS, and he got killed by a cefiro too, IIRC.

Moral of the story, don't go under a cefiro

ah, that explains why you have so many wheel chocks and axle stands...

jokes... dont hit me

[Bling]

Such an easy thing to have happen if you don't take care. I have Truck wheel chocks that are half the height of my wheels and 4 axle stands

I was watching motorway patrol ages ago and a cop was inspecting a car that was in an accident. He was right under neath with only a jack supporting it..... I emailed them telling them thats the most retarded thing to be showing on tv and that maybe the "crash investigator" needs to be taught how to work around cars safely. In the nicest possible way of course, but they never got back to me.

Offtopic:
My mum went to one of those psychic type people and they told her all these things that were true.... legit things they couldn't have known.... they also knew I was into cars and said they saw something in my future involving a car on axle stands and for me to be careful. Needless to say I haven't jacked up a car in a good 6-8 months

[TazzieDevil]

I always have fears about going under jacked up cars.... I think i've watched the Final Destination movies too many times...

Anyway, I always chock and axle stand the car and always try to keep myself as far away as possible from the car when working underneath.

[MercuryFree]

lol Supporting it on axel stands with a set of jacks 2cm below the height of the axel stands JUST IN CASE THEY DISINTEGRATE.

Paranoia ftw.

[Akane]

ah, that explains why you have so many wheel chocks and axle stands...

jokes... dont hit me

My life is worthless anyway

I do have 2 axle stands. They're for decoration.

[barryogen]

Three Words.
Axel Stands. Chocks.

I was thinking of three other words...

Absolute, f'ing, cock.

[Gonad]

He was pretty lucky - my uncle died by way of car crush.

Malcolm broke his arm jacking an SW20 on grass.

Note - grass is not a stable base for axle stands.

[rollaholic]

and look at those rims... yick.