alternative to jacking up the car
05-04-11, 11:06 AM
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Anyone have experience with these? They were on sale for $40 and they have 20% coupons as well... hmmmm
http://www.harborfreight.com/magnum-...ock-67722.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/magnum-...ock-67722.html
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05-04-11, 08:25 PM
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Harbor freight sells mostly low cost Chinese made tools and parts. They have some decent stuff if you are very careful but a lot of it is just cheap junk. Unfortunately almost everything manufactured these days is cheap low quality Chinese junk.
Really makes me concerned about flying commercial these days - all major airlines are using maint and parts that are all outsourced offshore crap - low cost uncertified airframe and engine "mechanics" and crap parts with the work being done in countries with little to no regulations and BS worthless inspections. Only a matter of time before that chicken comes home to roost as a big smoking hole in the ground.
Really makes me concerned about flying commercial these days - all major airlines are using maint and parts that are all outsourced offshore crap - low cost uncertified airframe and engine "mechanics" and crap parts with the work being done in countries with little to no regulations and BS worthless inspections. Only a matter of time before that chicken comes home to roost as a big smoking hole in the ground.
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05-05-11, 09:49 AM
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Harbor freight sells mostly low cost Chinese made tools and parts. They have some decent stuff if you are very careful but a lot of it is just cheap junk. Unfortunately almost everything manufactured these days is cheap low quality Chinese junk.
Really makes me concerned about flying commercial these days - all major airlines are using maint and parts that are all outsourced offshore crap - low cost uncertified airframe and engine "mechanics" and crap parts with the work being done in countries with little to no regulations and BS worthless inspections. Only a matter of time before that chicken comes home to roost as a big smoking hole in the ground.
Really makes me concerned about flying commercial these days - all major airlines are using maint and parts that are all outsourced offshore crap - low cost uncertified airframe and engine "mechanics" and crap parts with the work being done in countries with little to no regulations and BS worthless inspections. Only a matter of time before that chicken comes home to roost as a big smoking hole in the ground.
Just my observations from 40 years in the commercial/military gas turbine area.
05-05-11, 01:14 PM
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Jay - thanks for your insight - gives me a little more confidence.
05-14-11, 08:23 PM
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Great idea ... I copied your ramp set-up using scrap 2x8's and changed my oil today using them. I drilled a hole in the bottom board so I could hang em from the wall when not in use and out of the way...
Thanks for the posting JAC430
Thanks for the posting JAC430
05-15-11, 09:26 AM
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If the pavers are made of concrete, they should be very safe. Concrete is super strong in compression, much stronger than wood for instance. Rebar in concrete is only necessary for tensile loads. I would trust concrete much more than any mechanical steel ramp.
05-15-11, 04:18 PM
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Wow. Now that is a freeking NICE garage.
05-15-11, 04:48 PM
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Unless your vehicle is heavy enough to collapse say a public road... you're not compressing pavers by just rolling on top of it. The OP has a fantastic idea here. Check this site for typical compression stength:
http://www.artisticpavers.com/tech-specs.php
9000+ lb/sq.in. We're not even close.
Don't worry... roll on top of that, get under it, and have your wife jump on the hood too, that thing ain't collapsing.
http://www.artisticpavers.com/tech-specs.php
9000+ lb/sq.in. We're not even close.
Don't worry... roll on top of that, get under it, and have your wife jump on the hood too, that thing ain't collapsing.
05-15-11, 07:23 PM
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05-16-11, 12:50 AM
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11-10-11, 10:03 AM
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They kinda suck.
kafene.