I have several chunks of large square timber - 12X12 by 16 to 24 inches that I keep in the garage and tuck under the vehicle too along with the jack stands as a bit of a safety cushion if things go bad.
One nice thing about 4X4 pickup trucks. Often sufficient room to crawl under and do things without jacking it up. Other things can happen too. I think I reported this incident on here a while back. I was replacing the clutch in our old 4Runner and went home one afternoon to work on it. No one else home. I was putting stuff back together and reached my arm up in over the tranny against the bottom of the cab floor. I got my hand stuck and could not get it back out. Had a bit of a panic attack as I wondered how in the heck I was going to get back out of there. I did not relish the idea of laying under the darned thing while my good wife loosened the tranny cross member to lower it a bit. That sounded risky to me. I sort of like being round rather than flat. In any event, I soon decided that if I got my hand in there, I should be able to get it out and so I wiggled it around and tried different approaches until I did get loose. Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Alex Chamberlain Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 3:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] So I end up buying a 2005 Dodge Magnum On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hear you with crawling under cars when up in the air. So many of the > stands now say "Made In China" too, which does nothing to make me feel any > better about crawling under there. lol > Me too. I have some expensive but excellent quality USA-made jackstands that are a very different design from the generic Chinese ones, and seem much stronger. I bought them a few years ago from a guy in New Jersey who sells primarily German tools and hop-up parts for BMWs through his web site. Anybody know who I am talking about? I can't find the site now. Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
