On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > I did find these, http://www.mile-x.com/esco-10497-3-ton-jack-stand.aspx > > ESCO seems to be an Ohio based company, anyone familiar with them or > these stands? The tripod design would seem to be very stable. >
I did a lot of searching for good jackstands about ten years ago, and those Escos seemed to be about the best you could get. At the time they were made in the US. I have four of them and two that I bought more recently, which are made in China, supposedly to the same quality standards. (They look exactly like the domestic ones, for what that's worth.) Previously I had a set of Craftsman stands, the ratcheting kind where all the weight in use rests on the tooth or pawl. I started looking for new ones when the pawl on one of the Craftsmans one day sheared right off , instantly collapsing the stand to its lowest position. Fortunately nobody was under the car and I hadn't yet taken the wheels off. 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
