Thread: Car crushed me today

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You never know, even with a hoist. My Uncle was a mechanic for years. He was working underneath a truck that was on a hoist. The truck was only a few feet off of the ground and he was sitting flat on the ground. Suddenly, the hoist lost hydraulic pressure and bend him over double. In was under there for an hour until someone came into the shop. In the meantime, he had suffered a heart attack. He recovered but had to retire.

like everyone else...i'm glad your ok...always think of your family before you get under a unsupported vehicle...my father never got under a car without floor jack and stands...but i guess there always that one time...he was changing the brakes on an old buick...finshed one side...moved to the other side...did not put the jack stand back under the car...my mother went to fix him a cup of coffee...when she came back he was crushed under the car...man i have to tell you...she had waited hand and foot on him for over 35years and when she found him under that car i didn't think she would live through it...she did age 10year that next one year...i was also devistated...how blessed you are...but always think of your family first...

PEACE

Glad you're ok. I hear scrap steel prices are up.....good place for a bumper jack.
Get yourself a GOOD jack and GOOD jack stands, this is not an area you want to go cheap. I knew someone who died when the stands he got a good deal on collapsed on him. Buy the best you can afford.....overkill is worth it.