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D-G

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About 10minutes ago, 3 ambulances and 2 fire brigades zoomed past my house into the next street.

I went to go check it out and the services were covering the whole house from view. I went further in to see what happened and i saw a guy lying on the ground next to a car with paramedics all over him. I was yelled at and told to get out.

I found out that he was working on his car which he must of jacked up and was under it. The car then fell straight on his face, killing him. From what i could see i don't think they revived him.

Please guys, after seeing this horrific tragedy, i urge everyone to use a better method if working underneath your car, i normally plant half the car on the side walk for angle, its much safer. :P

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OMGGTR Mentor

OMGGTR

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Wow sent me shivers alover reading... i was just under my mates car yesterday... which was supported by 1500kg jack 2 jackstands and tyres under the front tyres .... NEVER USE JUST A JACK!!!!

f**king scary shit...

WYTSKY Veteran

WYTSKY

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I always put 2 stands and wheels to be extra safe... plus have 2 1500kg jacks...

reason is my gf's brother was working on his old vs commo wagon about 4 years ago, his jack gave way as he was sitting on the ground with his legs underneath the car, if he didn't put his wheels under the car aswell, he would have been an amputee up to nearly his hips...

be safe when modifying everyone!

BeEnAr Experienced

BeEnAr

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I just use Jack stands and a 4500kg trolley jack, if the wheels are coming off then they go under there too but more often than not they stay on the car. Stands and jack is plenty enough for me, you just need to make sure your stuff is not old and rusty and is enough to support your cars weight. Oh and make sure it meets or exceeds AUS safety standards

W0rp3D Grand Master

W0rp3D

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Wanna list the other billion ways you can die in a freak accident?

Theres always a risk no matter how you do it, does not matter how many wheel chocks or jack stands used they can still break with out notice, every second of our life you can looka round and spot some thing that in some freak way could kill us, i have always just used a jack and nothing has ever happened, only time something has happened is when a friend had has back end on jack stands, was under the back with my head half under the looking for a rattle when the pin broke, was all over before i could react and the tyre was just touching my forehead with the back of my head on the concrete, moral of the story is freak shit happens.

W0rp3D Grand Master

W0rp3D

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well lessening the risk is always a really good idea, I've seen an el cheapo trolley jack suddenly let go when holding up a 1500kg VS Calais.

I'd use wheel ramps over axle stands if possible.

I bought some ramps to work on my fairlane a while ago, best thing i have bought, so much easier to get the car up in the air, gonna have to build an ad on to get the skyline on them tho.

Some thing like this http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/phdi/p1....ment∂=3

joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo Grand Master

joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo

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i used to work under my car on a jack when i was young and stupid.... then one day it let go when the rear wheels were off.... luckily noone was under it at the time

i have NEVER been under a car without stands since

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

SS8_Gohan

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:) not a nice way to go, that's for sure.

one of the 35 GTR guys had found a good ramp option. Some sort of caravaning kit.

EDIT: just checked out the honda link... hahah, i actually made some wooden ramps from some spare wood lying around the house after some house modifications :action-smiley-069: works well but obviously an issue if you're trying to take wheels off. But definitely handy things to have.

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