djmillsy

R.I.P mate

Martin-Hadland

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Very sad

I learned about axle stands at a very early age, when I was about 12 I was really into the mechanical side of cars and used to watch my neighbour (two doors away) messing with his old Austin 1100. He couldn't open his bonnet without me landing on his drive, one day exactly the same thing happened to him and he was trapped under the car, I raised the alarm and a couple of neighbours lifted it off him, luckily for him he got away with it.

Turbosimpsons

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steve, sorry to hear about your friend. life is so fragile as my sister found out R.I.P to both.

david 100

Land Rover have decided to save weight on the new Range Rover and removed the bottle jack and replaced it with a scissor jack.

2 and a half ton on a scissor jack

RIP .

dojj

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That's really shit new My thoughts go out to his family and friends

rallycross

thats terrible RIP to your mate.

If going underneath always have a failsafe even with a proper trolley jack should also have stands or even have a couple of wheels with tyres just in case.

cossie4i+

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Thanks for all the comments guys

Lets just hope people have learn't from this tragic event.

Steve

Paulo P

I'm also very nervous so I put the wheels under the sills if I've removed them so that if it does fall off the axle stands it'll land on the wheels instead.

RIP to the guy that died

fiestaturbo1984

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sad news.RIP

Less.

r.i.p and sorry to hear of the loss of your freind steve

opposite lock

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R.I.P to your friend .... lets all learn from this and stay safe

xHayleyx

Sorry to hear that Steve

RIP matey,

toff

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RIP steve's mate.

Ryan_3

rip to your mate

neil73

Sad news, R.I.P

studabear

Truely awful news.

R I P

tabetha

Sorry to hear that matey, rip your mate.
I refuse to go under a car even if it had 4 axle stands 1 at each corner.
The best £15 I ever spent was on a old railway sleeper, cut into squares, and use these instead of axle stands, I use the axle stands to support stuff like exhaust etc, but not car.
I suppose the sleepers having 100 ton+ locos going on them a car weight won't bother them!!
tabetha

Steve the Plumber

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^^^^^


Good idea Tabs!

Tottie xr2

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R.I.P to your friend!!!

I'll be thinking twice before I get under my next car...

Sorry for your loss!!!