> > Jack stands are an absolute must. I have used logs of wood, inside a
garage,

> > but don't ever use concrete blocks, they don't like point contact
> > compression loads and tend to break up.

**** DO NOT IGNORE THIS ADVICE ****
that your days may be long on the face of the land.

Concrete will suddenly fail and "explode" into powder. A block more or less
vanishes almost instantly and the car it was supporting is in free fall.
Death has happened.

Also ALWAYS chock wheels that are not being jacked up at front and back. IF
the car starts to move on the jack etc a chocked wheel may also save an
expensive or injuring fall.



        Russell McMahon

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