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He just finished getting his degree in mechanical engineering. I would think that someone like that would have a better understanding of this kind of thing.
1 posted on 05/09/2023 3:52:38 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

“...after car falls on top of him...”

That’d do it.


2 posted on 05/09/2023 3:55:14 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: grundle

My first thought also.


3 posted on 05/09/2023 3:55:42 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was going to start procrastinating this year, I just haven't got around to it.)
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To: grundle

When I was in high school in the mid 60s, I worked on the family cars. I bought four HEAVY DUTY jack stands and triple checked that they were properly positioned, carrying the car load, and not unstable. I had big respect for the weight falling on me. I think the Smokey Yunik articles in Popular Science taught me a lot about vehicles, maintenance, and safety.

I went on to get my mechanical engineering degree.

Guess we aren’t making MEs and shade tree mechanics like we used to.


4 posted on 05/09/2023 3:55:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: grundle
This is why I don't mind paying the shop rate.

Let the car fall on one of their guys.

5 posted on 05/09/2023 3:57:26 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: grundle

What was he doing, stealing his own catalytic converter?


6 posted on 05/09/2023 3:57:45 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: grundle

I would bet most car jacks are imported from China. I’ve had a car jack fail on me. I was only changing a tire, so there was no damage done to myself.

Never. NEVER trust a jack by itself. Always use solid stands or blocks.


7 posted on 05/09/2023 3:58:10 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: grundle

I got an engineering degree and probably worked on my car underneath it using only a jack to hold it up. Now that I’m older and wiser I use decent jack stands and put the tires underneath the car too as a second chance. I always gave the car a good shake in all directions to confirm it was steady, and always used blocks or rocks under any wheels that were touching the ground.

So sad to hear of this accident.


9 posted on 05/09/2023 4:00:26 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: grundle
The autopsy results should be fun to read. “Twenty two year old male....hoo-ha intact...”
12 posted on 05/09/2023 4:01:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: grundle
I was always very careful when I worked underneath a jacked up car. I would either put it on cinder blocks or use blocks of wood to put under each tire. If I was doing brakes or changing a tire I always used jack stands as back up. My father had me helping him work on cars since I was a young kid. He taught me to be safe.
16 posted on 05/09/2023 4:10:53 PM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: grundle
Uh....did he chock the tires on the opposite side of the car to prevent it from rolling?

It is the rolling that causes the car to fall from the jack.

17 posted on 05/09/2023 4:17:27 PM PDT by G Larry ( DEI = Division + Erroneous Indoctrination)
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To: grundle

Didn’t learn much did he...


20 posted on 05/09/2023 4:25:36 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: grundle

Recent graduate, failed at real-life applied engineering “test”.


21 posted on 05/09/2023 4:34:12 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Go Woke, Go Broke. Every Time Trump Says Something, I'm Closer to Anyone But Trump.)
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To: grundle

I have great respect for the potential energy of a car. I have and would never trust a jack when it involved putting even part of myself under the car. Jack stands, as in more than one is the only way I will do it. Even then, I am very careful and spend as little time with as little of my body under the car as possible.


22 posted on 05/09/2023 4:38:19 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: grundle

Parents must be absolutely heart broken.


23 posted on 05/09/2023 4:38:21 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: grundle

Damn… how friggin’ sad. Rising paranoia (and seeping wisdom) may now drive me to get each of my (grown) kids a pair of jack stands for their cars.


25 posted on 05/09/2023 4:48:33 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: grundle
He just finished getting his degree in mechanical engineering. I would think that someone like that would have a better understanding of this kind of thing.

He didn't learn jack.

26 posted on 05/09/2023 5:12:47 PM PDT by null and void (Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
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27 posted on 05/09/2023 5:27:01 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: grundle
Whatever works:


28 posted on 05/09/2023 5:34:58 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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>> jack fell out from underneath him

an odd description, but damn

assuming it wasn’t a lift

it’s been a while, but I’d never get underneath without two jack stands and some degree of resting vehicle weight


30 posted on 05/09/2023 5:52:34 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: grundle

Must have missed the lesson on jack stands.


31 posted on 05/09/2023 6:21:49 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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