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I don't mean to be disrespectful here, but I don't understand why a lot of you guys buy cheap tools and have nice cars. Sorry, I just won't buy harbor freight toolsMy '68 Dart sat on some recalled Harbor Freight jackstands for five years without issue, though I can't say I wasn't clenched up when I finally had to crawl under there to reinstall the rear end and front suspension to get it back on the ground.
Nothin says "sketchy" like Harbor Freight.
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Money. Same reason my Dart didn't have a floor in it when I bought it - it's what I could afford at the time to get myself wrenching on something.I don't mean to be disrespectful here, but I don't understand why a lot of you guys buy cheap tools and have nice cars. Sorry, I just won't buy harbor freight tools
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That’s what I switched to, called cribbing, much safer.I'm very paranoid working under the car. I always have 2 support methods as well as the jack. I have jackstands, but I also have hardwood blocks I've made up, probably 12" x 10" x 2" thick, stacked to whatever height I need under the frame rails. I think I trust them more than the jackstands, as far as I know the quality of wood hasn't declined in the last 30 years like steel has....
Beautiful car and nice, clean work space.Mine are about as safe as you can get. Obviously I only use them when I have a lot to do underneath.
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Beautiful car and nice, clean work space.
I use Craftsman jack stands but I keep the floor jack in place as well keeping partial weight on all.
I think that I have 3 sets of stands. 2 creepersI have some 6 ton and 12 ton Hein Werner stands "orange ones" plus some home made 5 ton.I must have 12 pair of stands.