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Georgia man crushed by car when it falls off jack *| ajc.com

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Mine:1981 MB 300SD - 326K mi (July 1997)-sold
Wife's: 2008 MB C300 Sport - 92K mi (April 2009)

"of Danielsville is the third time in three years that someone has died that way in the county."

It makes me wonder if someone is loaning out the same Jack.

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...or the same DNA.

There will always be people that are unable to do personal risk evalution for themselves. Generally speaking the younger the more lopsided a situation may be. But not in their favour. Normally your self preservation instincts should prevent taking unreasonable risks.

That said I still see people doing it all the time in many things. They are either not aware of the risks or very poor evaluators of it. Poor math skills may actually contribute to it. To evaluate risk is an equation basically.

"Never trust a jack" This was the very first thing my dad taught me about working on cars....

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1992 BMW 525i -traded in
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1985 Grey 380SE Diesel Conversion, 2.47 rear end, ABS -Sold, really should have kept this one
1979 Silver 300D "The Silver Slug" -Sold

If I'm under the car, the car is supported by cribs if the wheels are on. And if the wheels have to be off for some reason, then it's jack stands as primary and cribs as secondary.

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X2!

Sad case...

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Mine: 1987 MB 420 SEL - 62K (Dec 2019)
Mine:1991 MB 350SDL - 244K (Aug 2011)- Totalled 9/14/2016
Mine:1981 MB 300SD - 326K mi (July 1997)-sold
Wife's: 2008 MB C300 Sport - 92K mi (April 2009)

I wonder what sort of equipment he was using. Especially if it was a toothed or pin-style of jackstand. I really, really dislike the toothed variety. The pin-style seem much, MUCH more foolproof in my opinion. Of course, the best protection is redundancy, redundancy, redundancy...

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-1985 300TD - 324k mi on chassis. MB "Tauschaggregat" 617 motor + 4-speed conversion
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-2002 E320 Wagon - 197k mi
-1998 E320 Wagon - 310k mi - retired

Curious: what are those cribs made of? Are they wood and plywood?

Kurt

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- '86 190D (W201-126) - 2.5 NA engine, 5 speed, cloth interior, manual climate controls, 33-34 mpg (sold to forum member).

i took it to mean that he wasn't even using jackstands, just the jack itself to support the car.

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

Yes, 2x4s. The top segment that the tires set in are 2x4s and 3/4 inch plywood and 2x3s for the "chocks". I both glued and screwed the pieces together.

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Current Stable

• 380SL (diesel)
• Corvette C5
• Manx
• Baja Bug
• F350 Powerstroke
• Auburn Boattail Speedster replica

I think that's all you need to know right there. If you're under a car on anything other than a concrete or paved surface, you're asking for it. Mach4's cribs might be okay, but you're still going to have settling and unevenness, although it's likely never going to come completely down.

Sad that people are so willing to treat their lives so cavalierly, and for something so stupid.

Do you mind giving the overall dimensions for the plywood? Yours look like a good size for typical passenger car work. Good weekend project...for a lifetime.

Oh, well if that's the case... he deserves a posthumous Darwin Award.

Still sad, nonetheless...

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-1985 300TD - 324k mi on chassis. MB "Tauschaggregat" 617 motor + 4-speed conversion
Alaska Roadtrip 2009
-2002 E320 Wagon - 197k mi
-1998 E320 Wagon - 310k mi - retired

From my neck of the woods:

Press release - same text as above, in PDF form

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