That is one lucky dude there...

Thanks for the info. Didn't want to do it in a spot that could cause damage.

An electric dual-poster failed about 15 years ago here. The mechanic was standing at his bench in front of, not under the car, with his back to it. Unfortunately the car tipped and slid forward off the lift arms right into him. He never knew happened, according to the coroner. The lift was under 5 yrs old.

I knew the guy, but not well. He had done work on my car several times. We had stood under my car, on a hoist, and chatted the week before. To this day I will not stand under a car on a hoist in a shop anymore. Best you will get is one foot under and one foot on the outside.

The shop sued the lift company on behalf of his widow and three kids and a few years later they coughed over a very large chunk of cash after doing their best to assert the shop owner had tampered with the unit by doing his own routine maintenance, to no success. The owner was able to demonstrate he did everything to spec.

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2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

i've never seen a lift like that one before... a center cylinder only? it looks like it was supposed to have some type of spreader arrangement on top, that broke off or something.
even if the guy had not moved when he did, the truck gave lots of warning prior to falling. I think I'd have had time to run away if I'd still been under that one when it began to fall.

I like the safety of a center cylinder/dual cylinder lift... but the installation is a killer!

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My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
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1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

They were very common over here back pre 1970. The ram is about 12" dia.
I had never seen a car fall off one before. I like a 4 post lift. That way if 1 leg fails there are still 3 to hold the car.
Most of the old gas stations over here have them in the 1 lube bay they were built with.
When the ram seal starts to go its a pain as they car is continually going down slowly.

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Ditto here in Canada. Well into the 70s as I recall and probably later in small service stations.

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2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

What's a good place to place a jack if I want to drop the entire rear subframe?

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