Thats my test also - if I can make it move or shift at all, then chances are good that someone/something else can.

I've always been good about holding a car up with 2 things, but not double-chocking- this will change.

I have 3 little ones now that need a Father - that is all the reason I need.

-John

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2009 Kia Sedona
2009 Honda Odyssey EX-L
12006 Jetta Pumpe Duse
(insert Mercedes here)

Husband, Father, sometimes friend =)

Never use a cheap no-name communist Chinese made spring compressor.

If it lets go, (and there is a decent chance it will,) it'll turn into a missile and kill you if you are in the way of it.

If you HAVE to go do things like using a spring compressor for a car, at least buy a safe new one, like a Klann.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Depends on what you believe..or want to believe.
For instance... A docter may tell me "you have only 4 months to live Mr. Chilcutt'...I wont believe him. Why?, becuase he is only a mortal..giving me his opinion.
I believe that each and every person are destined according to their very own 'Book of life'. Each book of life is tailored to that individual.
Objectively speaking, this may be a coping mechanism used on my part. Ie: something doesnt go 'my way'..So, instead of dwelling on this..I accept it...move on with my life.
Dont know if this answers your question?

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CHILCUTT~
The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

hogweed has a thread up at the moment about a fallen tree. The trunk of that tree would be perfect for making a safety few blocks to sit your car on. Far safer than those cheap jack stands. 5 minutes work with a chain saw.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

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

I've probably told this story before but one time I was working on a lady's car on ramps. I was under the side of the car, behind the front wheel that was on the ramp.

I had set the parking brake as well as oriented the car facing down hill so that it would have less of a tendency to roll back. As bad luck would have it, the lady comes out and leans under the car to see how I'm doing.

Just the slight pressure of her hand on the front bumper caused the car to roll back and down the ramps towards me. I sucked in trying to make myself as skinny as possible (for whatever good it would do) and pulled my arms back to my sides.

At the time, I had a heavy duty flashlight in my hand and when I pulled my arms back, the nose of the flashlight caught the suspension of the moving car and simultaneously, the tail wedged into the ground.

This formed a lever of sorts that both raised the car and slowed it to a stop before it hit me. Lukily, the length of the flashlight was greater, by a small margin, than my body's thickness from front to back.

That's probably the closest I've ever come to being hurt very badly...

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

You are a lucky person. I'm betting that if a person tried to stop a rolling car using that trick, 9 times out of 10 it wouldn't work.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13