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RusselAZ

01-30-2004 17:33:12




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Jack stands. They were never designed to be jack stands. This subject came up while looking at the tractor pictures. There is a tractor picture there of a MF being rebuilt and it is sitting on cinder blocks. And if you look at it, the one clearly visible under the rear axle is on end with the axle sitting on it.

Please guys. Don't do this. IF you use cinder blocks to set stuff on at least have them on edge like they were made to be laid AND have 2X8 at least between the cinder block and any steel or driveway rocks. Cinder blocks are strong but when you allow them to be put under pressure at a pressure point they will explode and drop the load. Without warning. I rode an ambulance years ago in a small rural town and there were several people hurt by falling iron or cars. And two fatalities. And, some loved one is usually the ones who find you. Or the grand child that was just playing under or beside it.

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Haas

01-31-2004 12:33:41




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 Re: cinderblocks are not in reply to RusselAZ, 01-30-2004 17:33:12  
I've made this point a few times on the Farmall Forum. Anyone using concrete or cinder blocks as cribbing to support machinery is asking for a trip to the hospital or worse, the funeral home. NEVER use cinder blocks as cribbing. Always use wood blocks (6x6 cut off pieces work great) or appropriate jack stands. I don't even like the jack stands myself, because of the small footprint most of them have and they are certainly no good unless you have a concrete floor.

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del

01-31-2004 08:03:27




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 Re: cinderblocks are not in reply to RusselAZ, 01-30-2004 17:33:12  
Good advice!! Somewhere you might have just saved some family a lot of grief.

THANKS



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Wayne

01-30-2004 20:09:09




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 Re: cinderblocks are not in reply to RusselAZ, 01-30-2004 17:33:12  
Had an Uncle got trapped under a car because he was using old cinder blocks as jack stands. Fortunately he got away with only a few broke bones and a lesson learned, it could have been alot worse.



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Dug G.

01-30-2004 19:12:58




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 Re: cinderblocks are not in reply to RusselAZ, 01-30-2004 17:33:12  
I learned this lesson a few years back when i placed a Case D rearend on a less then perfect cinder block. It had been on there for awhile, and one day, without any warning or help I'm aware of, it broke dropping the rearend. I was lucky no one was hurt, nad tht the casting wasn' broken, but i've used wood blocks ever since. I hope these messages have helped someone, because I never thought it would happen to me, but it did, with a relatively light load, and the block laying flat.

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northern ca.

01-30-2004 20:13:31




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 Re: Re: cinderblocks are not in reply to Dug G., 01-30-2004 19:12:58  
go To your local lumber yard, or espically that Biulds beams, & Ask for the Cuttoff ends. Great support For Anything. Dont take chances.



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Dave_Id

01-31-2004 07:33:49




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 Re: Re: Re: cinderblocks are not in reply to northern ca., 01-30-2004 20:13:31  
The 6x6 or 6x8 ends from pole barn construction are also great... and they won't rot.



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JMS/MN

01-31-2004 08:18:55




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: cinderblocks are not in reply to Dave_Id, 01-31-2004 07:33:49  
Four of them bolted (not nailed) together make great supports for working on the big stuff. 5x6 x20 inch pieces give you heights of 10, 12, and 20 inches.



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