[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Clarification: Redundancy Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by DnstrDan [Email] (#1361) [Profile/Gallery] (more from DnstrDan) on Wed, 1 Aug 2018 10:52:29 In Reply to: Re: Safety Backup(s) When Using Auto Ramps, Tom G [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:37:04 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

My position is that all methods of car support, when working underneath one at home and alone, should have a load-bearing backup. Meaning, I do not trust working under car ramps without a failsafe structural back-up in case they fail. Acceptable backups to car ramps, for me, are jackstands or wooden blocks placed underneath the car, even if they impede usable workspace.

When using jackstands instead of ramps for primary support, an acceptable redundant backup could be either blocks or a raised floor jack (touching but not actively load bearing) or even dismounted wheels. When my dad worked on his tractors, he used an overhead chain hoist backed up by blocks; the idea being that a contingency will be engaged if the primary should fail.

The real point of this post is to solicit from other Saabers their own level of acceptable risk, and how they deal with it, when working underneath cars in general, and when using ramps in particular.

->Posting last edited on Wed, 1 Aug 2018 10:56:06.

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• Safety Backup(s) When Using Auto Ramps, DnstrDan , Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:45:28
  • Re: Safety Backup(s) When Using Auto Ramps, Tom G , Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:37:04
    • Clarification: Redundancy, DnstrDan , Wed, 1 Aug 2018 10:52:29 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Re: Clarification: Redundancy, thx, Tom G , Wed, 1 Aug 2018 20:57:10
      • Redundancy good, bobc , Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:23:54
        • Re: Redundancy good, Notnoel , Thu, 2 Aug 2018 06:30:55
      • Redundancy, RS , Wed, 1 Aug 2018 11:14:19
  • Re: Safety Backup(s) When Using Auto Ramps, BobD, Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:36:35
  • Re: Safety Backup(s) When Using Auto Ramps, Skip, Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:30:33

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