I'm an Effin' idiot....

[thrashingcows]

Well I might have died today....seriously!!

I bought a mid 80's 3/4 tonne ram pick up for parts and was out stripping it down today. Well I finished out back and pulled the wheels and set the truck down on some dunnage under the rear drums. Wrecker comming tomorrow to take it away.

I then moved to the front of the truck to pull the new shocks, rotors, calipers etc. Now I have this 3 ton floor jack that has been defective since almost new...it creeps down when under load...very slowly but down it will come. So I jacked the front of the truck up and pulled the rims to get at stuff....guess what I didn't do...YUP no jack stands!!

So after about a half hour I had the rotors, calipers and lines off and I had just finished removing the top nut from the drivers shock and was about to climb under the truck to remove the two bottom nuts when I couldn't find my ratchet....I wander around the truck checking my small piles of tools but couldn't find it....well it was as I was standing there trying to figure out where my ratchet was that the truck fell off the big floor jack on the front and that blew out the dunnage I had set up under the rear and it started to roll down the drive way.......:naughty:

Now with the big BOOM that the truck made my two neighbours came rocketing out of the house fearing the worst....I am incredibly thankful to him/her/it...higher power...Karma....whomever...for sparing my life today becasue things could have gone so much worse!!

I know better and I usually am so paranoid about this kind of thing but I had a BIG brain fart and it could have killed me....I'm thankful I have a chance to be more responsible in the future!!

So please guys/gals remember accidents don't only happen at work they happen at home as well... and we should be even more diligent about safety when we are working at home.

 

[mr340]

Dude!! jackstands, wood, bricks, your mother-in-law, you gotta put something under there to keep it from falling on your noggin!!!!!

 

[71dusterman]

First off, get rid of that F*!*!in jack and get a new one. Next Jack stands wheel blocks and such are a must. We all do crasy things, but life is too short for a repeat performance with a different outcome. [smilie=f:

 

[Moparlady]

Well, no need to chastize you any more......you know what you did.......but, I DO agree - GET RID OF THAT FAULTY JACK!!! Thank the Good Lord that you are still here to tell us the story, and to remind us all to be more careful.......ALL THE TIME! [smilie=2: [smilie=f:

 

[XLR8R]

Good god man.....thats scary! Glad you didn't get pancaked. mmmmmm, paaaancakes.... err, sorry.

 

[thrashingcows]

Yup new floor jack and another set or two of jack stands are on the order list ASAP!!

 

[dodgedifferent2]

be sure you store the jack stands in the way of the floor jack .. this way .. you have to trip over the jack stands to get to the jacks ... keeps your noodle on the ball and not in a flat shape.

what other safety stories should we all review tonight? to make us all remember things to keep us all posting. with all our fingers.

 

[BootHead]

your life for a 10 cent o-ring, not a good trade. Glad you are still here.

 

[LAWFISH]

your life for a 10 cent o-ring, not a good trade. Glad you are still here.

Thats why I have many sets of jack stands sitting around. cant have too many and a 10K Bendpack helps with the saefty as well. Glad your OK.

Dave

 

[dustergal]

Well, *I* still love you, even if you are an effin' idiot. We've all done bone headed things in the past.

(except me cause I'm perfect:shifty