Originally Posted by
crowz
Thats the first thing that popped into my mind. Where I lived years ago I had a neighbor who's son was in a wheel chair. He was like that because he was working under an old pontiac lemans and the jack gave out. He finally walks now but it took 25 years to get to that point. I never gave it much thought before meeting him but it stuck with me to this day. I at least make sure I have a tire under the car if a jackstand isnt possible. I put at least something under that to keep from getting smushed.
Scary stuff, I have had two ramps fail on me. Most recently, a 12,000 pound Rhino ramp failed under the load of my Chrysler 300 with the 3.6L Pentastar. I was quite surprised. Since then I use my homemade solid wood ramps comprised of numerous 2 x 12’s. Heavy, but safe.