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You do realize that jacking up a car on one side without the parking brake is quite dangerous because the car could just roll away?
by imtringued 1y ago
You do realize that jacking up a car on one side without the parking brake is quite dangerous because the car could just roll away?
- swiftcoder 1y agoThis was not on jacks, it's a small garage, but they raised the car on a proper lift
- alistairSH 1y agoRelying on only the parking brake like you describe is also dangerous. Put car in gear and/or use a wheel chock as well.
- potato3732842 1y agoNo amount of Reddit-ish always-isms and rules of thumb will make lifting and lowering objects this heavy not fraught with hand mangling peril if one is stupid or careless. Chocks, deflating a tire or two, parking against a tree or another car with a working parking brake, ratchet strap through the wheel spokes to something solid, etc, etc, where there's a will there's a way.
- PunchyHamster 1y agogiven it was a mechanic garage they probably used a lift... or at least had some wheel chocks. But yes, YT have plenty documentaries on that, together with "hydraulic jack is enough, I won't bother with jack stands"