2gr84u

HAH well i had an interesting experience today My bro was working on my sisters Suzuki sideklck, working on replacing the allignment parts. Well he asked me to pull off the carter pins that are one the passenger sdie so i have at the first one and get it off, and the next one is under the car. So I grab the creeper and i go under there and im working on the second one. Im bitching about the thing being a pain in the ass when all of a sudden the jack stand kicks out and the car is ontop of me. At this point im kinda freaked out but i had enough state of mind left to kinda think to my self "how bad off am I" so i kinda take a few deep breaths and relize the car is just sitting on my upper chest, alot of pressure, but no sharp pains, so aside from my immediate scream to "get this off of me" i started saying "im ok, dont worry" i doubt i was understandable though lol. My bro was really quick to get the car jacked up and I rolled out of there, kinda shocked, but basicly ok. Afterwards was a little upsetting, but that was a big family fight kinda thing between my bro and dad and yea it wasnt cool. So yea, now ive got a nice red line across my upper chest and im sure that will be surrounded by a good welt and bruising come tommorow. I havent seen a doctor, dont really think i need too, but i will if it seems to get worse. I wont show ya pics cuz im not into showing off my man tats What was surprising to me though, was through the whole thing i wasnt scared, i was surprised entialy(i know there are LOTS of spelling issues so dont bother)but for the most part i was only thinking about my current condition and how close my bro was to getting the car off.



CLIFFS: working on my sisters car, the thing fell on me, big nasty looking red line, and soreness

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TheOtherDave™

Holy sh*t... :eek4: You are one lucky man.

How the hell did the jack stand fail? :huh:

2gr84u

yea yea i know hfawk:

umop-apisdn

What kind of surface was the jackstand on?

yellowbastard

Thats crazy man. Glad to hear you are okay though. I always properly place my jackstands, chock the rear tires, place a spare floor jack in position underneath the car, and the 2 tires wheels on both sides. I'm too cautious! h:

BonzoAPD

damn that's insane. Glad you're ok

2gr84u

well i guess my bro was trying to jack the car up, and when he did, some how the jack stand went off kilter and the thing came down on me. Im well awares that this could have been alot worse, but luckily it wasnt quite time for my ass to check out

MPerson

I was always afraid of that happening to me, I was never claustrophobic unless I was under a car, after a while of working under cars I got used to it.

All I do is two jack stands in the front or rear jack points and the floor jack on a front/rear control arm joint.... cautious enough for me... I used to have cement blocks on the sides just incase.. eep

Just Janna

Dude... my boobs would have sooooo been crushhhhed.
Glad you're okay.
Luck man. Go buy a lotto ticket.