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(Message started by: Pegasus on Jun 6^th, 2010, 9:53pm)

Title: Some safety tips
Post by Pegasus on Jun 6^th, 2010, 9:53pm

Hi All,
came across these, mainly aimed at repair specialists but having looked at them some could be a timely reminder to us DIYers:
general stuff (http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg434.pdf?ebul=hsegen/24-may-2010&cr=15
)
and tyres (http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg433.pdf?ebul=hsegen/24-may-2010&cr=16)

Paul

Title: Re: Some safety tips
Post by Jonnycab on Jun 7^th, 2010, 2:36am

Good advice Paul http://smilearchive.com/s/cwm/cwm/wink.gif....it's beggars belief how some people think it's safe to crawl under a car with just a trolley jack or manufacturers wheel jack holding a ton & a half of metal above them http://smilearchive.com/s/ups/the_turtle/supasmsm0.gif

One thing that was missed out though was the use of wheel ramps. After a few years the metal & welds can get rusty & weaken. They also get weak from metal fatigue, caused by the continuous heavy loads forced upon them.....so best not to use old car ramps http://smilies.blazemint.com/s/cwm/3dlil/wink.gif

When using ramps, I always use a trolley jack to support in between as well http://smilearchive.com/s/contrib/sarge/TheSmile.gif

Title: Re: Some safety tips
Post by Mike H on Jun 7^th, 2010, 2:31pm

Not only that, there's plenty of TV programmes and TV ads showing exactly the bad methods. There's one latest ad where it's done for a larf (dog grabs hold of the handle of a trolley jack while bloke is underneath) Good point about the wheel ramps tho, I inherited a couple from my dad but were probably 40 years old and rusty, they went to the metal skip at the recycling depot