Shop Truths, Phrases, Tales; and Outright Lies

[Frank S]

I helped a friend of mine get started in an exhaust repair business. I even made his 4 post lift and tubing bender a few years later I stopped by and he had bought a 2 post lift . He had a car up on it and was really jerking on some bolts trying to break them loose. the car was rocking so bad it looked like it would fall off.
I spied the 4 extended height safety stands that had been supplied with the lift just filling space in a corner of his shop.
I hollered at him to stop and use those stands or I might just forget the number to 911 if that car fell on him.
But I'm almost finished besides those things are a pain to drag around for a 2 minute job.
OK then use the 4 post lift I gave you.
But it is hard to use on these front wheel drive cars.
Look I said you can use the safety stands a 1000 times and never need them but not use them only once when you did need them.
There is a good reason they have so many training drills on a carrier. You have almost 5 acres of open deck area with 100's of potentially the most dangerous activities on the planet occurring at the same time, save for possibly the mining industry. and offshore drilling platforms