SCA 1200kg car stands product recall

[janddbone]

The recall is not on the overall design or the welding etc. It is only the screw function that is non compliant.

[Sprint]

I would have thought its the way the nut is welded to the tube?.

[janddbone]

Could be for sure.

[mik]

i like the big buggers , while the bigger foot print can be a bit intrusive on space at times , it would take a bit to have one fall over , and if you do your work on a dodgey old driveway or less than good flat surface , its a bit of extra peace of mind.
the other thing i like about the big stands is i can get the limo really high off the ground even if it does take a bit of jacking and blocking to get it up there.
As a young apprentice in a Ford dealer (once upon a time a long long long ..... l o n g t i m e A g o ) , a lot of the work was done on car stands which was a pain in the *** , but a couple of good things about being in a workshop is the floor was nice and flat cement and we had those big mother heavy duty hydraulic jacks, so much easier and safer than the bubby ones most of use today and often crawl under the car to utilize them.

[janddbone]

Yeah true. I use the ones we at speaking of on flat cement workshop floor. If it was a bad surface I would only use one in a corner only and that's it. Depends on everyone's circumstances.

[Express]

This is what I use, I got them from Repco years ago.

They’re short and stumpy, rated at 4000kg per corner and use a thick U pin if you wish to raise them.

I only use them to hold the car if I have a rim off and that only requires enough height for the tyre to clear the ground so I’ve never needed to support with the pin.



If I want to hold the car up without removing the rims I use 4 ramps.

I jack up the car and place ramps facing inwards under each tyre and it sits up nice and high without the risk of falling off or moving.

I know it’s a bit of an overkill but as a child it’s something I saw my Uncle doing when working on light trucks and I still copy it today.

It’s also the only time I’d allow my boys when they were young to come anywhere near the car when it was lifted off the ground.

I’m a nervous nelly around jacks and stands.

In my late teens I saw the results of a jack failing where blocks of timber piled on top of each other were being used as a backup and they shot out everywhere when the jack collapsed. It crushed his toes and he was lucky to only end up losing part of his foot.

I’d give that Supercheap one a wide berth regardless of how safe others may tell me it is simply because I wouldn’t feel comfortable with it.


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