I'm surprised Legal signed off on it...

So... nobody else has wrenched on a car held up by a scissor jack on the shoulder of the interstate?

(goddamn the stupidity is real looking back on that )

thestig99 said:

So... nobody else has wrenched on a car held up by a scissor jack on the shoulder of the interstate?

(goddamn the stupidity is real looking back on that )

Sure they have, they just didn't live long enough to post about it here.

In reply to slefain :

You haven't lived until a semi blows past you at 75 MPH in the right lane and the air buffeting nearly blows the car off the jack. 

also, it's worth mentioning that BFG doesn't do much stuff like this on their own.  customers send in ideas and content in hopes it will make the cut. 

slefain said:

All those stock photos always show someone using a comically large wrench to work on a car. They never show the real world, where I'm trying to balance a 10mm socket on a 3' long snorkus attached to a 1/4" ratchet, which is held in my left hand because I'm holding the part in place with my right.

Amen to that.

mtn said:

Gotta be honest, unless the back wheels are in sand or mud I’m not sure I see that this is all that dangerous. Doubly so when you consider that the guy can’t get crushed if it were to fail—any injury would come from the initial impact. 

 

Wood is damn strong. I don’t see that slipping, again, depending on the rear wheels being on relatively solid ground. 

+1, it's not terribly dangerous if it's on solid ground and has both the handbrake and park pawl/engine compression with 4-low and reverse holding it. And assuming he's not working on anything that could cause any of that to release or any suspension work. Now with just the parking brake, that would be too risky for my taste.

i just checked, that rock is rated for 18,000 lbs so he should be more then safe, he also has the safety latch well secured to the earth.