Deadliest Jack Stands (6 Ton)? Let’s find out!

Always leave the jack in place after the jack stands are set and place the wheel that you take off under the frame as well to give you some extra protection.

Nice review. I built some jack stands in my high school metal shop. The instructor would not allow them to go out until he inspected them and tested them in a big press; they had to hold 6,000 lbs each. I have been using them ever since, about 48 years now! Thanks Todd.

I learned a valuable lesson for almost getting my legs crushed changing the tire on an F-150. I was balancing the tire on my knees with my legs straight out trying to line the holes on the wheel with the lug nuts. I started hearing a creaking sound and quickly moved myself out the way. As soon and I did the jack folded like a piece of paper and the truck fell down. Now I always always use jack stands and still get nervous about it. Great video.

There have been so many times that I have been in the market for something, and this guy makes an amazing review of several options. These tests are so thorough and well thought out. Thanks!

If you are working under a vehicle using jackstands on a job that requires removing the wheels, always place the wheels under the vehicle in such a way that if the stands fail, the wheels stop the vehicle from coming all the way down. You can find another rim easier than another limb.

Our aircraft jacks in the USAF are mostly Tripod types, due to the possibility or uneven ground (Concrete), a four leg stand would always rock. One thing I immediately noticed when you were testing the side to side tests, and the three legged stands, we are required to place our stands with two of the legs along the center-line of the load (aircraft fuselage) and the single leg Perpendicular outward. That arrangement has two main reasons, maximizing the footprint stability, side to side, and keep the inside legs from intruding under the airframe, where we might have need of access for maintenance.

As an engineer i wanted to note a few things. 1) the 3 legged jack stands will technically have a different tipping force depending on the direction the are tipping. (Highest when tipping in the direction of 1 foot, lowest when tipping in the direction straight between 2 feet) 2) i would be interested to see what the tipping for each stand would be in proportiong to their height (tipping force per inch) since that would give you a better standard of which stand is more stable. 3) for the downward force test, the prefered failure method would be one that slowly lets the bar sink down (which several had) and not crumpling of the feet. In the prefered failure method you would have some more warning, and it might not drop the load completely down.

@17:20 the dancing is why i come back to this channel. love the random tool dancing moves!

One of my sister's best friends lost her father to a jackstand accident when she was a kid. Traumatizing all around. My friends and I had a Honda slip off a jack in a garage once, and the only reason none of us were killed is that the tool chest caught the brunt of it. I'm still terrified of being under a suspended vehicle, even on a lift. Thanks for doing these tests - they were honestly kind of hard to watch, because my brain was screaming at me to run away the whole time. Bottom line: this video is going to save lives.

About 30 years ago, my cousin had his dad's car up on two jackstands in the driveway. While it was raised, he got underneath to work on something. Anyway, the car slipped backwards off the stands on the slight slope and came down on him, pinning him against the concrete. Despite the pressure on his chest, he was able to yell for help and fortunately his dad heard him and raised the vehicle so he could get out. He went to the hospital but luckily other than lots of bad bruising, scratches and soreness, he didn't break anything or suffer internal injuries. My cousin later became a fireman to help other people in need.

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I love your work and your character! Your tests are always well conceived, thoroughly investigated and concisely explained. Thank you for all your time and sacrifices, you are an icon and guru.

Thanks for this test because I don't know jack about jacks.

It's absolutely insane to me that ZSP can even sell a jackstand this dangerous. You don't need to be a mechanic to take one look at the ZSP and know it's a widowmaker.

I would love to see a comparison of rubbermaid type storage bins/tubs. I find that certain brands that claim they are weather tough or cold resistant still crack and shatter relatively easily. Maybe a cold resistance test since we’re getting into winter, a test of the lids for water resistance, or a test for shock when throwing heavy items inside. Thanks for all you do!

Thanks for your consistent, concise & thorough testing. You reviews have helped me numerous times in purchase decisions I've made.

Please include more tool dance moves, that is the type of stuff that makes my day. It also really comes to show which brand can flex the most!

25 years ago, my buddy / neighbor had his nova up on cinder block and stands for months as he replaced his engine, transmission and exhaust. He was under it one day trying to get the headers installed, prying with a bar when the car shifted forward, the cinder blocks tipped and cracked and the car came down with the transmission bellhousing crushing his hip and pinning him. My brother in law was outside when it happened and people started screaming, I ran out to see what was going on and saw his feet sticking out from the front of the car while my bother I law was trying to reach in. I ran over looking for the hydraulic jack and my brother in law yelled at me to grab his feet while he grabbed the front bumper and deadlifted the car up about eight inches while I dragged him out by his feet. My brother in law never lifted, wasn't a gym rat and quite honestly was in pretty terrible shape, yet he lifted a 75 nova with a V8 and auto trans enough by himself. My neighbor survived, spent a month in the hospital and another month in rehab, shattered hip, fractured femur, torn knee ligaments, broken wrist and broken arm, broken clavicle and some internal bleeding, he was fortunately young and able to heal. Always use quality jack stands and back those up with an actual jack if you can.

I would love to see a test on dead blow hammers. The Snap On prices are out of this world compared to the Trusty Cooks or Tektons. Durability of the handle and hammer face as well as recoil would be ideal, plus any other metrics you can measure. Keep up the great work!

I had a jack stand fail on me, 05' Expedition, very old stand from Kmart. Front tire off, floor jack was in way of point I needed to look at so had moved it away. Slid under that radial arm with bolt from shock pointed down right at the center of my heart. Heard a creak and the stand collapsed on itself. My chest went all the way flat. I knew I only had a few seconds before I would pass out. Somehow got the floor jack with my foot and slid it under the frame. Used my leg to work the jack and pump it up enough to get air in my lungs to start yelling for help. Lucked out that someone pulled in front of house to visit and the neighbors were outside to hear me. Because of that bolt pushing in my chest, they only raised it up a bit more and waited for the rescue crew to get there. Didn't want to take a chance on a puncture spurting out blood. The rescuers got that 5,000 pound beast off me and they don't know how, but even though my chest had been crushed flat and the bolt was an inch lower that the rest of the arm, I had no puncture and no broken ribs. Lots of bruises through that whole area of chest and sore for a few weeks, but no permanent damage. I kept that collapsed stand as a trophy and threw the mate away to no one could ever take the chance I did. Not long after the Expedition went to the salvage yard with that 5.4 3 valve problem that took out so many of them.