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I checked the Princess Auto site when I read this and they have nothing listed about a jack stand recall. I'm certain that these all come from the same factory.$52 for the 12 tons is a good price. Besides sturdiness, one of the advantages of those that I like is the wider base and therefore better stability over the little guys.
My 12 tons are probably a good 10 years old, maybe 15. So hopefully, those were built with reasonably new tooling still... Somehow I don't think they change the tooling every week out there...
And given the propensity of chinese factories to churn generic stuff to be rebranded, I wonder if other brands have the same issues potentially...
Thanks for posting this! I have one of the models... scary as I’ve just spent three days underneath my car with theseView attachment 2311965
Harbor Freight Jack Stands Recalled for Risk of Collapsing
Check yours immediately.www.roadandtrack.com
I believe I'm moving in the same direction...perhaps NAPA, maybe. I dropped off 2 6-tonners at Horrible Fright in Boise this am. Of course they have no replacements in stock and no idea when replacements arrive. It's "call after opening on Monday and maybe they'll be on the truck". I'll take the $50 gift card and get a couple of no-flat tires for a hay cart...about the only thing I can think of that's bulletproof from HF.Yea I am done with any HF jackstands or anything I am trusting my life to. Some may think thats a knee jerk reaction but I used these stands several times and now there is a recall.
I am fine with paying more for a piece of mind.
These HF ones are made to end a lifetimeI'll fix this.
's***ty Chinese tooling manufactured at the lowest possible cost paying workers the lowest possible wage using the lowest quality materials.'
This cheap throwaway Chinese s*** is f***ed. The whole world needs to wake up and stop buying this junk and go back to manufacturing quality stuff that lasts. Something like Jack stands used to be made and they would last a life time. Now they are designed to throw in the bin and buy a new set a few years later.
The problem is "manufacturing, operating, business integrity" it's really not in their DNA. It's understood when you choose to produce there, and if you are a quality driven brand, you put procedures in place on account of that. You can spec a high quality china made component, but if you're not regularly checking, inspecting quality of output, they'll start cutting corners in the most discreet ways. In this case what I understood was that the tool that stamps/forges the parts was way past its life cycle- the tool was worn out and they continued to churn out parts despite the issue.If you order stands from another company, you'd want to evaluate what that actually means. If NAPA, say, orders from the same chinese factory as HF under the same QC protocol, but maybe with just a different coat of paint, that really would not make any difference in terms of safety, of course. Just a different sticker. You'd want to have a company that actually imposes higher QC criteria on their chinese factory. But that's hard to figure out. Or buy from a company that actually makes the stands in the US, under high fear of lawsuits and under higher standards, meaning better QC and so safer. But then it'll be 5x the price.
It would be really nice to understand the problem with those recalled stands, maybe with some pics, so we can look at all our other stands and confirm they are safe. Anybody?
Clearly you failed Consumerism 101I'll fix this.
's***ty Chinese tooling manufactured at the lowest possible cost paying workers the lowest possible wage using the lowest quality materials.'
This cheap throwaway Chinese s*** is f***ed. The whole world needs to wake up and stop buying this junk and go back to manufacturing quality stuff that lasts. Something like Jack stands used to be made and they would last a life time. Now they are designed to throw in the bin and buy a new set a few years later.
On their own store page their 6 ton stands are only $160 as of today, not $200Here’s a US made 6ton stand: MSRP $199
Worth the extra $150 over the import junk
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U.S. Jack is the provider of durable and dependable hydraulic jacks that give you the strong lift you need, where you need it.www.usjack.com
It is worth noting that if we are to trust their description of the problem, the pawl may disengage under shifting weight. Meaning the vehicle moving around on the jack stands. If that happens, that is bad news with any jack stand, whatever the brand, and I hope I never get to experience that. And also why I always have a backup support and never have the truck fully up on just 4 stands. The latter, in particular, strikes me as a highly iffy proposition.