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Posted 25 March 2013
Axle Stands - 2 Tonne - 3 stage height adjust - folding legs £9.99 instore @ Lidl from Monday 1st April
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Sturdy metal construction with pin and chain
3-stage height adjustments: approx (cm): 27.6 / 32.3 / 36.3
Foldable legs for easy storage
Max. load per stand (Tonne): 2
2 year manufacturer's warranty
Sturdy metal construction with pin and chain
3-stage height adjustments: approx (cm): 27.6 / 32.3 / 36.3
Foldable legs for easy storage
Max. load per stand (Tonne): 2
2 year manufacturer's warranty
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23 Comments
sorted byHow long does it take you to remove the flat tyre and put the spare on. If you can't do it with only a jack you probably shouldn't be doing it at all!!
Wouldn't a jack be better?
nice Freudian slip
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Must have a 3 wheeler eh? As i have never had my head stuck under a car when changing a tyre. Maybe i'm just doing it wrong.
What about the people who do other jobs on their cars?! Agree with carperkm, jacks are for lifting the car up, axle stands are for holding the vehicle stable whilst it is being worked on.
Oh yes, of course axle stands are needed when doing other jobs on your car, but this all started from the first comment (quoted below & important bit in bold). Carrying them around in your boot is just carrying around unnecessary weight!!
Of course you need a Jack, but the small scissor jacks are notoriously unstable and weak. so i guess its how much you care to risk your own health on using just a scissor jack.
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If you are going under the car....then absolutely use stands. For a roadside puncture though? If used sensibly there is no reason for a scissor jack to fail.....never seen it. Even if it did fail...no risk to health, is there?
... And I was replying to the smart **** comment about a jack being better. We all know you need a jack to change a wheel, these are invaluable for people who work in their car.
Quite the opposite really.. a fully intended misspelling.
Believe me it's hairy when it fails. I was changing a wheel a few weeks ago and was used to leaving my car (Saab) with just the ignition key lock on forgetting that this doesn't lock the rear wheels as the handbrake has a tendency to freeze in cold weather so this was left off.
There's only a very gentle slope on my drive but enough to make the scissor jack topple as there was nothing stopping the back wheels rolling backwards. Totally my own stupid fault but it didn't half come down with a crash straight onto the front disc!!! As I was only changing a wheel, I wasn't under the car and it was impossible to get a trolley jack anywhere under the front chassis/ suspension links etc. to try to get the car in the air to get the wheel back on. Fortunately the man from Britannia had a hefty jack with which he managed to jack up the side of the car enough for me to get my trolley jack under the front and complete the job. He kindly put it down to a flat tyre rather than "assisting a **** who didn't know what he was doing".
I usually - apart from on this occasion! - put the wheel that I have just removed under the side sill until I have got the replacement wheel on as a precaution should the jack fail.
Lesson learnt.
I've only ever had a car fall off a jack once - but I would only use axel stands if I was getting under the car. I also had a hydraulic jack fail in use, so I wouldn't trust one of them either if going under the car. Not sure I'd trust these Lidl ones either, with 2 tons above me.
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