i nearly f****d up today..working on my square !!!

[Old77]

A family member lost their 3 or 4 yr old when a car he was working on fell forward while running in gear and crushed the lil boy between the car and house. He never picked up a wrench again. Changed his whole lifestyle from working on cars for a living to home a/c work he wont even change his own oil or air filters or anything now.

 

[dhamp]

Man, that's tragic. What an awful thing to happen.

 

[Old77]

no kidding and those of us that are dad's to young kids hits too close to home. Things like this is exactly why I make my kids stay far away from the car while I work on it. I can teach them what I'm doing later on but at this point I'm paranoid about this very thing happening

 

[Dieselshine]

I had something along the lines of this happen to me once with the 5 ton cube truck we had for a wash truck with our polish shop I polished the rims and forgot to throw the airbrake back on before dropping it on the ground as soon as I dropped the front end she started rolling in towards the shop it was only a car length away defs a scary feeling luckily I had planned over and over in my head for this for not knowing if a coemployee threw the brakes back on or not on other trucks so I was quick to react I kick myself in the ass all the time cause I have a habit of putting safety second or third, now I always check brakes before dropping a truck on the ground kinda funny the one time it happens is when its my own responsibility.....

 

[HotRodPC]

I had something along the lines of this happen to me once with the 5 ton cube truck we had for a wash truck with our polish shop I polished the rims and forgot to throw the airbrake back on before dropping it on the ground as soon as I dropped the front end she started rolling in towards the shop it was only a car length away defs a scary feeling luckily I had planned over and over in my head for this for not knowing if a coemployee threw the brakes back on or not on other trucks so I was quick to react I kick myself in the ass all the time cause I have a habit of putting safety second or third, now I always check brakes before dropping a truck on the ground kinda funny the one time it happens is when its my own responsibility.....

Somethings happen for a reason. In this instance, noone was hurt, no damage and after going the bathroom, wiping your ass and turning your underwear inside out to keep the skids away, I bet you learned. That's one of those situations I say, I couldn't even swallow cuz my balls were in my throat.