Jackstands was Various responses

[Kneale Brownson]

At 06:47 AM 10/22/2000 -0700, james accordino wrote:
>   Even when I put mine on good
>jackstands, I try to shake the body pretty hard side
>to side and front to back to see how stable it is or
>if I can dislodge it.  I want to KNOW this BEFORE I
>ever climb under there and start pulling with a big
>wrench or something.  I'm NOT having a vehicle fall on
>me if I can help it at all.  That's enough for this
>soapbox.  Hopefully people take this as seriously as
>it is.

I use a sturdy floor jack to get the jackstands in place, and then leave 
the floor jack raised and locked as a fifth point of support that's not 
likely to tip over.