![]() Thankfully I'm not irresponsible as you suggest and nobody was hurt and no damage was done to equipment. ![]() The jack I had failed due to a seal internally, and it failed while I was lifting something up. For the record the stands I had never failed, but after lots of use the engagement pawl got loose enough where they would creak under certain conditions. You're very quick to jump to conclusions. When manufacturers make changes without fully vetting the impact of those changes on the product for equivalent or better form, fit or function, but cost benefit's, such issues can crop up. Even well informed and knowledgeable consumers are 2nd tier in this particular instance. It is purely the responsibility of the manufacturer. A consumer not being able to detect defective jack stands does not make the consumer irresponsible due to lack of examination or use. Consumers end up reporting defects when they encounter obvious defects, or stop using the product etc. Consumers buy products based on reviews etc., and then deal with them based on experience. It is not on the consumers typically to be able to detect defects prior to, or during purchase. However, the QC/QA (testing/inspection) procedures must be robust enough to prevent the release of materials under normal circumstances. The problem is when there are manufacturing defects, as with any product. Millions of people have used them safely for decades. There is nothing at all wrong with the standard A frame design used on the HF jack stands. Ridiculous, someone who never used a jack stand in their life was on the marketing department team and suggested that. It is so pathetic when they make something like that and don't give customers a larger base to save on metal, yet still charge way more than appropriate for what a little more metal would've cost, and yet they go and paint them red. Not only overpriced, but their base is too small a footprint so they are more dangerous than the average lower cost 3 ton stands using an A-frame. However, cheap doesn't necessarily mean the cheapest possible, in that case something has to give to end up at that lower price point and quality control is the usual area where that happens. On the contrary, after a certain point a person would have to be foolish to pay a premium to get the same job done because they relied on marketing rather than common sense and real life observation. There is nothing wrong with cheap jack stands if they are manufactured properly. It is on you to inspect them, the same whether they are cheap or expensive. The HF jack stand situation is about defects, and defects can occur with any stand no matter the price. That happened because you were irresponsible in examination or use. ^ That had nothing to do with whether they were cheap.
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