The first kid I knew who died from any cause was 15 y/o. I was 14 y/o. He was working on his car and it slipped off the jack. I have always used jack stands but prefer ramps. The problem with my last 3 cars are the air dams that are so low they cannot be driven onto ramps.
I don’t like ramps
@Sgt,take a couple of 2" blocks and let the vehicle run up on them,thats how I get my Hondas up on the ramps-Kevin
My preference would be to keep jacks in place along with jackstands because personally, I don’t even trust heavy duty jackstands. It only takes one “who would have thought” and even a car lift has been known to fail now and then.
A long time friend of mine since high school lost his wife not many years ago due to a car falling on her. She had an old classic Thunderbird and was doing something with it when a wooden ramp gave way and crushed her. She was dead before the cops and paramedics arrived.
(The question might arise as to why the guy wasn’t doing the work. He’s a paraplegic and has been in a wheelchair since an auto accident a couple of years after graduating high school.)
@sgtrock21, I finally gave in and bought some lower plastic ramps so I can use them on modern cars rat sit that low.
“Cinder Blocks” have not been made or sold for decades…They are concrete blocks, a fine building material overlooked by most builders…But they were not made to support heavy loads turned on their sides…Supporting a car like this serves no purpose…
I agree with Caddy. Supporting a car like that is really stupid and dangerous. Those things can suddenly shatter and turn to gravel.
I’ve had to lift a car way up in the air to get a transmission out from under and used 4x4 cribbing under the wheels /and/ four monstrous jack stands. Even then, I still had trepidations about crawling under that thing but got it done safely.
LOL! Wow. That is some scary boneheaded stuff.
I almost forgot about that one. He is safety conscious- the rear wheel is blocked to prevent rolling…
Plus TWO…count 'em …TWO 2x4s for added security 
If he doesn’t have the RF wheel chocked then he’s only blocking it in one direction.
What’s that he’s welding on; the gas tank?
He’s a very trusting soul apparently.
Are those 2x4s or 4x4s? I can’t tell form the picture.
4x4s would be stronger, right? I guess it won’t matter which one they are if he bumps into one of them.