The jack stands are made by AME and are good for 20 ton each, I bought them off and on when there were deals, they are heavy, but built well. I have two heights, those were the low ones, the high ones are close to twice as tall. They are about $250 each, I bought them from Amazon when they had them as warehouse returns and Zoro tools when I had a good coupon. I also have some OTC that are a pin style, they are decent, but I would never use them on anything but concrete, the AME ones will hold up well to uneven surfaces. When you are off kilter, it makes turning the thread portion hard with the load on it, ask me how I know.
As for the the auction, I missed that one, probably a good thing though.
Today the guy that I delivered the engine to yesterday said my chains would be ready because he was putting the engine in storage for the winter. I stopped by around 10:30, the chains weren’t ready, he said if I helped him put the engine away, I could take the chains, no problem. Well it was, first the engine and trans didn’t fit as one piece (he was going to store them both and I would get the trans back later), once again, no problem, we can separate them. So by this time I am soaked, the trans is stuck on the clutch and won’t come apart, we finally get it apart, as he is backing out of the shop, he doesn’t raise the engine enough, the oil pan grabs on the pavement, slides the chains and on its side it goes.
broke a few parts, luckily not on the turbo side, so now I am trying to hook up the chains and get it back on the forks, basically another clusterfack, his machine has no brakes so he is really jerky and it was actually a bit nerve racking. After a couple more close calls we got it in the storage container and I picked up the trans and left, only I forgot my chains. Went back and got them, then headed to meet up with my Cousin and a friend to do some basic plasma table training. I am still wet from the engine incident, so I feel like going home.
