bullskin
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In responding to another thread I realized that I should post a warning about handyman jacks. Perhaps this is common knowledge, but I had never heard of it until it happened to me. I had a jack with a weak spring which failed to engage properly on the upstroke. As a result, the handle would occasionally be launched violently upward on the upstroke--and I mean hard. Luckily, it missed my head, and after that I learned to keep my head away from and below the jack handle--and that was a good thing because it happened more than once. I finally threw it away (sort of...another story).
If you own a handyman, then my advice is to get rid of it. If that is not practical, then NEVER push down on the handle with your body above it. Always pull from below.
-Dad
Has anyone else ever had this happen to them?
If you own a handyman, then my advice is to get rid of it. If that is not practical, then NEVER push down on the handle with your body above it. Always pull from below.
-Dad
Has anyone else ever had this happen to them?