I once put the front drivers side of a Lincoln Town car down a pit. Wasn’t paying attention reversing out and bang, down it went. Scared the sh@@ out of me.Don’t you just love paying someone to do a job then end up putting it right yourself
I would love to have a four post lift of course.
Garages used to have a “pit” which you don’t see anymore. They’ve got their risks too of course, like falling in to it. I think they've been known to collapse too.
No need to bolt down !!! Feck ! that`s crazy . This is why most accidents happen at home . In the workplace LOLE Regs ( Lifting Equipment & Lifting Operations ) apply under H&S legislation and are very stringent . I had to deal with all that on construction site management and it still haunts me to this day as you don`t take chances under 81 tons of locomotive tender !! Even with industrial sized jackets we always lower onto big baulks of timber sleepers and not leave it on jacks when underneath .
Years ago at a previous house I had a garage built with a pit , it was brilliant and much safer than jacks or axle stands . The problem now is in the professional workplace , being near the edge of a pit is classed as `Working at Height ` under H&S regs and therefore comes with it`s own set of issues . Another point of concern that knocked pits on the head was the possibility of heavier than air fumes and gases filling the pit . We live in a totally risk averse society these days !Don’t you just love paying someone to do a job then end up putting it right yourself
I would love to have a four post lift of course.
Garages used to have a “pit” which you don’t see anymore. They’ve got their risks too of course, like falling in to it. I think they've been known to collapse too.
Agree that H&S is not a bad thing but everyone is jumping at shadows these days . Having started in engineering in 1968 when H&S at Work was an alien concept it`s a wonder I have lived so long !! Good to hear your approach to H&S though as far to many employers `wing it ` and hope they get away with it . My old vertebrae and disc issues are starting to raise their ugly head again after being ok since surgery in 2007 having had back trouble on and off for years . I am waiting to hear from a consultant after having an MRI scan . It was 17 years as Hooker in the front row of the scrum that did for me in the end but I still carried on doing weights at the gym and playing squash though despite my doctor telling me to exercise but take it easy . Don`t do taking it easy .
It was strange that like you with cricket , the 10 years I spent shoveling coal before promotion to loco driver never was a problem as the action is so different .
So many years of spending days driving hundreds of thousands of miles and so many hours in 70's and 80's company vehicles......all with poorly supported seating eventually requiring removal of a lower disc in my back leaving nerve damage to my left leg. Oddly now the most comfortable place for me to sit for hours is in a modern car.......even odder is that a C3 seat and its low position is the most comfortable of all places to sit!
4 post lifts are not portable as per the build standard, only "parking lifts" can get away with this as they don't have to meet BS EN 1493.
Vehicle pits are still around in commercial applications, I deal with several business local to me that still have them, signage, ventilation and barriers are all that's required.
C3 therapy ! It should be available on the NHS .
Will do . In my younger days I would swing about like a performing monkey on loco rebuilds , but now it is more like slowly slowly catchy monkey !
Well done Barry!
