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Date:         Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:27:09 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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David Beierl wrote:


> The regular jack will lift the vehicle just fine.  What it doesn't
> even attempt to do is provide the slightest fore-and-aft support --
> that's for you to do by chocking the wheels, using brakes, gears etc.


Church. I destroyed my OEM jack by nit-wittedly leaning against the rear
of the van when it was up on the jack. Van was in neutral, rolled a bit
(it was on a slope) and twisted that jack like so much licorice.


--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
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