Re: [ihc] Pics of the rock fix on my torn out spring mount, Don't take this for granite

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@xxxxxxxxx>]

John M. Adams wrote:

> Well, they held it up until the shackle broke... Tom, I suspect that you are
> younger than me, and therefore still 'immortal'. These days, I wouldn't be
> caught dead (ha ha) underneath 2 and a half tons of truck without support,
> even if I thought my big head MIGHT clear the downward bounce when the jack
> failed.
>  
Why thank you, John.  So often I meet people that think I should look 
like Hofs from the way I come across... :D

I'm hardly immortal - I'd be a much better race driver if I were. :)  I 
do, however, believe in calculated risks, and I wouldn't worry too much 
about the Scout coming down far enough to hurt me in a situation like 
that pictured.  No matter now far the frame and body fell, it would 
eventually get to where the frame contacted the axle, which had tires on 
the ground.  The weldor was more or less under the axle housing, so the 
frame won't be coming any lower than that unless the tires experience a 
quick blow-out or the axle housing breaks in half (which, BTW, I *have* 
done).

Of course, mostly, I was trying to cover for Hofs, just in case 
Oldtimers was setting in, and he neglected some safety steps. :D  
Tom Mandera, Helena MT
Aged beyond his 27 years.. :D