Harbor Freight jack stand safety recall

[wgator]

Incase anyone has harbor freight jack stands, there is a safety recall on certain ones. CLICK HERE FOR RECALL NOTICE

 

[greeno]

Buy once, cry once.

Buy junk from HF, no one will hear you cry.


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[Greg8352]

You know something bad had to have happened. My grandparents bought a farm from the estate of a man who died under a jacked up tractor.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Buy once, cry once.

Buy junk from HF, no one will hear you cry.


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Never had an issue with mine. Jackstands are very basic tools. HF or not.

Sounds like the typical sour grapes on your part.

 

[dirtydeed]

I received the notice yesterday. I had purchased a set about a year ago to be used only for supporting the rear of my trailer when loading my tractor. They reside in my trailer tongue toolbox and are only used for that purpose. I'm not going to worry about it.

 

[RCW]

Just checked mine...numbers don’t match.


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[RCW]

wgator -

I was remiss in thanking you for the heads up.

I’m sure a lot of OTT guys and gals have these.

My son was under his car with them last summer.... and I use them often.

While mine aren’t the P/N #’s, makes me feel better knowing someone like you wants to have our back....

Thanks again.


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[SidecarFlip]

Thread on TBYNet about them. Interestingly, I also have a pair from Autozone that are identical in every way to the HF stands. I bet made by the same Chinese company. Scary thought.

 

[CaveCreekRay]

I once witnessed a 46,000 lb aircraft tug at LAX supported at one end by two 6-ton HF jack stands. The feet were pressed at least two inches into the asphalt. I asked the mechanic who was changing the immense tires and he said they "never get under the tugs." Good safety tip. He also said they had never had a failure.

 

[SidecarFlip]

I once witnessed a 46,000 lb aircraft tug at LAX supported at one end by two 6-ton HF jack stands. The feet were pressed at least two inches into the asphalt. I asked the mechanic who was changing the immense tires and he said they "never get under the tugs." Good safety tip. He also said they had never had a failure.

Ray, don't be a stranger.......

I've abused mine to no end (jackstands) as well. I had to build a set of inclined ramps out of .40 retention 2" planks to back my M9 up so I can change the PTO shafts out without loosing any fluid.

Had a set of HF ramps and my M9 flattened them first time I backed up them. Oh well.

I would imagine the jackstands are label rated at 25% of what the breaking limit is, barring the wonky casting.

 

[BigG]

HF tools can be good or bad. I have a $14 grinder that has lasted just as long as the $75 Makita.

I bought a pair of 13,000 pound ramps to lift the front of my GMC dually pickup for oil changes, 4,500 pounds. A safety factor of 3. I should have been good and safe. NOT! The first and the second pair broke on their first try. 4x4 low range so I could ease up on the ramp.

I went old school 2-2x12s with 4x4s screwed between them. Heavy as all get out but I do not worry about being under the truck.

 

[SidecarFlip]

HF tools can be good or bad. I have a $14 grinder that has lasted just as long as the $75 Makita.

I bought a pair of 13,000 pound ramps to lift the front of my GMC dually pickup for oil changes, 4,500 pounds. A safety factor of 3. I should have been good and safe. NOT! The first and the second pair broke on their first try. 4x4 low range so I could ease up on the ramp.

I went old school 2-2x12s with 4x4s screwed between them. Heavy as all get out but I do not worry about being under the truck.

Must be the same ramps I bought and my M9 squashed. Really wimpy. Thought about returning them but wondered if they would give me a refund for flat ramps... I'm pretty sure I took them over the design limits.

I have no luck with the cheap corded grinders, I manage to find the smoke pretty quick and they really stink. Must be the rice paper insulation.

On the other hand, I bought a Bauer 20 volt 4.5" angle grinder and it's been perfect but you need to run the high amp hour battery for it to run a descent amount of time.

I checked all 6 of my HF jackstands and the cast in teeth in the uprights fully engage the pawl handle. Cannot tell the serial numbers anymore, all worn away from use.

My big issue with the wood ones I made was they kept slipping out from under the wheels on my smooth concrete apron, so I installed 4 snowmobile ice studs in the bottom. They bite now.

 

[Captain13]

The recalled stands have a design flaw in the teeth of the portion that raises and lowers. The teeth are not cut deep enough on the recalled jacks therefor the latch may not fully engage causing the jack to drop under load or if there is a weight shift such as lowering a load supported by a hydraulic jack onto a jack stand where the potential lateral load shift occurs as the jacks wheels roll as it unloads. I wouldn’t use them for anything. The teeth appear to be about 18 of an inch deep. Nowhere near deep enough for 3 or 6 tons.

 

[SidecarFlip]

The recalled stands have a design flaw in the teeth of the portion that raises and lowers. The teeth are not cut deep enough on the recalled jacks therefor the latch may not fully engage causing the jack to drop under load or if there is a weight shift such as lowering a load supported by a hydraulic jack onto a jack stand where the potential lateral load shift occurs as the jacks wheels roll as it unloads. I wouldn’t use them for anything. The teeth appear to be about 18 of an inch deep. Nowhere near deep enough for 3 or 6 tons.

First off, jack stands don't have wheels and secondly, the ram and teeth are cast not machined at all.

Finally, considering the retail markup on them, I bet HF pays about 2 bucks each including shipping from China.

I own 4 sets of them in the 6 ton flavor. Never had an issue.

 

[ccoon520]

First off, jack stands don't have wheels and secondly, the ram and teeth are cast not machined at all.

Finally, considering the retail markup on them, I bet HF pays about 2 bucks each including shipping from China.

I own 4 sets of them in the 6 ton flavor. Never had an issue.

First, they weren't talking about the jack stands having wheels. They were talking about the jack being used to lift the vehicle onto the stands having wheels. So the potential lateral movement from that jack lowering then loading the compromised Jack Stands.

Second, they never said anything about machining. The teeth not cut deep enough isn't referring to the manufacturing process but instead visualization of the final result basically saying the teeth are too shallow.

Lastly, it isn't the times that something works as designed without issues that cause a recall. It is the times that something doesn't work as designed and maims or kills people that causes a recall.

You can continue to use your stuff as you see fit you're an adult but please don't try and dissuade people from getting the recall just because your stuff has all worked so far. It could get someone who was on the fence about it hurt or killed.

 

[SidecarFlip]

"The recalled stands have a design flaw in the teeth of the portion that raises and lowers. The teeth are not cut deep enough on the recalled jacks therefor the latch may not fully engage causing the jack to drop under load or if there is a weight shift such as lowering a load supported by a hydraulic jack onto a jack stand where the potential lateral load shift occurs as the jacks wheels roll as it unloads. I wouldn***8217;t use them for anything. The teeth appear to be about 18 of an inch deep. Nowhere near deep enough for 3 or 6 tons.

Beg your pardon I bolded both statements, first is the teeth in the ram are cast not machined and secondly, no wheels involved. You'd better read the post then comment...

Comment number 13. Go read it...

 

[ccoon520]

Sidecar,
I did. Here I rebolded the second part to include the full context. They are talking about a rolling floor jack and not a bottle jack. So you can beg all you want.
If there is a weight shift such as lowering a load supported by a hydraulic jack onto a jack stand where the potential lateral load shift occurs as the jacks wheels roll as it unloads.

Notice how they used "jacks" (should have been jack's but this isn't about grammar this is about comprehension) and not "jack stands".

Again, the First part was for visualization. They were using cut as a descriptor verb of the teeth size and depth not as a description of how the part was built. They in no part mentioned the actual manufacturing process and taking what they said literally is a misinterpretation.

If you want to get technical on it they do have to cut the casting mold and/or machine the original part which the mold is then formed around. Instead of reading to reply try reading to understand a lot of these mistakes would have sorted themselves out.

 

[motionclone]

Sidecar,
I did. Here I rebolded the second part to include the full context. They are talking about a rolling floor jack and not a bottle jack. So you can beg all you want.
If there is a weight shift such as lowering a load supported by a hydraulic jack onto a jack stand where the potential lateral load shift occurs as the jacks wheels roll as it unloads.

Notice how they used "jacks" (should have been jack's but this isn't about grammar this is about comprehension) and not "jack stands".

Again, the First part was for visualization. They were using cut as a descriptor verb of the teeth size and depth not as a description of how the part was built. They in no part mentioned the actual manufacturing process and taking what they said literally is a misinterpretation.

If you want to get technical on it they do have to cut the casting mold and/or machine the original part which the mold is then formed around. Instead of reading to reply try reading to understand a lot of these mistakes would have sorted themselves out.

uh oh, you may piss him off and he doesnt take that very well.

 

[wgator]

Another heads up in case someone got replacement 3 ton Pittsburgh jack stands for their recalled one. Apparently at least 1 replacement one failed at the weld seam. article at following link:

Harbor Freight Customer's Replacement Jack Stands Immediately Failed Too

Reminder: Be careful with any new jack stand.

www.thedrive.com

 

[KubCorri]

I was lowering one side of a 3000 lb tractor with a FLOOR JACK. The other side was supported with the HF 61196 3-ton jack stand. I can imagine the wheels on the FLOOR JACK did roll a bit. Whatever, the HF 61196 collapsed or tipped over. The axle housing squashed the HF 61196 - I was out of the way. Both jack stands were put away as a reminder.

I am SO GLAD wgator posted his/her message. After having exchaned a faulty bench grinder, I will never buy anything that moves or that could be dangerous from HF. Come to think, why should any American buy anything chinese? Even if the item is of superior quality, we just don't need to send any more dollars to the evil empire.