RamDiver
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RamDiver
I used to live in Connecticut & New Hampshire
So i spent a few winters in snow, before i moved to Southern California
That particular type of Bumper Jack was well known to remove some skin and or fingers when the car slips sideways, because you hardly ever jack the vehicle up on level ground.
BUMPER JACKS ARE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS JACKS EVER MADE. I TEST ONE ON MY 1972 FORD GRAN TORINO
A lot of people have never used one of the most dangerous car jacks ever made. The bumper jack. So in this video I show you how they actually work. I lift up...www.youtube.com
This jack actually hooked under the bumper, hardly any of them had a slot cut into the bumper like in the video above
some of this type, had the hook on a type of chain
These were much safer
We will have to get confirmation from BlackGold6.4 but, I don't believe the jack he is using is a bumper jack, like you have shown.
Although a Jackall or Farm Jack has a similar action to the old style bumper jacks, the bumper connection is considerably superior, not that they don't slip off sometimes too.
I do recall those old style bumper jacks and remember using the types without the bumper slot. They seemed highly deficient and risky to use in comparison.
Using the flanged bracket without the bumper slot occasionally would hold onto the bumper quite adequately when it fit the bumper well and had a more pronounced hook at the bottom, as some did.
The jacks that hooked into the slot were much less likely to slide off, IIRC.
Those were the days when a proper tire iron was included, not like the toys we get now.
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