[DeTomaso] So you think you had a bad day at the shop?

[Dave Londry]

Could have been Monty Python alright.

The owner's brother was working on it when it went over.
It had the decency to roll  away from the lift, or it might have been a 
lot blacker.


On 07/12/2017 3:57 PM, Charles Engles wrote:
> Dear Dave,
>
>
>                   I apologize for this digression, but when you said, "They said it 'just fell off' ", it triggered a synapse for a bit of humor about "the bow fell off".
>
>                   There is enough British humor here.that Julian will enjoy it, I suspect.
>
>                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T587NHM-f9o
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>                                    Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Dave Londry
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:31 PM
> To: Jeff Detrich
> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] So you think you had a bad day at the shop?
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> I didn't see the aftermath Jeff. They said it "just fell off".
> Their shop insurer sent a guy out to inspect it and he had nothing to say either.
> Rating was 12,000 lbs.
>
> Something flexed?
> Something was missing a pin?
> Guy just plain set the pads too close?
> other?
>
> Dave
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> On 07/12/2017 7:42 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>> F150 one post lift:  Post failure or just loaded incorrectly? I doubt
>> that my single post is rated for the weight of an F150.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com
>> <mailto:davel at emspace.com>> wrote:
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>>         That's pretty scary Ken.
>>         Those were almost all 2 post lifts with the spreading arms. And the
>>         posts hadn't failed.
>>
>>         One of my customers had an F150 fall off a 1-post so I was
>>      expecting
>>         that type of failure.
>>         Dave
>>
>>         On 06/12/2017 12:51 PM, Ken Green via DeTomaso wrote:
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>>          [1][1]http://autooverload.com/car-lift-fails/
>>      <http://autooverload.com/car-lift-fails/>
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>>      References
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>>         1. [2]http://autooverload.com/car-lift-fails/
>>      <http://autooverload.com/car-lift-fails/>
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