[DeTomaso] NPC Harbor Freight jack stands recall
Steve Lisa
stevelisa at patentit.com
Wed May 20 20:25:27 EDT 2020
Nice of you to remind everyone. We checked right away after getting the HF
email, and 8 of our race team jacks were on the recall list, and have
already been returned. It is scary to think how many of our crew and
weekend volunteers have been under cars with those jack stands.
Thankfully, our main endurance sports car now has air jacks -- with the
safety inserts for when crew are under the car. Not only is it faster, but
it is much safer.
Your advise is very, very sound. We train everyone to never be under the
car when things are rushed, and never to be under a car with less than all
four jackstands solidly in place. Even without a jack failure, we have had
the cars shift when the fueler pushes on the rear and lose a jack stand.
If the other three weren't there, it could have fallen on crew.
Thanks for the email.
Regards,
Steven G. Lisa, Esq.
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On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 3:07 PM Joseph F. Byrd, Jr. <byrdjf at embarqmail.com>
wrote:
> Not the same stand, but just show anything can break so have a backup (my
> failure would have been an OSHA near miss)
> As for the pawl type, don't they have provisions for a thru pin at several
> heights? (maybe I'm thinking of the tube type)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Detrich
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 13:27 PM
> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC Harbor Freight jack stands recall
>
> FYI - Jeff6559
>
> The Harbor Freight jack stands that we've all bought, borrowed or seen in
> our friends' garages are being recalled due to a risk of collapsing under
> load. Go check yours immediately.
>
> In a recall filed with the NHTSA on March 20 of this year, Harbor Freight
> explains that certain 6-ton jack stands have the potential to disengage
> their support pawl under shifting weight, causing the stand to drop
> suddenly. A second recall, filed May 3, extends the recall to 3-ton jack
> stands. The defect is attributed to aging tooling at the factory that
> produced the jack stands.
>
> The recall document says that the problem could affect more than 450,000
> 6-ton jack stands produced between 2013 and 2019 and nearly 1.3 million
> 3-ton jack stands produced between 2012 and 2020. These jack stands were
> sold under the Pittsburg brand name, and can be identified by item numbers
> 56371 or 61196 on 3-ton models, and 61197 on 6-ton models.
>
> Harbor Freight urges anybody in possession of affected jack stands to
> return them to the store in exchange for a gift card equal to the price of
> the stands. Any unsold jack stands covered by the recall have been removed
> from stores. Check on your buddies and spread the word around—these jack
> stands are ubiquitous, and a failure like this could be fatal.
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Nice of you to remind everyone.A We checked right away after getting
the HF email, and 8 of our race team jacks were on the recall list, and
have already been returned.A It is scary to think how many of our crew
and weekend volunteers have been under cars with those jackA stands.A
Thankfully, our main endurance sports car now has air jacks -- with the
safety inserts for when crew are under the car.A Not only is it
faster, but it is much safer.
Your advise is very, very sound.A We train everyone to never be under
the car when things are rushed, and never to be under a car with less
than all four jackstands solidly in place.A Even without a jack
failure, we have had the cars shift when the fueler pushes on the rear
and lose a jack stand.A If the other three weren't there, it could
have fallen on crew.A A
Thanks for the email.A A
Regards,A
Steven G. Lisa, Esq.
The Law Offices of Lisa & Lesko, LLC
Email: SteveLisa at PatentIt.comA
Direct: 480-442-0297
[1]www.PatentIt.com
Scottsdale OfficeA |A P:A 480.535.6656A |A A F:A 480.535.6628A
|A A A:A 7689 East Paradise Lane, Suite 2, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Chicago OfficeA |A P: 312.752.4357A |A F: 312.896.5633A |A A: 55 E.
Monroe Street, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60603
This email is intended only for the recipient above and may contain
confidential and privileged information. If you received this email in
error please destroy it and indicate such by return email to me. Thank
you.
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 3:07 PM Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.
<[2]byrdjf at embarqmail.com> wrote:
Not the same stand, but just show anything can break so have a
backup (my failure would have been an OSHA near miss)
As for the pawl type, don't they have provisions for a thru pin at
several heights?A (maybe I'm thinking of the tube type)
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:[3]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
On Behalf Of Jeff Detrich
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 13:27 PM
To: [4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC Harbor Freight jack stands recall
FYI - Jeff6559
The Harbor Freight jack stands that we've all bought, borrowed or
seen in our friends' garages are being recalled due to a risk of
collapsing under load. Go check yours immediately.
In a recall filed with the NHTSA on March 20 of this year, Harbor
Freight explains that certain 6-ton jack stands have the potential
to disengage their support pawl under shifting weight, causing the
stand to drop suddenly. A second recall, filed May 3, extends the
recall to 3-ton jack stands. The defect is attributed to aging
tooling at the factory that produced the jack stands.
The recall document says that the problem could affect more than
450,000 6-ton jack stands produced between 2013 and 2019 and nearly
1.3 million 3-ton jack stands produced between 2012 and 2020. These
jack stands were sold under the Pittsburg brand name, and can be
identified by item numbers
56371 or 61196 on 3-ton models, and 61197 on 6-ton models.
Harbor Freight urges anybody in possession of affected jack stands
to return them to the store in exchange for a gift card equal to the
price of the stands. Any unsold jack stands covered by the recall
have been removed from stores. Check on your buddies and spread the
word aroundathese jack stands are ubiquitous, and a failure like
this could be fatal.
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