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Old 02-07-2019, 03:22 PM   #61
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Default Re: 120 people killed in DIY car maintenance accidents in Australia since 2000

I have an old bus.... checking the air is the most nerve racking experience of owning it. The spare has a webbing rope wrapped around it in case the rings ever slip.


Truck and bus tyres run up to 120 psi max, typically 80-90psi. That's a lot of air instantaneously releasing.
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Old 02-07-2019, 05:54 PM   #62
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Now i dont know how much truth is to this, but one of the old blokes i work with was saying a lot of the people who got asbestosis were the wives of the workers in the asbestos mines. This was due to shaking out dirty work clothes before washing them. Dunno if thats true but it sounds plausable. His next theory im not entirely sold on, but he also reckons heavy smokers were less likely to have fibres penetrate due to the layer of tar in their lungs. My thought on that is lung cancer probably got them first.
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Sally Williams reports on the women who have suffered painfully lingering deaths from cancer - and all because they washed the asbestos off their husband's overalls
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Old 03-07-2019, 08:44 AM   #63
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I still see places selling car stands without the four supports.... putting all that weight on a 4cm squared weld does not make sense....
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Old 03-07-2019, 11:36 AM   #64
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I don't think I've ever seen a car stand that I'd call suitable & safe for a Falcon.
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