@@meyou245 bro have you ever worked on anything? Or is that the first line of your chilton? Lol. For the people who don’t keep jackstands in their back pocket: just exercise good judgement 🇺🇸
@Phuck Onyou Bro, he is working in a garage, with a jack. (With 2 blocks of wood in-between) It only takes a few seconds to be safe. Have you ever had to respond to a fire rescue call for someone that was found dead under a vehicle in their garage? I have, and it ain't pretty.
I learned in over thirty years doing shop work two very important things, steel toed shoes and never lift or get beneath your works when you are alone. I love watching your channel and hope to keep watching it. Your wife should be pissed dude. Good time for you to invest in a couple of dozen roses.
I know you were in pain but when you started describing your problem and how everything was in different areas of your garage, I just could not stop laughing each time. Hope your foot is okay.
Casey, glad your foot isn't too bad. When I first saw that floor jack, I was looking for the jack stands. For heavens sake get a set or use wood blocks under the frame when working like that. I had a friend who was seriously hurt when his car fell off a floor jack. He learned his lesson real quick. Spent a month in the hospital and rehab after that. Jeep looks cool though.
Yep. Unless there's an emergency, jacks are for lifting only. Jack stands go under before people go under. Jack stands are akin to any other essential PPE (eye protection, face shields, earmuffs, welding helmets,, chainsaw chaps, etc.).
I like how these are a bolt-on set that you can use on different vehicles if you need to, and you can store them for most of the year without having to maintain them, compared to a dedicated vehicle if you aren't using it year-round. Versatility is king especially if you do different things all the time, which it seems like you do. Can't wait to see these tracks put to use in the snow soon!
Come on snow and not very smart people getting stuck. Thanks to the Misses for being close by ! Awesome video and job of course, come on snow !👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Everybody has done a similar thing at some time in their life so treat that as a warning, Axle stands are a the life saver. Glad you are ok though and the wife is a keeper. Take care Casey. 👍
I have a great neighbor I can call when I am going to do something stupid (which is somewhat frequently) and ask him if he wouldn't mind coming over and watching me do that something stupid. He is more than happy to oblige. He's an EMT too. Sometimes he offers alternatives to my initial plan. Sometimes I listen. Sometimes I don't. So far, so good. I still have all my initial parts, and for the most part, still work as expected.
Looks great! Can't wait to see it in action. As to your oopsie, a set of Jack stands would have prevented that. 40 years ago when I was a kid, guy got crushed(he survived but was messed up) at a local car towing and repair place. A day later dad had 4 jack stands. Always used them since, even on my 600lb golf cart.
@@masondegaulle5731 Jack stands really are life savers. Even the recalled harbor freight ones probably saved more lives than they failed for. I'm not a big safety nerd like "you're not wearing safety goggles while sanding" but seriously, frickin jack stands take like 10 seconds to push under and lift up. You lower the jack and it's not going anywhere. Of course we got to see Casey's gorgeous wife, so I guess it's a win in that fashion :)
Yes, jack stands are THE lesson of this video!!! I used to crawl under cars all the time, but would never go under that 2 tons of metal before securely mounting the car on at least two if not four stands.
Glad you are ok. I to work alone in my shop and yes, I have done things that led to injury. So I can’t criticize. I like the tracks on the jeep. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Thank you Thank you! You are my go to guy for fear deflection for my wife now. Few months ago I too had an alone in the shop incident where I found my self in a pickle of a predicament. I also made the mistake of calling my wife who was shopping at the time but only after I had called a friend who was not answering his phone at the time. She was too long out so I ended up calling 9-1-1 and gave the 1st responders one hell of a laugh. (Note; I had my phone in my pocket luckily!) When she got home the Ambulance crew was coming out of the shop with an empty gurney and she was sure it was because I was dead. Sorry Babe, my bad. But she is still reluctant to trust me to work in the shop now. So she insists if I am doing something with jacks or lifts that she be present. Hope this fear passes quickly. So now I can say Oh yeah, but Casey .. .. .. .. LoL!
Note to self: When extending jack, put Jack on top of large heavy pice of timber. Not timber on top of jack. You were lucky Mate! I found out when the damm Land Rover nearly landed on my head!
Not with a floor jack. The way it articulates the jack has to roll or the jeep. This is part of the reason for using jack stands before you get rough with the vehicle.
Been there, done that. Back about 15 years ago I was helping a friend put a lift kit on his super duty under a shed on his dads farm. He had the rear axle on jack stands and he was cranking on the rear ubolts to loosen them. All of the sudden the jack stand sank into the diesel soaked asphalt floor and dudes foot was pinned under the rear brake disc. He ended up alright, but 2am trips to the ER are the best!
When I work on a vehicle alone, I always use 2 or more jack stands to prevent a mishap from happening. Safety is job 1.. Glad you didn't get hurt, Casey.
True story, my dad was, a patient of his got bit on the foot by a snake and he cut is foot off fearing he was going to die. Brought the foot and himself to our house to get fixed... He lived sans foot. Great video Casey. Love the Jeep stuff.
Glad the accident was not worse and you are OK! Great video and thanks for dropping the sound at the appropriate time to save our ears! Best wishes and carry on!
I stack blocks on my HF jack all the time, it is always sketchy, I also need to get an extension. I think the jeep is going to do great in the snow. The deep stuff wont be a problem with that light weight rig and all that surface area on the tracks....but when you do find the limit and get it stuck, you will have a great reason to buy a snow cat! Nice shop!
I will tell you about something that happened to me. I was mid 20s, and I was a heavy equipment mechanic for a logging company. My 1960 Oldsmobile had a vibration, so was going to check the center carrier bearing of the drive line. I drove it up on blocks to get under it, and blocked it so that it could not roll further forward. I did not do ANYTHING to prevent it from rolling backward. The only thing holding it up there was the transmission in park. I then crawl under the car, and pull the driveline off of the differential. The car immediately started rolling back down the ramps. I did have enough presence of mind to turn over on my back. The frame went across my stomach. If it had went across my chest it would have killed me. I could just barely breathe. My 6 year old was playing in the front yard. Since I almost could not breathe, I could barely talk. He finally got close enough and I told him to go get his Mother. She was across the street at my Mother's house. I could see her just moseying across the street, and when she got close enough I told her to get this thing off of me. She yelled at my Mother to come over. All that they had to raise the car up was the factory bumper jack used to change a tire. They would jack a little, and then block it, jack a little and then block. These 2 house wives had way more common sense than me at this point. This happened almost 50 years ago, and I remember the feeling that I had when this happened. EVERY time I crawl under something, I think about that incident. Very seldom in this world are we given a second chance. I am soooooo lucky.
Lol! It might take me a weekend to tell you all of the stupid stuff I have done. I’m happy you didn’t get hurt. My 1969 Camaro fell off the Jack stands and pinched me between the car and the wall. I had to push it up on the Jack stands and over the other side to get out.
Very curious to see how the tracks work out, they certainly look bad ass. Went on a snowmobiling trip to Yellowstone several years ago and there was all kinds of super cool tracked vehicles driving around. During the winter any vehicles that travel inside the park itself were required to be on tracks of some type. The people in our group were all excited about seeing and taking pictures of the wildlife and various geological/thermal features where I was more enamored with all the different tracked vehicles. I highly suggest everyone visit the Yellowstone area in winter at least once in their life. It’s absolutely amazing!!!
Casey, I am glad that you are ok. I hope that your foot heals quickly. Thank goodness your wife was home and able to rescue you. The Jeep looks awesome on the tracks, I look forward to seeing it in action. Stay safe and have a great week.
Whenever working alone, I let one person know what I'm up to and they keep checking especially when I'm under the vehicle. Good to know that you are safe, and a composite toe boots would be best, light weight and safer.
Jack from under the springs not under the diff.That way, you have the resistance of the opposite tire/track on the ground to help this from happening. Using jack stands would also help to prevent this. Use cribbing under the jack instead of blocks on top of it. This would take extra time but less time and pain than a injured foot. Stay safe!
A floor jack needs to roll under the load as the lift point changes. They can't move on wood making it even more unstable. Putting it on cribbed jackstands is mostly safe if all corners of the stand are equally supported.
I remember back in the early 70's, an ambulance call I went out on involved a young man crushed under his car that he had up on the old bumper jack that kicked out. He lived but had broken ribs and a punctured lung. He then got pneumonia and spent a while in the hospital. Be careful cause you have a lot to live for!
One of our 24 Hours of LeMons team members is a retired trauma surgeon and typically he treated 3-5 injuries a year of men that have dropped vehicles on themselves. Many times he learned that he wife would discover them when they did not show up for dinner, bed, etc. he would hear reports of men that did not make to the ER. So dam you seem like a nice person so do your best to stick around and make / get some proper high lift supports.
Kudos Casey! (Not for what you think) I've never had a Content Creator who was more in tune with his audience by muffeling the racket on their videos! Also, anyone else would have errased this. We all learned something here my friend...
It was for guys just like you and me that OSHA was formed! Glad you are OK. When working alone always remember, think twice what you can do if something falls on you! Then put in safety catched to take the load instead of you. The old tires lying on their side two high may have saved you some pain, both physical and wife mental! LOL! Be safe Casey, we want to see the jeep in the snow soon! I like seeing your wife in the videos, she is a sweetheart.
Glad you are not injured. Brings to mind the time I was laying under a 1971 mercury capri trying to get the v-6 engine back on the motor mounts and the blocks tipped over, leaving me bench pressing the motor to keep it off my chest. I couldn’t let go of it and couldn’t get it anywhere near the mounts without the blocks taking some of the weight. My girlfriend was upstairs in the split level house and couldn’t hear me yelling. A half hour later she happened to come down stairs to do some laundry and finally heard me. Talked her through hooking up the engine hoist again and finally made it out.
Well thankfully you're OK, and at least it happened at home and not 20 miles out in the middle of nowhere! Hey, at least your wife remained calm and was able to help you out of your predicament. Now let's see those tracks doing some recoveries in the snow!
I just found your TH-cam channel so I don't know what kind of other upgrades you've done to your rig but one thing I remember from watching others putting tracks on their rigs is that you really need to beef up every piece of hardware relating to your stearing. Turning the tracks if they end up in deep mud or snow will take a whole lot more doing than turning any size wheels! So for your sake I hope you have had this in mind and don't get yourself stranded with boiling powerstearingfluids or worse, like blown hoses, fittings or any other major part that can't be fixed on the side of the road or out in the wild... Other than that, it sure looks killer and like a really sweet recovery rig. I'll be sure to tag along and have now subscribed for your new content 🙂
Like I said before in an other video, just found you 🙂 . Love your vid's, really nice place to work in. Very jealous, can tell you that much haha. You have 1 new subscriber as of just now. Going to your vid's 1 by one and no order at all. Good luck with the snow and greetings from Holland. O, why i like the video's, you show what it is, not just the "good" stuff, also the mistakes. Honest video's. Love it.
I like that you use harbor freight tools and don't mind talking about them. Several years ago a friend of mine asked me why I use such a low quality tool brand to which I responded by regaling him with the following story. I was doing some work on my 97 F250 and snapped the breaker bar I was using. Thinking I had purchased it at harbor freight I took it there to get a warranty replacement. The employee I spoke with showed me that the tool had in fact never been sold there but in the same breath told me they would honor the warranty anyway and gave me a new one. Since then if I need a tool the only reason for not buying it there is if they don't have it. Any tool is only as good as it's warranty so as far as I'm concerned harbor freight tools are just as good as any other brand and in some circumstances better.
Never use a hydraulic floor jack as your primary support, too many things can go wrong. Use jackstands , wood or steel cribbing as primary support and use the floor jack as a secondary safety backup. Also always use wheel chocks. It is tempting to cut corners, but the risk can be fatal, especially working under the vehicle.
I was setting an old travel trailer up on blocks a couple years ago and the jack slipped right as I was putting a piece of wood on top of the block... Smashed/pinned 2 of my fingers and it was NOT pleasant... My wife (thankfully) heard me scream (like a little girl, lol) and came and was able to lift it after repositioning the jack.. Came very close to cutting the tips of 2 fingers off!
No, lesson number two is…. DONT STACK BLOCKS ON THE JACK AT ALL! Always secure a vehicle on jack stands. Use proper equipment and LIVE. For about $250 you can have the truck floor jack, long and heavy, but it lifts over 2 feet high. Bought mine 15 years ago from HF, love it.
Tracks on the JEEP should be a real asset to your operation, I think 🤔 it’s a great move👍👍. Oh and yes very good advise about calling a friend when you make a error in judgment 😂👀.
A lesson learned was a friend named Randy was under his truck and the air line to the air bag gave way. The truck came down on his chest and killed him. Never get under a vehicle that is just on a jack. Stand. Can save your life.
1st item on shopping list: jack stands. 2nd item on list: steel toed boots. I almost lost it when i saw the truck jacked up that high to put the tracks on without jack stands. Seen too much accedents in my almost 30 years in the big truck workshops.
I think it is going to do well! But I think you should take it on a trip up into the mountains to make sure and we dont have to wait another month to find out.😀
so the Jeep looks sooooo badass with the tracks on it! Love it! so sorry your Jeep fell on your foot. that had to hurt. but did anyone die? Nope we good to go. Oh yeah we got rules too, always keep a phone on me when tinkering around.
Joey Gandy suggested roses for your wife. That may not be a bad idea, but maybe invest in a decent set of Jack Stands to put under your work to prevent it from falling on you. Then make sure you use them, even for really quick jobs. If you do the need to be rescued should drastically reduced. Also investing in a bigger jack so you don't need to stack wood blocks on it so you can even begin lifting the vehicle is a pretty shaky setup to begin with.
I was putting a speedometer cable in my 73 scout many years ago, before cellphones. I got my arm contorted in the dash and had trouble getting it back out. I started thinking about how long it might take someone to find me but I was able to extricate myself. Now that I'm old, I have my cell phone on a lanyard around my neck, if I remember to take it with me.
That sounds like yet another adventure in the shop: Thank you for recording it for posterity! ;-) Just wondering: Maybe you can also wear those work boots with enforced toes when you work around your vehicles? The Jeep should be just fine in the snow, I think!
Thank You for the reminder , could have been so much worse. Sadly There are so many things we do that are not truly safe , But we must or it will not get done
This video hit my list and TOTALLY disappeared.. not on your site either, only found it again because I touched it before it disappeared. Did someone flag it? Well, glad I found it again. Love to the family ❤
Jeep looks good. I have been watching the newer videos first. Just wanted to add I have a LTE watch that works with my phone or by itself. And I have the button programmed so I just triple press the button and it calls my wife with my location and even sends her a text. Well worth the price to have it on my wrist all the time. Well not now because I broke the band, but a new one will be here tomorrow
Ummmmmm well your not exactly alone. I have a dodge Durango on trax and ill say this. I kind of done the same thing except I broke three bones in my foot. Yeah it hurts. But now I have a huge Durango that will go anywhere. I have a 4" body lift and a 6" suspension which gives me a 28" clearence from bottom of pumpkin. Have fun i know I do
It looks fantastic! I am so looking forward to seeing it in the snow. How much do they cost? Where do folks purchase them new? For a Rancher, those tracks could be a life saver.
I had a jack that was apparently slowly lowering as I was under the front of a car working on an exhaust heat shield. I didn't realize it until the skid plate was pressing pretty firmly on my chest. I was alone is a shop that was well away from the house where anyone was. I was lucky enough that I could get my legs / feet on the jack handle and was able to jack it back up off of me. Lets say I don't often get under a vehicle without a jack stand after that one.
You know you're in trouble when FIRST, MIDDLE & LAST NAME is said. That means it is time to voluntarily go to the doghouse and order flowers & chocolates.
Thank goodness your ok! Could have been ugly. Looks Awesome. I’ve watched a bunch of rescues with your Tracks on and wondered how you got it on. Now I know. Stay Safe. Like your big garage, Matt’s too! 🤙😎
I’ve seen tracks for sxs that only work in the snow. The snow is used to cool the track and guides. So I’m wondering if your tracks are all climate or cold weather only. Digging your channel 👍🏻
I love the idea of tracks for the jeep, have been looking for a set for mine. I also have a tucker that I absolutely love and I am curious of the pros and cons between the two. Maybe do a comparison episode?
I would say something about jack stands and other means of securing the vehicle but it looks like about 300 other people already reamed your butt. I always work by myself because I can’t trust other people’s work. I was a mechanic for 12 years and had my own business for 6 years. When I first saw that sitting on the jack I thought of it being spit out when jarring the vehicle. The differential doesn’t have a good surface for flat material but is good with the cup on the top of the jack. Even when I use the jack stands I leave the jack under the vehicle with a little tension on it as a secondary catch all. Good that your ok, lesson learned.
Steel toed shoes would be a great addition to your wardrobe 👌
Nope. If a car runs over your foot it can chop your toes off
Never ever stick any part of your body under a jacked up vehicle without jack stands.
@@meyou245 bro have you ever worked on anything? Or is that the first line of your chilton? Lol. For the people who don’t keep jackstands in their back pocket: just exercise good judgement 🇺🇸
@Phuck Onyou Bro, he is working in a garage, with a jack. (With 2 blocks of wood in-between)
It only takes a few seconds to be safe.
Have you ever had to respond to a fire rescue call for someone that was found dead under a vehicle in their garage? I have, and it ain't pretty.
Was thinkin the very same thing and came here to type that… thanks for beating me to it 👍😆
"How can I leave you unattended now?" She raises a valid question. 😂
Im like this is how the movie Saw started....😂 " Would you like to play a game?"
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@@jasonh4167 That was the best line I’ve heard in awhile 🤣. She didn’t pick on you as bad as she could of. Glad you’re ok.
@@BobBob-eh5sb At least what we saw.................I am thinking that this was not the end of it. LOL
Love your wife's reaction!! She could have come down hard on you, but a little subtle diplomacy and a catchy line got the point over so well!
I learned in over thirty years doing shop work two very important things, steel toed shoes and never lift or get beneath your works when you are alone. I love watching your channel and hope to keep watching it. Your wife should be pissed dude. Good time for you to invest in a couple of dozen roses.
Steel toes very well could have made that situation MUCH worse.
do you know you dont saposto jack on the punken it can brake
And at least a couple jack stands.
I noticed the jack stands against the wall......
I know you were in pain but when you started describing your problem and how everything was in different areas of your garage, I just could not stop laughing each time. Hope your foot is okay.
Tracks on the Jeep and the Jeeps on my foot, always entertaining Casey :-)
Casey, glad your foot isn't too bad. When I first saw that floor jack, I was looking for the jack stands. For heavens sake get a set or use wood blocks under the frame when working like that. I had a friend who was seriously hurt when his car fell off a floor jack. He learned his lesson real quick. Spent a month in the hospital and rehab after that. Jeep looks cool though.
The kicker is I can _see_ some stands in the back.
My brother is now blind in his left eye and deaf in his left ear from his car falling on him. Lucky to be alive at all!!! Jack stands everyone!!!
Yep. Unless there's an emergency, jacks are for lifting only. Jack stands go under before people go under.
Jack stands are akin to any other essential PPE (eye protection, face shields, earmuffs, welding helmets,, chainsaw chaps, etc.).
I usually put the tires under the frame
It takes a strong man to show there mistakes. Lesson learned :)
I like how these are a bolt-on set that you can use on different vehicles if you need to, and you can store them for most of the year without having to maintain them, compared to a dedicated vehicle if you aren't using it year-round. Versatility is king especially if you do different things all the time, which it seems like you do. Can't wait to see these tracks put to use in the snow soon!
Come on snow and not very smart people getting stuck. Thanks to the Misses for being close by ! Awesome video and job of course, come on snow !👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Everybody has done a similar thing at some time in their life so treat that as a warning, Axle stands are a the life saver. Glad you are ok though and the wife is a keeper. Take care Casey. 👍
I'd rather use large chunks of 4x2 or 6x6 timber than any axle stand. A foot long pice of timber is lot more stable then any axle stand.
I see it all the time people trusting a hydraulic jack with their lives
I have a great neighbor I can call when I am going to do something stupid (which is somewhat frequently) and ask him if he wouldn't mind coming over and watching me do that something stupid. He is more than happy to oblige. He's an EMT too. Sometimes he offers alternatives to my initial plan. Sometimes I listen. Sometimes I don't. So far, so good. I still have all my initial parts, and for the most part, still work as expected.
Looks great! Can't wait to see it in action. As to your oopsie, a set of Jack stands would have prevented that. 40 years ago when I was a kid, guy got crushed(he survived but was messed up) at a local car towing and repair place. A day later dad had 4 jack stands. Always used them since, even on my 600lb golf cart.
One of my mates got crushed under a '56 Buick he had been working on as a hobby. No stands, just a crappy jack. His old man found him under it.
@@masondegaulle5731 Jack stands really are life savers. Even the recalled harbor freight ones probably saved more lives than they failed for. I'm not a big safety nerd like "you're not wearing safety goggles while sanding" but seriously, frickin jack stands take like 10 seconds to push under and lift up. You lower the jack and it's not going anywhere. Of course we got to see Casey's gorgeous wife, so I guess it's a win in that fashion :)
Yes, jack stands are THE lesson of this video!!! I used to crawl under cars all the time, but would never go under that 2 tons of metal before securely mounting the car on at least two if not four stands.
Glad that you are Ok!😊 Please be careful, we don’t want your videos to stop!😂 Your wife was cool about everything 👍😎 Stay safe !❤️🙏
Glad you are ok. I to work alone in my shop and yes, I have done things that led to injury. So I can’t criticize. I like the tracks on the jeep. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Thank you Thank you! You are my go to guy for fear deflection for my wife now. Few months ago I too had an alone in the shop incident where I found my self in a pickle of a predicament. I also made the mistake of calling my wife who was shopping at the time but only after I had called a friend who was not answering his phone at the time. She was too long out so I ended up calling 9-1-1 and gave the 1st responders one hell of a laugh. (Note; I had my phone in my pocket luckily!) When she got home the Ambulance crew was coming out of the shop with an empty gurney and she was sure it was because I was dead. Sorry Babe, my bad. But she is still reluctant to trust me to work in the shop now. So she insists if I am doing something with jacks or lifts that she be present. Hope this fear passes quickly. So now I can say Oh yeah, but Casey .. .. .. .. LoL!
Look at it this way. Now you can teach her to fix cars!
New Guy. 2.9 mpg. That snow recovery did truth for the Tool. Thanks Casey
Harbor freight sells a cross beam attachment for jacks, gives two points to lift from and adjust height and width.
Note to self: When extending jack, put Jack on top of large heavy pice of timber. Not timber on top of jack. You were lucky Mate! I found out when the damm Land Rover nearly landed on my head!
Not with a floor jack. The way it articulates the jack has to roll or the jeep. This is part of the reason for using jack stands before you get rough with the vehicle.
Put a pole on the jack. Duh.
Been there, done that. Back about 15 years ago I was helping a friend put a lift kit on his super duty under a shed on his dads farm. He had the rear axle on jack stands and he was cranking on the rear ubolts to loosen them. All of the sudden the jack stand sank into the diesel soaked asphalt floor and dudes foot was pinned under the rear brake disc. He ended up alright, but 2am trips to the ER are the best!
get ones that have wide Flat feet and it wont sink as deeply.
You will love them. I have them for ATVs. Must run in low to not burn belts and they can NOT go everywhere snowmobile goes to heavy. Extremely fun.
When I work on a vehicle alone, I always use 2 or more jack stands to prevent a mishap from happening. Safety is job 1.. Glad you didn't get hurt, Casey.
True story, my dad was, a patient of his got bit on the foot by a snake and he cut is foot off fearing he was going to die. Brought the foot and himself to our house to get fixed... He lived sans foot. Great video Casey. Love the Jeep stuff.
Glad the accident was not worse and you are OK! Great video and thanks for dropping the sound at the appropriate time to save our ears! Best wishes and carry on!
I stack blocks on my HF jack all the time, it is always sketchy, I also need to get an extension. I think the jeep is going to do great in the snow. The deep stuff wont be a problem with that light weight rig and all that surface area on the tracks....but when you do find the limit and get it stuck, you will have a great reason to buy a snow cat! Nice shop!
He already had a snow cat and sold it just a little while ago.
Our wives will always remind us of this stuff for the rest of our lives. Good thing she was nearby.
As well they should. Sometimes us guys are just plain dumb!!!
I always throw a couple stands under there anytime I’m doing anything sketchy with blocks on my jack, glad ur safe tho man looks badass
I will tell you about something that happened to me. I was mid 20s, and I was a heavy equipment mechanic for a logging company. My 1960 Oldsmobile had a vibration, so was going to check the center carrier bearing of the drive line. I drove it up on blocks to get under it, and blocked it so that it could not roll further forward. I did not do ANYTHING to prevent it from rolling backward. The only thing holding it up there was the transmission in park. I then crawl under the car, and pull the driveline off of the differential. The car immediately started rolling back down the ramps. I did have enough presence of mind to turn over on my back. The frame went across my stomach. If it had went across my chest it would have killed me. I could just barely breathe. My 6 year old was playing in the front yard. Since I almost could not breathe, I could barely talk. He finally got close enough and I told him to go get his Mother. She was across the street at my Mother's house. I could see her just moseying across the street, and when she got close enough I told her to get this thing off of me. She yelled at my Mother to come over. All that they had to raise the car up was the factory bumper jack used to change a tire. They would jack a little, and then block it, jack a little and then block. These 2 house wives had way more common sense than me at this point.
This happened almost 50 years ago, and I remember the feeling that I had when this happened. EVERY time I crawl under something, I think about that incident. Very seldom in this world are we given a second chance. I am soooooo lucky.
casey, you're awesome. Your wife is awesomer for understanding and loving you enough to rescue you.
4:09 I swear u answered my thoughts on every video car related that i watch. This is one of the small details that I love about this channel!
Bro watching your truck transform was like the first morning of Christmas
Thanks for saving our ears.
I watch a lot of chainsaw vids, and they don't all understand they can save the watcher.
Lol! It might take me a weekend to tell you all of the stupid stuff I have done. I’m happy you didn’t get hurt. My 1969 Camaro fell off the Jack stands and pinched me between the car and the wall. I had to push it up on the Jack stands and over the other side to get out.
Very curious to see how the tracks work out, they certainly look bad ass. Went on a snowmobiling trip to Yellowstone several years ago and there was all kinds of super cool tracked vehicles driving around. During the winter any vehicles that travel inside the park itself were required to be on tracks of some type. The people in our group were all excited about seeing and taking pictures of the wildlife and various geological/thermal features where I was more enamored with all the different tracked vehicles. I highly suggest everyone visit the Yellowstone area in winter at least once in their life. It’s absolutely amazing!!!
Casey, I am glad that you are ok. I hope that your foot heals quickly. Thank goodness your wife was home and able to rescue you. The Jeep looks awesome on the tracks, I look forward to seeing it in action. Stay safe and have a great week.
Looks good. Glad your ok. Looking forward to seeing it in use.
Glad you made it through that catastrophe
I don't think that was a catastrophe . . this was more like an inconvenient and embarrassing incident . . . 🙂
“She called me by my name, I’m in trouble”
That alone earned you a new subscriber 😂
Whenever working alone, I let one person know what I'm up to and they keep checking especially when I'm under the vehicle. Good to know that you are safe, and a composite toe boots would be best, light weight and safer.
Jack from under the springs not under the diff.That way, you have the resistance of the opposite tire/track on the ground to help this from happening. Using jack stands would also help to prevent this. Use cribbing under the jack instead of blocks on top of it. This would take extra time but less time and pain than a injured foot. Stay safe!
A floor jack needs to roll under the load as the lift point changes. They can't move on wood making it even more unstable. Putting it on cribbed jackstands is mostly safe if all corners of the stand are equally supported.
I remember back in the early 70's, an ambulance call I went out on involved a young man crushed under his car that he had up on the old bumper jack that kicked out. He lived but had broken ribs and a punctured lung. He then got pneumonia and spent a while in the hospital. Be careful cause you have a lot to live for!
Barn cat turned around and sprinted out of frame when you said "[Roll it,] _Back;_ The other way." ~@3:16🐈⬛
One of our 24 Hours of LeMons team members is a retired trauma surgeon and typically he treated 3-5 injuries a year of men that have dropped vehicles on themselves. Many times he learned that he wife would discover them when they did not show up for dinner, bed, etc. he would hear reports of men that did not make to the ER. So dam you seem like a nice person so do your best to stick around and make / get some proper high lift supports.
just found your channel yesterday, and I am currently loveing all the content
Kudos Casey! (Not for what you think) I've never had a Content Creator who was more in tune with his audience by muffeling the racket on their videos! Also, anyone else would have errased this. We all learned something here my friend...
That could have been so much worse! Glad you're alright, and impressed you had the cahonas to throw this vid up! Lmao!!
It was for guys just like you and me that OSHA was formed! Glad you are OK. When working alone always remember, think twice what you can do if something falls on you! Then put in safety catched to take the load instead of you. The old tires lying on their side two high may have saved you some pain, both physical and wife mental! LOL! Be safe Casey, we want to see the jeep in the snow soon! I like seeing your wife in the videos, she is a sweetheart.
Glad you are not injured. Brings to mind the time I was laying under a 1971 mercury capri trying to get the v-6 engine back on the motor mounts and the blocks tipped over, leaving me bench pressing the motor to keep it off my chest. I couldn’t let go of it and couldn’t get it anywhere near the mounts without the blocks taking some of the weight.
My girlfriend was upstairs in the split level house and couldn’t hear me yelling. A half hour later she happened to come down stairs to do some laundry and finally heard me. Talked her through hooking up the engine hoist again and finally made it out.
Glad you are ok. And that you had your headset with you. The jeep looks great!
I think this almost turned in to the sequel to 127 Hours, Casey "Aron Ralston" LaDelle
Well thankfully you're OK, and at least it happened at home and not 20 miles out in the middle of nowhere! Hey, at least your wife remained calm and was able to help you out of your predicament. Now let's see those tracks doing some recoveries in the snow!
I just found your TH-cam channel so I don't know what kind of other upgrades you've done to your rig but one thing I remember from watching others putting tracks on their rigs is that you really need to beef up every piece of hardware relating to your stearing.
Turning the tracks if they end up in deep mud or snow will take a whole lot more doing than turning any size wheels! So for your sake I hope you have had this in mind and don't get yourself stranded with boiling powerstearingfluids or worse, like blown hoses, fittings or any other major part that can't be fixed on the side of the road or out in the wild...
Other than that, it sure looks killer and like a really sweet recovery rig. I'll be sure to tag along and have now subscribed for your new content 🙂
Like I said before in an other video, just found you 🙂 . Love your vid's, really nice place to work in. Very jealous, can tell you that much haha. You have 1 new subscriber as of just now. Going to your vid's 1 by one and no order at all. Good luck with the snow and greetings from Holland. O, why i like the video's, you show what it is, not just the "good" stuff, also the mistakes. Honest video's. Love it.
THANK GOD YOUR WIFE WAS HOME AND YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO WALK. STAY SAFE WE ALL CARE!! AND YES YOUR WIFE SHOULD BE UPSET!! SHE LOVES YOU!!
Life lessons: Don't stick your fingy where you wouldn't stick your dingy. Use tools to get the job done.
Love the look she gave you!
Take a handful of fresh picked flowers with you when you go home. Might blunt the storm a bit. Have a great day.
I like that you use harbor freight tools and don't mind talking about them. Several years ago a friend of mine asked me why I use such a low quality tool brand to which I responded by regaling him with the following story. I was doing some work on my 97 F250 and snapped the breaker bar I was using. Thinking I had purchased it at harbor freight I took it there to get a warranty replacement. The employee I spoke with showed me that the tool had in fact never been sold there but in the same breath told me they would honor the warranty anyway and gave me a new one. Since then if I need a tool the only reason for not buying it there is if they don't have it. Any tool is only as good as it's warranty so as far as I'm concerned harbor freight tools are just as good as any other brand and in some circumstances better.
Never use a hydraulic floor jack as your primary support, too many things can go wrong. Use jackstands , wood or steel cribbing as primary support and use the floor jack as a secondary safety backup. Also always use wheel chocks. It is tempting to cut corners, but the risk can be fatal, especially working under the vehicle.
I was setting an old travel trailer up on blocks a couple years ago and the jack slipped right as I was putting a piece of wood on top of the block... Smashed/pinned 2 of my fingers and it was NOT pleasant... My wife (thankfully) heard me scream (like a little girl, lol) and came and was able to lift it after repositioning the jack.. Came very close to cutting the tips of 2 fingers off!
At 4:45, I held my breath when you reached under that jacked up jeep instead of going around and pulling the dolly out from from the other side.
Why, the track was on it, it could only fall a few inches
No, lesson number two is…. DONT STACK BLOCKS ON THE JACK AT ALL! Always secure a vehicle on jack stands.
Use proper equipment and LIVE. For about $250 you can have the truck floor jack, long and heavy, but it lifts over 2 feet high. Bought mine 15 years ago from HF, love it.
Wow, learning lessons the hard way. Sometimes I wonder how any of us survived the learning stage.
Pure Luck!
Tracks on the JEEP should be a real asset to your operation, I think 🤔 it’s a great move👍👍.
Oh and yes very good advise about calling a friend when you make a error in judgment 😂👀.
A lesson learned was a friend named Randy was under his truck and the air line to the air bag gave way. The truck came down on his chest and killed him. Never get under a vehicle that is just on a jack. Stand. Can save your life.
happened to me once, when i left my phone on my box, after seeing this, i dont think i will ever be without my phone again!
1st item on shopping list: jack stands.
2nd item on list: steel toed boots.
I almost lost it when i saw the truck jacked up that high to put the tracks on without jack stands. Seen too much accedents in my almost 30 years in the big truck workshops.
I think it is going to do well! But I think you should take it on a trip up into the mountains to make sure and we dont have to wait another month to find out.😀
so the Jeep looks sooooo badass with the tracks on it! Love it! so sorry your Jeep fell on your foot. that had to hurt. but did anyone die? Nope we good to go. Oh yeah we got rules too, always keep a phone on me when tinkering around.
Joey Gandy suggested roses for your wife. That may not be a bad idea, but maybe invest in a decent set of Jack Stands to put under your work to prevent it from falling on you. Then make sure you use them, even for really quick jobs.
If you do the need to be rescued should drastically reduced.
Also investing in a bigger jack so you don't need to stack wood blocks on it so you can even begin lifting the vehicle is a pretty shaky setup to begin with.
Totally drooling over your jeep! Oh and glad your foot and toes are still attached. Lol
I was putting a speedometer cable in my 73 scout many years ago, before cellphones. I got my arm contorted in the dash and had trouble getting it back out. I started thinking about how long it might take someone to find me but I was able to extricate myself. Now that I'm old, I have my cell phone on a lanyard around my neck, if I remember to take it with me.
That sounds like yet another adventure in the shop: Thank you for recording it for posterity! ;-)
Just wondering: Maybe you can also wear those work boots with enforced toes when you work around your vehicles?
The Jeep should be just fine in the snow, I think!
Thank You for the reminder , could have been so much worse. Sadly There are so many things we do that are not truly safe , But we must or it will not get done
You should get one of these for your floor jack. It might save you in the injury department. Also, your wife raises a valid point!
This video hit my list and TOTALLY disappeared.. not on your site either, only found it again because I touched it before it disappeared. Did someone flag it? Well, glad I found it again. Love to the family ❤
Jeep looks good. I have been watching the newer videos first. Just wanted to add I have a LTE watch that works with my phone or by itself. And I have the button programmed so I just triple press the button and it calls my wife with my location and even sends her a text. Well worth the price to have it on my wrist all the time. Well not now because I broke the band, but a new one will be here tomorrow
And this is why you put jack stands under vehicles when working on them...dont trust the load to a jack!
Pick your self up a smart watch. I've worked in a fleet garage by myself for the last 3 years. Worth the investment.
Forget the foot... Did you hurt the Romeo's?!!! 🤣
Most comfortable work boot made! You really only need 2 pair, brown for work, black for church.....👍
Ummmmmm well your not exactly alone. I have a dodge Durango on trax and ill say this. I kind of done the same thing except I broke three bones in my foot. Yeah it hurts. But now I have a huge Durango that will go anywhere. I have a 4" body lift and a 6" suspension which gives me a 28" clearence from bottom of pumpkin. Have fun i know I do
That thing is the sweetest!
Amazing the look on your wife's face...... I have seen that Exact same look on my wife's face before too.
It looks fantastic! I am so looking forward to seeing it in the snow. How much do they cost? Where do folks purchase them new? For a Rancher, those tracks could be a life saver.
You are very very lucky. Some of the smallest injuries can put you into shock and that is a killer.
"how can I leave you unattended now?" lolol.. glad you're ok and can be amused. Get some stands!
You learned a lot and you still have your foot.
Do not let your young Miss know what her Dad did, thanks. Nice to see all family.
I had a jack that was apparently slowly lowering as I was under the front of a car working on an exhaust heat shield. I didn't realize it until the skid plate was pressing pretty firmly on my chest. I was alone is a shop that was well away from the house where anyone was. I was lucky enough that I could get my legs / feet on the jack handle and was able to jack it back up off of me. Lets say I don't often get under a vehicle without a jack stand after that one.
them tracks look pretty bad assed
You know you're in trouble when FIRST, MIDDLE & LAST NAME is said. That means it is time to voluntarily go to the doghouse and order flowers & chocolates.
Lucky she used the Jack, she could've just drove forward with the jeep to clear his foot! 🤣😂
Last time i was at HARBOR FREIGHT, they sold JACK STANDS !!
Thank goodness your ok! Could have been ugly. Looks Awesome. I’ve watched a bunch of rescues with your Tracks on and wondered how you got it on. Now I know. Stay Safe. Like your big garage, Matt’s too! 🤙😎
My mom must have had a friend get smashed under a car, she always lectured me to use jack stands, and I do always use jack stands. Thanks mom.
I love Casey. That will be fun
I’ve seen tracks for sxs that only work in the snow. The snow is used to cool the track and guides. So I’m wondering if your tracks are all climate or cold weather only. Digging your channel 👍🏻
I think that , that is better and more comfortable then MAT'S snow buggy/ vehicle
This is like a much better less annoying and more entertaining Hoovies Garage! Lol
I love the idea of tracks for the jeep, have been looking for a set for mine. I also have a tucker that I absolutely love and I am curious of the pros and cons between the two. Maybe do a comparison episode?
And in the spring you can plough with it !😁😆😅😂!!! Take care bud .
I would say something about jack stands and other means of securing the vehicle but it looks like about 300 other people already reamed your butt. I always work by myself because I can’t trust other people’s work. I was a mechanic for 12 years and had my own business for 6 years. When I first saw that sitting on the jack I thought of it being spit out when jarring the vehicle. The differential doesn’t have a good surface for flat material but is good with the cup on the top of the jack. Even when I use the jack stands I leave the jack under the vehicle with a little tension on it as a secondary catch all. Good that your ok, lesson learned.