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28-12-2011, 04:33 PM
Just a heads up, halfords have got their advanced 2 tonne ratchet axle stands on sale for £11.49 at the moment. I've had a set for 3 years now and there great so just gone and got another!
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28-12-2011, 04:39 PM
NiallHarper Wrote:Just a heads up, halfords have got their advanced 2 tonne ratchet axle stands on sale for £11.49 at the moment. I've had a set for 3 years now and there great so just gone and got another! I have some of the 3 ton ones but thats cheap, might have to make a trip to halfords then, wonder if I can get more off with trade card? 
28-12-2011, 04:41 PM
I was thinking the same mark
know where im going on the way home lol
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28-12-2011, 04:48 PM
mark_airey Wrote:NiallHarper Wrote:Just a heads up, halfords have got their advanced 2 tonne ratchet axle stands on sale for £11.49 at the moment. I've had a set for 3 years now and there great so just gone and got another! No. I got them to run it through on my trade card and it comes out more expensive.
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28-12-2011, 04:49 PM
I was going to get them yesterday but wasn't too sure on them.
28-12-2011, 04:50 PM
Nevermind, but still cheap enough
306oc Chat Wrote:15:30: Toms306 - :Genuinely thought it was gonna explode when I was playing with Sam
28-12-2011, 04:59 PM
I had a feeling they discounted the full price and not the offer one if you put them on a trade card
29-12-2011, 04:52 PM
Bastsrds didn't have any! Ill try the other halfords later
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29-12-2011, 08:58 PM
Matt Wrote:Bastards bought these full price not long agoTwat
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30-12-2011, 01:22 AM
Wouldnt buy those :nope:
Not got a safety locking pin as far as I've seen (and 2 reviews say under cons "no locking pins") so you whack it with your foot or a breaker bar or something and it can release. I'd spend the extra for some with a locking pin, personally I prefer the manual slide up/down ones with a locking pin (non-foldable) as you know its not going anywhere, A mate of mine wont use axle stands anymore since a set of halfords ones (foldable I believe) collapsed on him, he always uses a massive block of wood or another solid object. (cant say if he was using incorrectly as wasnt there) ![[Image: New%20GTi6%20Filmstrip%20sig2_zpsu8ocrldg.jpg]](http://smg.photobucket.com/user/MCHSavage/media/New%20GTi6%20Filmstrip%20sig2_zpsu8ocrldg.jpg.html)
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30-12-2011, 06:45 PM
There not foldable. And if you look closely at the design, you will see that you have to lift the top up before you can lift the leaver to drop it. You can't knock them down when there under the car. Unless you can lift your car up of course!
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30-12-2011, 06:55 PM
NiallHarper Wrote:There not foldable. And if you look closely at the design, you will see that you have to lift the top up before you can lift the leaver to drop it. You can't knock them down when there under the car. Unless you can lift your car up of course! I was going to say this, if you can lift the ratchet release with a car sat on it then you either have a really light car or your the strongest man in the world  Plus even at the bottom they are still 10" off the ground too! IMO for £11.50 they are spot on
30-12-2011, 07:04 PM
Even the snap on/mac ones don't have any sort of locking mechanism apart from the ratchet, which take some doing to release with a car on top, trust me
 
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30-12-2011, 07:06 PM
Connor Wrote:Even the snap on/mac ones don't have any sort of locking mechanism apart from the ratchet, which take some doing to release with a car on top, trust me Exactly. If they could be released then they wouldn't be allowed to sell them because you would get bell ends that don't pay any attention and kick them all the time!
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30-12-2011, 07:07 PM
Connor Wrote:Even the snap on/mac ones don't have any sort of locking mechanism apart from the ratchet, which take some doing to release with a car on top, trust me I tend to find that a few 100 kgs is more than sufficient as a locking mechanism
30-12-2011, 07:09 PM
Exactly, its not something you can "accidentally" released
306oc Chat Wrote:15:30: Toms306 - :Genuinely thought it was gonna explode when I was playing with Sam
31-12-2011, 01:42 PM
f*ck it, got the 3ton ones instead
same price on trade as the 2ton ones retail. Noticed something with them though, they are 2/3ton as a pair... so only 1/1.5ton stands
306oc Chat Wrote:15:30: Toms306 - :Genuinely thought it was gonna explode when I was playing with Sam 
31-12-2011, 02:21 PM
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_255207 reserve them online!
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31-12-2011, 02:41 PM
They were there, i just wanted the 3ton ones instead
306oc Chat Wrote:15:30: Toms306 - :Genuinely thought it was gonna explode when I was playing with Sam
31-12-2011, 02:48 PM
Connor Wrote:They were there, i just wanted the 3ton ones instead for when you want to hold yourself ASWELL AS the car :dance:
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31-12-2011, 02:59 PM
Oh no you didnt, just wait till I see you next... And no, for when I work on a real car
306oc Chat Wrote:15:30: Toms306 - :Genuinely thought it was gonna explode when I was playing with Sam
31-12-2011, 03:10 PM
Connor Wrote:fornicates it, got the 3ton ones instead I thought this was how all stands were rated? Afterall, if each one was capable of holding 3tons then between them they could hold a 6ton vehicle? ![[Image: 306Green5DrSig.png]](http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af232/burnmw/Pug/306Green5DrSig.png)
31-12-2011, 03:14 PM
Well im used to using "actual" 2ton stands, not a pair of 1ton stands. All the mac/snapon stands Ive used are rated at 2/2.5ton on their own. Suppose the quality comes with the pricetag
306oc Chat Wrote:15:30: Toms306 - :Genuinely thought it was gonna explode when I was playing with Sam
31-12-2011, 03:18 PM
Connor Wrote:Well im used to using "actual" 2ton stands, not a pair of 1ton stands. All the mac/snapon stands Ive used are rated at 2/2.5ton on their own. Suppose the quality comes with the pricetag Really? I just assumed that they were all measured as a pair.
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