PSA Pay attention out there..

[kiwigtx]

I know a guy who did that once ......once.

My school friend's older brother - he should have known better being a mechanic.

Working at home alone under his rodded Mark 3 Zephyr.....wheels not chocked, and when the parking brake let go, the axle housing dragged him by the chin on his back about 10 feet or so until the car hit the house. He was trapped for a few hours until someone got home.

Same guy drove that same car on their gravel road with vice-grips for a steering wheel. Scared the hell out of his mother at the time.

 

[Kern Dog]

I knew a fat guy that was trapped under his Maverick when installing a transmission. He was shaking and shaking trying to get it to mate to the back of the 302 when he shook the car off of one jackstand.
He lived.
He was stuck under the car for hours until someone came home and slipped a floor jack under the car to allow him to slip out.
He was ugly too, though that is irrelevant.

 

[Cranky]

There was this DA (dumb ***) at work that did that very thing....only his pickup dragged his DA body out into the street. Messed him up some but not bad enough to keep him from coming to work. I worked with him just 1 time at work and said never again.

 

[Texas97]

Wheel chocks are not that expensive.
On my truck, I had used wheel chocks, but forgot to also use the emergency brake when I pulled the valve body out of the transmission.
Truck still try to roll, but good thing I had the wheel chocks.

Anything is a wheel chock, if you're brave enough. - Abraham Lincoln