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I expect I am stating the obvious but it will do me good to get it off my chest...
Yesterday, I put the 'Wing up on the lift and tied her off with a couple of tiedowns which I had used for many years. Came into the house for a cuppa and when I got back to the garage, there was my baby laying on her left side on the concrete floor! The right hand tiedown had snapped causing an imbalance and over she went. Damn, how stupid I can be at times.
Got her back up and inspected the damage which, all things considered, was not too bad. Seems my mechanic's stool had broken the fall (it's now toast) but it still bent the case guard and did some cosmetic damage.
I now have brand new, higher capacity tiedowns mounted to heavy duty eyebolts firmly in the floor.
So, my advice is that if you're using nylon tiedowns older than a couple of years, toss 'em. Replacements are inexpensive and canpreclude mishaps such as mine.
There, that feels better.
I expect I am stating the obvious but it will do me good to get it off my chest...
Yesterday, I put the 'Wing up on the lift and tied her off with a couple of tiedowns which I had used for many years. Came into the house for a cuppa and when I got back to the garage, there was my baby laying on her left side on the concrete floor! The right hand tiedown had snapped causing an imbalance and over she went. Damn, how stupid I can be at times.
Got her back up and inspected the damage which, all things considered, was not too bad. Seems my mechanic's stool had broken the fall (it's now toast) but it still bent the case guard and did some cosmetic damage.
I now have brand new, higher capacity tiedowns mounted to heavy duty eyebolts firmly in the floor.
So, my advice is that if you're using nylon tiedowns older than a couple of years, toss 'em. Replacements are inexpensive and canpreclude mishaps such as mine.
There, that feels better.