If you’re going to work on your car, odds are you need a pair of jack stands. Maybe your truck has enough ground clearance that you can reach the oil filter from underneath without them, but to be ...

I count myself as one of the lucky ones. With as many hours as I’ve spent underneath cars, I’ve never had a close call with a jack stand failing. I make an effort to have redundant safety measures in ...

Jack stands are one of the most essential tools in the DIY wrencher’s garage. It’s also one of the first tools any of us with ambitions of wrenching acquires. Like anything, it’s tempting to want to ...

In May, Harbor Freight recalled more than 1.7 million Pittsburgh-branded three- and six-ton jack stands that could collapse due to a manufacturing flaw. The flaw on those stands came from worn dies in ...

Jack stands are almost always rated from the factory for a certain weight limit. The ones you find at your average auto parts store usually come in two-, four-, or six-ton varieties. But how much ...

I love shopping at Harbor Freight, where tools are cheap and plentiful. But you mostly get what you pay for. In fact, there's a tradesperson's adage you'd do well to heed: "If your job or your life ...

Remember when we published a story on Harbor Freight's jack stands being recalled because their locking pawls weren't fully engaging? It turns out that the replacement jack stands may have issues too ...

Back in May, we wrote about a selection of Pittsburgh brand three- and six-ton jack stands recalled by Harbor Freight because of a manufacturing defect that could cause them to collapse under load, ...

Months after Harbor Freight recalled 454,000 jack stands because they posed a safety risk, the retailer announced it is now recalling the replacement stands. "I'm disappointed and embarrassed because ...