Jack recall, chinese junk from Harbor Freight

[Ross F-1]

Originally Posted by tubman

Anyone can have a bad item released now and then. ....

I've read that HF's supplier used worn-out tooling to produce these jackstands, result being that the engagement of the pawls is much less than it should be. That's just the kind of shortcut I'd expect from Chinese.

I am always careful setting the load on jackstands, I have seen too many pictures of the saddle on these breaking off from an off-center or suddenly-applied load.