Photo credit: ikuyan / Shutterstock.com. It's easy to see how this car could tip over without jack stands. A good rule of thumb is to stay under 2/3 of your jack's capacity. If you have a 3 ton ...

Always have mechanical support for your car when you're under it, whether that's jack stands or just a stack of 4x4s. All hydraulics will eventually fail, and you don't want to be in the way when ...