Huh...
I've got a set of four 2 1/2-ton stands and four 6-ton T-stands but they've never "fallen". I've had them for over 20 years.
I would never use them in dirt though.
Gravel is bad enough.
Even my cement blocks sank into the dirt about 2 1/2".
Whenever I put my car up on stands, I lean back on the car and grab the wheel wells and reef on the car with all my weight. Just hard enough to not dent the car.
I give it a good wobble test.
You don't want to give it the wobble test when you're underneath it with a breaker bar.
I've got a set of four 2 1/2-ton stands and four 6-ton T-stands but they've never "fallen". I've had them for over 20 years.
I would never use them in dirt though.
Gravel is bad enough.
Even my cement blocks sank into the dirt about 2 1/2".
Whenever I put my car up on stands, I lean back on the car and grab the wheel wells and reef on the car with all my weight. Just hard enough to not dent the car.
I give it a good wobble test.
You don't want to give it the wobble test when you're underneath it with a breaker bar.