I just threw out the second engine stand I’ve bought in the last two weeks. I bought the second, better (I thought) and more expensive one, when I noticed the arms on the original stand were beginning to bend and the engine was drooping. Okay, I thought, that’s what you get for $45, spend some money and get a good one.
Well, the second one came yesterday and has the worst quality I think I have ever seen in any product, anywhere! You can thread the nut half way down the length of a 3” long bolt, shake the bolt and see (and hear) the nut rattle in the threads, and that’s just for starters. Simi-round cast wheels, undersized axles, bad welds…the list goes on. So now I’ve wasted $150 on cheap Chinese junk and everything I see online looks to be pretty much the same. I’m not looking for an ISO 9000, NASA-grade stand, just something made by people who take pride in what goes out the door. Surely there’s one out there?
Well, the second one came yesterday and has the worst quality I think I have ever seen in any product, anywhere! You can thread the nut half way down the length of a 3” long bolt, shake the bolt and see (and hear) the nut rattle in the threads, and that’s just for starters. Simi-round cast wheels, undersized axles, bad welds…the list goes on. So now I’ve wasted $150 on cheap Chinese junk and everything I see online looks to be pretty much the same. I’m not looking for an ISO 9000, NASA-grade stand, just something made by people who take pride in what goes out the door. Surely there’s one out there?