Engine stand suitability...

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E30WES
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Post Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:23 pm

What engine stand would you guys recommend, just about to embark on a little rebuild project.

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rix313
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Post Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:35 pm

Personaly I'm not a fan of the 3 legged engine stands. I do have one, purely because it was £10. I have a 'square' based one which IMO much safer. I've seen the 3 legged ones fall over a few times and for the extra money the 'square' based ones are the way to go:

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