something so small could've ended it all. imagine getting killed by a sunbird/saturn/junky Chrysler car. If I die by car I want it to be something cool. Thank God Wes is ok! Best mechanic east of the Mississippi!

I concur.

@@jeffdrake3224 I'd hate myself by getting killed by of all things one of Pontiacs ugliest cars

@@jeffdrake3224 This ain't a mustang guys.

@@greaniebeaniez3070 This is probably why they quit making Pontiacs.

I second that. Thank God you are ok.

Absolutely. The man doesn't have an ego. I respect that.

Hopefully sharing this video will give pause to anyone who works on cars, and makes them think twice about what might go wrong. Very happy that you weren't seriously injured, except maybe your pride, which will recover.

Agreed. Wes is honest.

I agree, not everyone would show what you did to the channel. I hope you are okay. None of us is a perfect person. Use caution, because this channel is kaput... without you.

Its just a matter of time, weve a made em

I learned that in the Marines also. Second you stop respecting anything dangerous from an assortment of directions, is when incidents happen. They're often life changing or life ending injuries.

I highly respect you guys sharing knowledge like this 🙏🏽

I think he should reposition the cameras and do it again. I didn't see it the first time.

"A smart man learns from his mistakes, a wise man learns from the mistakes of others" --- he just made us all a bit wiser by showing this video.

As a retired mechanic I wholehearted agree . We can't afford to loose our Wes or anybody else ! Cheers from Rick in Australia 🇦🇺 👍

@@calholli very well said!

I istalled elevator entrances for a living. One day I hopped off the platform like I have a million times before, and was off balance a little bit. I wobbled backwards towards the open shaft almost falling in. Another inch or so and that would have been it for me. NEVER take safety for granted.

Are you sure about that I don't think I'm dumb but I definitely think I'm accident prone I might be able to live long enough to make every mistake someone else has made 😁🚑 I've already tried to drop off one of my fingers twice in 15 years

Can I join your club? Off road dummies...you have a good spirit about you. I made multiple mistakes setting up a mountain bike and took a bad jump and messed up my hip which then got surgery and harmful meds. I live a different life now. No sports. My friend said what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. At least smarter thats for sure eh?! Take care

Nobody can understand the amount of physical pain you both went thru. In my experience the physical pain leads to mental pain. Good luck to you both!

I paralyzed myself at 22 also!! I did a swan dive off a cliff into rocks... "well that was dumb" was my literal first thought after regaining consciousness and seeing what I had done to myself.

​@MrTarzan2day you and a million others. Swan diving into rocks and old rebar is so common. Sorry for the misfortune, could have just as easily been me jumping off at Cherokee

That's pretty heavy. You seem to have accepted this brief act if stupidity.

Hear! Hear!

My worst one was over tightening an oil pressure sensor, needed a new engine cover or whatever it’s called on the face of the engine think it costed 2 grand about, my boss said he doesn’t do oil pressure sensors after that

Like he is a moron

Good outlook. I feel the same

Yep just gotta make sure to learn from the mistakes we make and move on

Culinary Institute of America, the other CIA, graduate?

@@defresurrection no, unfortunately I never got the opportunity to get a formal culinary education, but ive had some great chefs and mentors to help me get to where i am. I have been to hyde park and got to see the CIA though!

@@phammond68 That's great! Working with great chefs is an education in itself!

I ran a climbing crew for about 5 years at Asplund.. trimming tress from OGE powerlines. We gambled with injury everyday out there; you get used to being so close to danger all the time. But that's exactly how we end up getting hurt, by being complacent... My dad was framing a house, and he was on top of a low pitch porch roof and leaned a step ladder up against the wall to reach up high on the main gable roof-- and the ladder slipped out and he ended up diving off the ladder/ off the roof and face first on the concrete. Broke his nose, his right wrist and his left elbow. He was messed up for nearly a year; it was bad.. The same boss/ builder that we built houses under died years later in his shop -- he had several muscles cars and liked to build engines, etc. and I guess a car fell on him and he died; pretty crazy- he was a smart dude and had made a lot of wealth. Things happen to everyone; We must stay diligent.

At the back of my old house, there was a hill down most of the back yard. I put my car at the bottom of the hill in the grass, there wasn't even much slope: I put on the ebrake and wheel chalked both rear wheels, and I jacked it up and crawled under it to pull the oil plug and change the oil (it was an old Duster, like 94 I think). Anyway, the dew on the grass was too slick I guess, because the wheel chalks and the e-braked tires all slid on that grass and fell off my jack stand while I was under it. Luckily my head was in a safe place and I didn't get smashed at all. But the cross member was just squeezing my waste enough that I couldn't get out.. So I was in my back yard stuck. lol.. So I started screaming for help for about 5 minutes, and there was this 'half-way house" type of prison release place right there within range and they heard me screaming, and came over there panicking and trying to lift the car by hand. Pulling on the front fenders and probably messing it up. Luckily my younger brother came running out of the house once he seen everyone in our yard, and he immediately slid down beside the car to look at me and I told him to just jack it back up and he was the one that actually rescued me, where the 4 prison guys and 2 guards had no clue and couldn't figure it out and were panicking and scrambling thinking I was dying or something. I couldn't help but laugh at how dumb they were. I got lucky. I could have gotten my head smashed if it was in the wrong place... So long story short-- I don't trust wheel chalks and jack stands anymore; if it's at all sketchy, I change plans. So it's pretty common on cars hurting people-- so we can't sleep on it and get comfortable. I was lucky enough to learn the hard way, but without getting hurt. Scared the crap out of me though.

I was a small engine mech in another lifetime, working with chainsaws and landscaping gear was my daily. Any arbourist/logger/landscaper ect that walks away from their career intact gets a tip of my hat.

@@watsisbuttndo829 Yeah.. I had a guy working under me, who was a very good climber, but he was a bit of a hot head and liked to put himself in danger too much. So he was up about 45ft, right in line with the primary power lines -- and he was trimming a few limbs above him and rolling them back -- I kept telling him just to climb up there (we took turns climbing the big trees, and this one was his turn). He was almost done, so I quit yelling at him -- and right on the last limb that he cut, fell down and landed directly on his shoulder and slowly folded over and landed right on the line-- so it was shocking him with 7200 volts, straight through that little limb/ straight through rope and the tree. And it zapped him good for maybe 3 seconds until he somehow finally got the limb knocked off; HIs body fell limp like he was knocked out, but his legs were still holding his weight, and he was leaning back on the rope, so I was confused. Nearly 10 seconds later he finally started responding and stood there talking about it for a minute or two -- and then he came down. lol.. Pretty sketchy situation... Luckily the trees are several Megaohms of resistance, so it doesn't shock you enough to kill you, even the it's such a high voltage..]. Months later that same guy was tied in above him and straddled across a flat Y, out on a limb -- and he turned the saw around backwards to cut a little nothing sucker twig between his legs (I was the foreman, so I was screaming at him to stop and don't cut between your legs, but he just looked at me and smiled). and sure enough- the end of the saw bucked and it sent that chainsaw blade up his inner thigh, just above the knee. It looked like he was hit with an axe -- cut his pants, and cut his skin for about 5 inches and was peeling open like they do in a surgery. So He just grabbed the rope and came darting down to the ground like batman and was panicking.. and I calmed him down, put him in the truck and took him straight to the hospital. He was my buddy and a cool guy years before we worked together-- but he was just one of those guys who would think it's cool to not wear your safety glasses, or not wear you seatbelt when we drive, etc etc.. He started to change his mind after that, if he heard me yelling at him to stop. lol

@@calholli I'm in my 50,s now, my grandfather was a logger here in Australia. As a kid i used to go out with him and see those guys work. Nearly every one of the older guys had been witness to someone getting killed, my uncle amongst the men lost. Tree work is a damn serious business. Stay safe brother.

Two words that apply to Wes,honesty and integrity,a truly decent chap.

Amen !

Smartass

I wach your videos quite often and I wish you were closer, thank you!

@@PatrickLeeUS accurate.

This right here.

At the back of my old house, there was a hill down most of the back yard. I put my car at the bottom of the hill in the grass, there wasn't even much slope: I put on the ebrake and wheel chalked both rear wheels, and I jacked it up and crawled under it to pull the oil plug and change the oil (it was an old Duster, like 94 I think). Anyway, the dew on the grass was too slick I guess, because the wheel chalks and the e-braked tires all slid on that grass and fell off my jack stand while I was under it. Luckily my head was in a safe place and I didn't get smashed at all. But the cross member was just squeezing my waste enough that I couldn't get out.. So I was in my back yard stuck. lol.. So I started screaming for help for about 5 minutes, and there was this 'half-way house" type of prison release place right there within range and they heard me screaming, and came over there panicking and trying to lift the car by hand. Pulling on the front fenders and probably messing it up. Luckily my younger brother came running out of the house once he seen everyone in our yard, and he immediately slid down beside the car to look at me and I told him to just jack it back up and he was the one that actually rescued me, where the 4 prison guys and 2 guards had no clue and couldn't figure it out and were panicking and scrambling thinking I was dying or something. I couldn't help but laugh at how dumb they were. I got lucky. I could have gotten my head smashed if it was in the wrong place... So long story short-- I don't trust wheel chalks and jack stands anymore; if it's at all sketchy, I change plans. ( I had an old boss who was a super smart guy, and I worked under him as a sub contractor running my own crew building custom houses for him; and some years later I found out he died from a car falling in him in his shop-- he had a bunch of muscle cars and stuff. So it's pretty common on cars hurting people-- so we can't sleep on it and get comfortable. I was lucky enough to learn the hard way, but without getting hurt. Scared the crap out of me though...

Yeah.. I wouldn't have posted it to be honest.. I would have told the story, but not posted it. (I don't think).

@@calholli I don’t think I’d have even told the story…well maybe one day to my grandkids.

@@corydriver7634 I would have had to give serious thought about posting it as well. Gotta give Wes credit for telling it like it is and showing how it happened. Just glad he's not hurt too bad. You know he's going to be sore the next day though.

Very humble and honest . Best post I've seen in awhile

@George are you that slow?? Did you not watch and LISTEN to what Wes explained? FFS! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

You never know with me save somebody's life by posting this video somebody will start to do something like that and say oh wait a second Wes almost killed himself doing this let me not do it like that

enyone who says they havent made a mistake is at best lying to them selves or at worst lying to everyone

I'd donate to _that_ fund!

@@tekvax01 he's got a PO box listed under the "about" on his channel. I'm gonna keep it simple and send him a check. Peace.

I did the same thing in my shop many, many many years ago. The car I was working on lurched forward and smashed into a toolbox. Well before I was into KZfaq. I know the pain...

i agree, learning from others mistakes can save lives.

I was just about to comment the same thing. This will make me pay attention more in my own shop.

Coincidentally, I'll be working on my car today. Thank you for reminding me of the importance of always being situationally aware, and of thinking things through beforehand; I had grown far too complacent over time. You have likely saved some people and machines injury, damage, or worse by uploading this.

not even sure wtf he did, kept the car in gear, blocked it and fucked with the throttle while under the hood? LOL

@@schlomoshekelstein908 since he couldn’t open the door all the way cause he parked it by the lift he had the door partly open and he was touching the pedals with his hands laying between the door and the car. He literally explained it all in the video did you even watch the video.

u know that's a man right?

Only 1 word to summarize the problem: Complacency It happens, and thankfully there was no permanent damage to you, the car, or the shop. Thanks for showing us your mishap, it's a good reminder for everyone to slow down and think about what you are doing before you do it. God knows my inexperience in working on machines probably puts me in harms way more often than I even realize it.

Yup this video could have saved someones life. Another one was when ETG shared that a good friend of his was killed when a jack stand failed and no one was around to help. We gotta keep our heads in the game.

@@HanstheTraffer That reason alone is why I slide the tire & rim under the car after I remove 1 or more tires. That way if the jack stand AND jack fail it will only land on the rim keeping me from getting fully crushed. I to know a guy that died after that happened.

Jonathan W had a great quote similar to this while moving a boiler unto a new foundation. Can't recall it exactly, but it was another classic.

@George I am sorry that your parents failed on raising you correctly.

He felt the vibe.

that doesn't mean he is the best of us though, but this statement does mean that you are a boot licker.

Accidents never happen if you take steps to prevent them.

​@@xephael3485 Never state the obvious!!...

he didn't just state the obvious he said what he said for a reason in response to the dumb comment. do you have a learning disability?@@brianwalker1933

or are you brain deaf@@brianwalker1933