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Wednesday 24 September 2008

Car Jack

This is not an article about stealing cars. However, I sure as hell hope it doesn't educate would be thieves to break-into houses.

Most houses in Malaysia have metal grills on the windows, to make break-ins just a little more difficult. But really, grills are very easy to break. Some grills are well designed, sort of a door-like design, enabling the grills to be unlocked in the event of an emergency.

In any case, should there be a need to break a grill fast, use a car jack. That's the stuff you use to raise your car to change the tires. Car jacks can lift up to 200kg plus, easily. So, it can exert a very large force. It is very simple. Put the jack in between the two bars / grills. Then, start 'lifting'. Usually, this will cause the bars to break, if not it will open a large hole.

Car jacks could also be used to free someone trapped, e.g., leg pinned by a block of concrete. The word of caution is, the car jack is a good make-shift tool, great for emergencies lacking the proper tools. It will not be the best tool, and naturally, there is risk involved in using make-shift methods. Please get the experts such as the fire department to help first!

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