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I stopped using 3 legged stands after dumping an engine in the driveway when it hit a small rut.

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Can we have an AMEN! on that...been there done that with a 400 out of an old Polara, lucky no one lost any toes or feet, hit a piece of gravel with the front wheel rolling it into the garage and folded that 3 legged piece or "stuff" right under. I still have one of the cheap things in the back corner of the shop with a complete motor home 400 sitting on it, it has probably sagged 6", I take a wide path around it, when I build my next stroker it will come off and I'll build braces and plates for it. I currently have 5 engines on stands in the shop and all but 2 are of the four legged versions, never have had a problem with the 4 leggers and a complete BB, I too do not rotate the engine after the heads are installed. Never built a HEMI so no experience with that weight.