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Using a hydraulic jack in lieu of a jack stand is risking a $.05 o-ring won't fail. Pretty confident it won't? Are you willing to risk your life or limb(s) by being lazy and not have some support redundancy in place? Up to you. How fast can you extract your arms from a vehicle free-falling at some angle from 30 inches? You feel lucky.....?
Or.... are you taking a lesson from a tire shop that worries more about the bottom line than the health and safety of their techs? If you value your personal safety at home (possibly alone), that wouldn't be a wise choice.
Likewise, it's up to the shop owner and how they want to operate. You could mention it, but ultimately it's the owner's liability and their dependence on their insurance company to cover the damages and penalties from state safety regs.
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