mt2man
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bl1300
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The first type of jack you pictured I would never every by again. I bought one a few months back as a spare to carry in the van and have used it a grand total of 5 times. I usually find it just does not have a high enough lift range to even lift the wheel completly off the ground on quite a few moderns, so nigh on useless without a bit of wood under it so it will lift higher.
The last time I used it failed completly leaving a car stranded on an axle stand as the jack just wouldn't lift any more. That was only the 5th time it had ever been used as such I would NEVER buy another.
On the other hand I can say that the halfords 2 ton jacks are really good mine still works after I inadvertently left it outside in the rain for 6 months although the release nipple now has to be operated with an adjustable spanner as its gone too tight for the handle.
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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I've got a liftmaster jack, its the quick lift long chassis high lifter one. Its wibblepoo, first week or so was fine ever since then the rocket lift bit now less than 6 months later it lifts up quickly as you pump and drops it straight back down to about 5mm above where you started, i hate it because its not right and its supposed to lift a car but i've gone back to using a little bottle jack or a scissor jack i've had for ages.
I used to have a sealey yankee 2.5 tonne until i lost my job at a garage and got told he would do "what ever it took" to get me off the property if i ever went back to get my stuff. So there is about £1k worth of stuff of mine helping him as i have no real proof its my stuff (glad i walked out pulling my toolbox and welder)
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What about a classic screw action bottle jack. I've got a collection of about 8 of them ranging from a tiny Austin 7 to Range Rover Classic versions. No problem with leaking fluids. Series Land Rover type is a good "all rounder", common and cheap. Don't forget the hydraulic bottle jacks that came with Discoveries.
Paul H
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mt2man
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I have loadsss of scissor jacks that come with cars as standard, i just get fed up with how long they take to go up and down! haha, i suppose i could make an attachment for my drill to speed up the proccess.
I am actually very tempted to just go for a bottle jack, they are alot smaller and easier to store in the garage. I suppose its not that different to the first one i posted in terms of use!
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bortaf
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Aug 10, 2012 12:32:34 GMT
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Scissor jack and a curse word 12V nut gun does me in the truck, all my trolly are at least 3 foot long and too bleeding heavy to cart around lol
All me cars have those cheap 10.99 in the case jobbys, it's handy to stuff spares in the boxes lol
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Aug 10, 2012 14:05:22 GMT
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I have a clarke 2-tonner from Machine Mart. It's bigger than a cheapo one but not as big as a long chassis one. The reason I picked it was because it had quite a low saddle height (lower than the cheapos and most long chassis ones) so it would fit under my mini even with a flat tyre. I'll try to find a link later.
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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Aug 10, 2012 18:18:28 GMT
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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I've had one of those for about 4 years, really sturdy and well worth the money (it was cheaper when I bought mine) It lifts standard cars high with no problems as you can get on the chassis and subframes. When it comes to wanting to get underneath my Golf, I can only jack on the standard jacking points as it's low as fook, then I stick a second jack on the subframe and jack it up again to get the axle stands under. |
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1993 Mercedes-Benz 190e LE in Azzuro Blue.
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andyborris
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
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Aug 11, 2012 15:57:15 GMT
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kee
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Aug 11, 2012 16:21:18 GMT
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I've had one of those for about 4 years, really sturdy and well worth the money (it was cheaper when I bought mine) It lifts standard cars high with no problems as you can get on the chassis and subframes. When it comes to wanting to get underneath my Golf, I can only jack on the standard jacking points as it's low as fook, then I stick a second jack on the subframe and jack it up again to get the axle stands under. I have one of these too, the saddle is a little small but it seems fine, just wish it would go a bit higher. handy for the price though as I've no chance of getting my other jack under the car and they both go to the same height |
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mt2man
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Aug 11, 2012 18:09:39 GMT
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That machine mart ones seems good! I may have to pop down to my local one and have a look  i think a lowered one is a better idea |
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Aug 11, 2012 21:51:59 GMT
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I have 2 Clarke jacks. One is at least 6 years old and the other is probably 10 years old and both still work perfectly.
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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stealthstylz
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I've got a Halfords 2.5 ton 4x4 lift jack. Nice bit of kit, goes high enough for me to worry that the car was going to tip over. Think it was about 45 quid on trade.
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Aug 12, 2012 10:26:40 GMT
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i have one of these bought from this guy on ebay cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260737640134&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123 had it about 6 months and it started creeping, jack the car up and then a race to get the stand in place before the car dropped. emailed the seller, was told it was under waranty, he arabged for the jack to be collected on the friday, went back to sealey for inspection, i had a new jack delivered on the following wednesday... 3 days later if ya don't count the weekend! well impressed. the jacks ok, goes nice and low, lifts high but needs a lot of pumps (ooohh matron) also have an alloy arcan one which was brilliant, had a coupe of years, stopped working last year, the manual lists all the spares but i cant get a reply from Arcan when asking, so gave up...  |
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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Aug 13, 2012 12:06:10 GMT
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I've got a cheap trolley jack like the first one. I don't like it because it's not very stable and I don't really trust it to be honest. I'm sure it'll last forever (in fact, I've had it over 5 years), but I won't get another one.
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LambDrover
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Fuelling up the Firebird...
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Aug 14, 2012 16:47:22 GMT
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Loxlee
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Ford Capri with 1600cc's of pure power!........
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I've got a Halfords 2.5 ton 4x4 lift jack. Nice bit of kit, goes high enough for me to worry that the car was going to tip over. Think it was about 45 quid on trade. I just got one of these as they were reduced from £90 odd to £40. Seems pretty good so far and way better than any other £40 jack I've seen. |
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will
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Aug 15, 2012 19:38:10 GMT
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Cheapo one and bits of wood in the boot of the low cars for me, worked fine for the last gawd nose how many years. My cheap 'RAC' jobbie lifts the transit ok too ;D
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