street
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These inflatable jacks, anyone had any experience with them?  I usually drive around with a trolley jack in the boot but its rather heavy so not ideal. Scissor jacks, I find, rather than lift the car up, would prefer to twist into useless scrap metal with a turn of the handle so they're out. And bottle jacks are too tall to fit under the car  An inflatable jack seems ideal- light, easy to use, just wang it on the end of your exhaust and your away! But are they safe? Do they work well? Bit of a dull thread, so put THIS in your pipe and shmoke it:  |
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Last Edit: Oct 6, 2006 18:04:41 GMT by street
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they must work cos the guy wo go exploring deserts etc carry em so they must be tried and tested, only thing i worry about with these is the damage they can cause if put in the wrong place (same as any jack really) ive heard of someone jacking up his landy by the petrol tank and braking the pump loose. d'oh
i think they're a good idea, just have to be careful as with any jack
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I know they wouldn't (probably) but I always just see this : "BANG" >Car lands on head<  |
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i thought you meant the type of jacks that do this -  Id love some of those, with an onboard air supply, pull into the BP garage and hit the jacks PPPSSSSSSSSSTTTTtt, OOOHHHHH YYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH! J |
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What, then whip out your airgun and <VVVIR, VVWHIRR, VHIRR> drop a wheel off, change it, bang it back on, then hoon out again?
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Last Edit: Oct 6, 2006 16:41:53 GMT by Lewis
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exactly, can you imagine the bemused old giffer in his rover 200 wander in the fu*k is going on!
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Panda Matt
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I had one, but it got covered in oil from the can in the boot with it. That rotted the bag and it didn't seem to stay inflated for as long...
You need a single exhaust pipe or to be able to bung up one.
Also tried using it as inflatable furniture at a VW show... couldn't blow it up personally, so used the exhaust - hours later didn't feel so good and had a horrendous headache the next day - fairly sure I steadily gassed myself - not recommended....
But using it for it's proper purpose was fine. Important to put the rubber mats in the right place as well.
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ive heard of someone jacking up his landy by the petrol tank and braking the pump loose. d'oh that was on Ray Meeres some guy was out in the sahara got a flat through the inflatable underneath caught the tank and so fourth so was stuck in the middle of nowhere I'm guessing theres some sort of valve that if it pops off the exhaust the thing doesnt deflate  |
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Inflatable jacks?arthurbrown
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LOL! I usually troll a trolley jack around with me too!!
Mate of mine had one of these inflatey jobs.... it was OK for changing a tyre in a lazy emergancy way... but too cumbersome for owt else (axle stands? What they??? ;D)
I considered getting one for my landrover as my trolley jack struggled a bit and it was best bet to get a stand under it ASAP.... but given that most of the exhaust gases exited before the tailpipe it seemed a waste of chops!!
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Beware (as with some standard issued with-car-tool-kit 'sill fitment' jacks) the damage they can do to sills/floor/inner sill on an older car (i.e. one that has 'fillered up/rusty/dodgy/older/iffy  /crusty sills) |
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Ive often wondered about these as i also have to carry lumps of wood about to drive onto so i can get a jack under the car. I assume you can use inflatables on very low cars? Although apparantly machine mart are bringing out a low slung jack for slammed cars  |
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Although apparantly machine mart are bringing out a low slung jack for slammed cars Yaaaay no more raiding peoples gardens for bricks etc to drive the car on before the jack will go under. |
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SkoCan
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These inflatable jacks, anyone had any experience with them?
Haven't seen those ones yet. We use bigger ones to lift our LRVs so the concept is sound. Wouldn't use one long term though.
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Last Edit: Oct 6, 2006 21:38:49 GMT by SkoCan
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Inflatable jacks?BenzBoy
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I'd be concerned about the "footprint" inder the car - even if your jacking points are sound, some of the pressure is gonna be going on the floorpan judging by the size of it. You can always stuff it under a wishbone as I always tend to do with regular jacks I suppose.
As for it failing and dropping the car... only a nutter would work under the car with just the jack as support - even if it's just the wheel slung underneath! So in that sense they're as safe as any other jack I s'pose. Saves weight over a scissor jack too (and burst blood vessels, skinned knuckles, and some innocent passer-by getting hit in the head by a flying bent up scissor jack...) ;D
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i thought you meant the type of jacks that do this - Id love some of those, with an onboard air supply, pull into the BP garage and hit the jacks PPPSSSSSSSSSTTTTtt, OOOHHHHH YYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH! J Not quite in the same league, but changing a flat on the BX the other week didn't involve much jacking effort |
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street
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Thanks for your input gang!
Might give it a whirl then, but a bit expensive at about £35-40...... Also a bit concerned about the footprint of the thing and where its going to be putting pressure- All of my cars have some degree of crustiness so i'd rather not take too muc of a chance, but part of me was thinking that given the size of the footprint, the load would be spread over a large area so it wouldn't hurt it too much?
Hmm, i'll chew it over!
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Whatever you decide that story of the guy gassing himself by using one as a chair was mint so the thread has been worthwhile either way.
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