Floor Jack

War-Jeeper · Jun 19, 2006

Looking to buy a good quality floor jack for around like 120 bucks. Anyone got any suggestions on what brand and what cpacity i should get? I really have no clue what determines a good jack from a crappy one so help me out please

Freeride · Jun 19, 2006

I picked up the aluminum costco "racing" jack.

Truth be told, I actually do feel *faster* when I'm using it. It was $99 and had a decent lift height at around 20" I think. I like it, and would buy it again.

pokey · Jun 19, 2006

same here on the costco version plus its lighter for us old farts:clappy: I will sell you a steel one for $25.00

jack is about 28" long lifts about 18" and I believe is a 2 1/2 ton

War-Jeeper · Jun 19, 2006

pokey said:
same here on the costco version plus its lighter for us old farts:clappy: I will sell you a steel one for $25.00

Got any pictures?

crash2 · Jun 19, 2006

i have a comercial 2 1/2 ton snap on jack

Nuzzy · Jun 19, 2006

crash said:
i have a comercial 2 1/2 ton snap on jack

showoff...

War-Jeeper · Jun 19, 2006

crash said:
i have a comercial 2 1/2 ton snap on jack

Too expensive for my wallet

Toyotanut · Jun 19, 2006

I've got an old craftsman 2 ton and the new craftsman 1 pump to load hight 2 1/2 ton.

War-Jeeper · Jun 19, 2006

Toyotanut said:
I've got an old craftsman 2 ton and the new craftsman 1 pump to load hight 2 1/2 ton.

What do you think of both of them? You think they are good quality? I was thinking about going with the craftsman 3 ton.....would that be overdueing it a bit?

pokey · Jun 19, 2006

War-Jeeper said:
Got any pictures?

edited my earlier post with pic.

CrustyJeep · Jun 19, 2006

Good jacks are fawking hard to find for an affordable price.

I grabbed a "power built" at Schmucks, on sale for I think $80. It has the better hydraulics, u-joint valve, and a pretty beefy frame, so it's not too shabby, actually a pretty good deal for what I paid.

I've been looking for a good used "better' one, but man they just don't turn up.

NotMatt · Jun 19, 2006

Get the light "racing" model... that way when you drop it on your toe, it won't hurt so bad. :redneck:

We have two... one is a craftsman "SUV" jack that does the one pump to lift height thing, and the other is some off-brand that I can't remember. It has a lower overall profile, and has a twist handle for controlling the valve vs. the screw type... I use both, but I like the off-brand one because it has a larger cradle... convenient for lifting a rig by the diffs and it also doubles as a ghetto transmission jack... as long as there are enough helpers to balance it.

War-Jeeper · Jun 19, 2006

CrustyJeep said:
Good jacks are fawking hard to find for an affordable price.

I grabbed a "power built" at Schmucks, on sale for I think $80. It has the better hydraulics, u-joint valve, and a pretty beefy frame, so it's not too shabby, actually a pretty good deal for what I paid.

I've been looking for a good used "better' one, but man they just don't turn up.

Ya i keep looking for one on craigslist but nothing ever comes up.

Ive also been looking at the powerbuilt Shmucks lfit my friend has one and it works pretty good its like 3 years old and been beat to a pulp and still works fine

War-Jeeper · Jun 19, 2006

NotMatt said:
Get the light "racing" model... that way when you drop it on your toe, it won't hurt so bad. :redneck:

We have two... one is a craftsman "SUV" jack that does the one pump to lift height thing, and the other is some off-brand that I can't remember. It has a lower overall profile, and has a twist handle for controlling the valve vs. the screw type... I use both, but I like the off-brand one because it has a larger cradle... convenient for lifting a rig by the diffs and it also doubles as a ghetto transmission jack... as long as there are enough helpers to balance it.

Where did you get the offbrand one and for how much?

MarcW · Jun 19, 2006

i got my craftsman for about 120 bucks, speedy lift kind, and it lifts enough to get my jeep a good ways off the ground. not sure on how many inches though. you can come check it out, sam.

War-Jeeper · Jun 19, 2006

MarcW said:
i got my craftsman for about 120 bucks, speedy lift kind, and it lifts enough to get my jeep a good ways off the ground. not sure on how many inches though. you can come check it out, sam.

How many pounds does it lift?