My old beaten up Halfords trolley jack has finally given up the ghost (years of lifting a Land-Rover did it I think).
Any recommendations for a reasonably priced low-level jack please - something that will fit easily under a Striker chassis rail ?
Cheers,
Pete
Need a new trolley jack
- petercoll
- Posts: 534
- Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:51 pm
- Name: Peter Collingridge
- Location: Shropshire
- sjmatthews
- Posts: 33
- Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:45 pm
- Name: Steve Matthews
- Location: Cotswolds
Re: Need a new trolley jack
I bought one of these recently...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Liftmaster-Low-Profile-2-Ton-Hydrualic-Trolley-Car-Jack-/260600832895?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment&hash=item3cad05237f
Great VFM, very pleased with it.
Steve
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Liftmaster-Low-Profile-2-Ton-Hydrualic-Trolley-Car-Jack-/260600832895?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment&hash=item3cad05237f
Great VFM, very pleased with it.
Steve
I'll be in the garage dear!
- petercoll
- Posts: 534
- Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:51 pm
- Name: Peter Collingridge
- Location: Shropshire
Re: Need a new trolley jack
Thanks for that - looks like the sort of thing I am after.
Pete
Pete
- easisatman
- Posts: 26
- Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:39 pm
- Name: Paul Duval
- Location: Barcelona Spain
- Contact:
Re: Need a new trolley jack
Hi Peter
I bought this one- quite light weight and fits under my Striker no problem and lifts it quite high http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... sion-jacks
regards
Paul
I bought this one- quite light weight and fits under my Striker no problem and lifts it quite high http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... sion-jacks
regards
Paul
-
- Posts: 2605
- Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:31 pm
- Name: Jeff Wiltshire
Re: Need a new trolley jack
I have the Clark one and I don't trust it. The design is such that when you lift the car it the car moves not the jack. So this means the chassis member you started with in the middle of the pad ends up moving across the pad and, potentially, falling off the jack. I've had the car fall off the jack twice which has cost me a £300 aluminium radiator already.
- sjmatthews
- Posts: 33
- Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:45 pm
- Name: Steve Matthews
- Location: Cotswolds
Re: Need a new trolley jack
jeffw wrote:I have the Clark one and I don't trust it. The design is such that when you lift the car it the car moves not the jack. So this means the chassis member you started with in the middle of the pad ends up moving across the pad and, potentially, falling off the jack. I've had the car fall off the jack twice which has cost me a £300 aluminium radiator already.
I've had similar near misses in the past where the car hasn't moved and the jack has not rolled slightly as expected (due to my uneven garage floor) resulting in the pad effectively moving across the chassis. Luckily I noticed it before it was too late - scary moment though. I considered a floor issue rather than a problem with the jack.
I'll be in the garage dear!
-
- Posts: 2605
- Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:31 pm
- Name: Jeff Wiltshire
Re: Need a new trolley jack
Never had the problem on anything but the aluminium Clarke type ones, normal trolley jack works fine on the same floor.
- matt_gsxr
- Posts: 291
- Joined: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:18 pm
- Name: Matthew Robson
- Location: Oxford
Re: Need a new trolley jack
You lot are all so fancy.
I use a 2meter wooden fence post.
It works well, and was very cheap (actually a spare).
It is multi-functional too, here it is being used as an engine hoist (actually that should be "engine joist").
matt
I use a 2meter wooden fence post.
It works well, and was very cheap (actually a spare).
It is multi-functional too, here it is being used as an engine hoist (actually that should be "engine joist").
matt
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Return to “Jeremy Philips Cars”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 26 guests