Trolley Jack

[phunky_monkey]

Hey all,

I need a trolley jack and was wondering whether anyone has had any experience with this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-3500-Kg-Low-Pro...1QQcmdZViewItem ??

What's it like??

quality??

Fit under low cars??

Thanks

Dane

[GTR32GUS]

I got a jack the other day and to get to the central lifting point at the front i had to drive my car on to bricks so i could use the handle , my car is about 140mm height at the front and the jack just fits under but once it is under u cant move the handle up and down the bricks just give u enuff clearance. It say that jack your looking at is 170mm high so u might have problems to jack up the front

Looks like a beauty i have to say , 3.5ton 10 pumps to full height u could work on trucks

[Beer Baron]

that one looks quite good. i once bought an aluminium racing jack off ebay before and it was great...for about 3 days. it was a super low, quick lift - 7 pumps to full height and was awesome. BUT the plate was also made of aluminium and once whilst jacking up a car it just snapped and a piece went flying. had it hit anyone around it in the face there would have been some serious injury. since then we've had to rebuild it a couple of times, and it sometimes sticks, sometimes bleeds down basically it's ready for the bin.

this one looks much better though being twin pump and having a steel (i think) plate.

[someonestolecc]

Fuark Richard that sounds dodgy as. Ferk being under the car for that.

[edspaged2]

Ive use that type of jack at my local tyre centre. not sure about brand but the ones ive used are very sturdy, take stuff all effort to jack up, and i would trust my life getting under one of these! no not really. But seriously, they are quite strong. This is on ebay, are you planning to buy this off ebay? Mate, your gonna be paying alot for freight! They weigh heaps

[phunky_monkey]

Thanks for the replies guys

i've sent him off a query about what material the plate is made out of.

Yep, it's on ebay. The freight is only $15 on melb, as I'd say he just goes and delivers it. Or I could just go pick it up.

I'm a little worried I may end up in a similar situation Richard, but I guess it may just be a risk I have to take. I might try and arrange to go and see it first.

[Duncan]

looks OK to me, the min height is 90mm which should be low enough (we can get a 100mm under the race car which is pretty low).

just make sure it is ADR approved.

[exv8driver]

looks good to me.. damn thing would be too expensive to send to Sydney. check out this guys ebay shop - same jack $10 cheaper

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-3500-Kg-Low-Pro...7QQcmdZViewItem

[edspaged2]

these jacks are fairly common in alot of tyre joints, which must be saying something eh? Like Duncan said, make sure it is ADR approved.

[phunky_monkey]

Thanks guys

I've sent them a message about the material used in the jacking plate, and whether it's ADR approved or not, I'll let you know the results

[phunky_monkey]

Well, it's ADR approved, and the plate is made of steel, and I just bought one

I'll let you know what they're like

Cheers for the advice

Dane

[phunky_monkey]

Just thought I'd give an update.

Got the jack, works fantastically and is very low. Only downside is it's weight.

But for what I need it for it's great.

[edspaged2]

told you they weighed a sh#tload! very good jacks they are.

[phunky_monkey]

Great jack, just gonna need a chiropractor now!!