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where in sydney can i buy up a decent 2.5tonne low riding hydraulic car jack from.for a decent price?

ive been to supercheap $169 (2.5tonne 133mm low & 483mm high) and repco $140 (2.0tonne 138mm low and 495mm high).they seem to have the same sorts of heavy duty jacks.tho i thought that they went lower to the ground.133mm was the lowest i have found.

i seem to remember a group buy a year or so ago and for $230 you got the jack and additional cups.and it was a low riding one.

somthing similar to this:

jack linkeh

there was also this thread that i have came accross.so no excess flamage occurs.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...=hydraulic+jack

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do what i do..

1st, i use a scissor jack from the side

2nd , then i use one of those $50 ones from supercheap to take over next to it

3rdly i use a proper 3tonnne jack from the front to get it right up

last of all stands...

lol

to get it down, same process in reverse

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lol I can save you a step john...skip #1 and put the super dooper cheap jack under the tow hook behind the front bar, plenty of space for even a high jack like that :huh: Might have to put it in at an angle to avoid the front bar though

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lol.i have the scisor on one side and the cheapie on the other and go up a bit at a time.and but minus the 3t jack.

the jack i have atm is like the $50 ones from supercheap.and one of the rear wheel arms has a bend in it.and it rocks.lol.so hence i feel unsafe with it.

this jack is gold

http://www.ac-hydraulic.com/Default.asp?mo...oduct&id=44

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this is the jack link.it was a part of a group buy.it happened ages ago.it seems that this njack is even higher than the supercheap ones and is rated @ less tonne capacity also.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...l=jack&st=0

this is the actual pdf link to it.the nose is really low.like 63mm and raised it stands at 500mm.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...st&id=17162

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Mate, honestly, you should have bought my jack that I had for sale. It was almost brand new.

What is this bs about jacks coming with different cups - that's bs.Why would you need different cups? a jack with a low cup can't jack up a car with lots of clearance but can jack up a low car?

When you buy a jack, don't think too much about the rating.

Generally, you have those small jacks - around $50. small weak, can't get high enough to put stands under, flimsy, feel like they will drop the car.

Big style - big strong jack, sturdy, can jack up to about 1/2 m high.

I wouldn't touch the supershit one - you're trusting your life on it. Check out standards australia - supershit are always recalling stuff. They've recalled about 3 of the past jacks that they've sold. I wonder why....

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yeah,its all in hindsight now.its just when i had heard of the different cups that come with the HD jacks,i thought that that was a good idea.to have a cup size for most surface sizes.

a jack with a low cup can jack up a low car.hence the reason for looking for one with low clearence.

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What is this bs about jacks coming with different cups - that's bs.Why would you need different cups? a jack with a low cup can't jack up a car with lots of clearance but can jack up a low car?

I think having a few cups is a good thing. They're handy if you're doing something like changing a gearbox. My old man's got a "cup" that's pretty much a flat piece of metal that is pretty handy at keeping a gearbox steady (assuming the bottom of the box is kinda flat).

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I think having a few cups is a good thing. They're handy if you're doing something like changing a gearbox. My old man's got a "cup" that's pretty much a flat piece of metal that is pretty handy at keeping a gearbox steady (assuming the bottom of the box is kinda flat).

That's a bit different. That's a transmission adapter for the trolley jack. They are a bloody great idea.

He's talking about just the cups though. e.g. why would you need a big cup, small cup etc.

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