Vathral
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| [Help] Purchasing Car Jack I don't have a car personally but my father does and he has a jack that is what I feel is old and is getting rusty. I am wondering if the electric jacks that usually plugs into the cigarette light adaptor are any good? Something like this: »www.amazon.com/12V-DC-Electric-C···00G2MHE4
This is not a truck but a simple sedan so something up to 100 dollars would be nice. I just don't want him having to deal with cranking the thing when he does have to use it.
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lagged
join:2001-10-30
Narberth, PA
| Do you want an emergency jack to keep in the trunk or a jack to keep in the garage for maintenance?
I like this style »www.amazon.com/Pro-Lift-F-2330-M···6&sr=8-3
I don't know anything about that specific jack, but that's the style I use in the garage.
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Ken Peterson
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| Re: [Help] Purchasing Car Jack I can confirm that this is a good choice. I have this jack and have used it on our Voyager as well as various Camrys. | |
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slaterK
join:2006-01-31
| The electric jack does work, but so so. Usually slow and labored on heavy cars. I haven't heard of one breaking, but its certainly feasible. The design is just like a factory jack for most cars, so mechanically its sound.
It is important what car you have though. Some cars require special jacks. If you have an average Japaneses or American car though, this should work.
A floor jack is great for at home, but they are heavy and sizable, even the smaller ones. Also , the small ones tend to not lift very high.
Any cheap hydraulic jack is a bad idea as they often leak and eventually fail. However you can get decent compact vertical hydraulic jacks. Their major weakness poor horizontal support and contact patch as well as usually not being very tall.
My advice is to have a simple (preferably stock) manual jack in the car as a back up at least, and then something like that electric one as well if you need the convenience. | |
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Doctor Olds
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1 edit | Don't forget these when jacking.
»www.amazon.com/Blitz-11930-Hugge···_auto_12
PS: Don't underestimate the true value of AAA when you lock your fathers keys in the 40 Miles from home or come out to find you left the head lights on while you were inside visiting someone a 100 Miles away who doesn't have jumper cables. | |
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BurntCricket
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clubs: | Re: [Help] Purchasing Car Jack I agree, chocks are 100% necessary when jacking, but in a pinch, a brick will do.
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It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. | |
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| Re: [Help] Purchasing Car Jack said by BurntCricket  :I agree, chocks are 100% necessary when jacking, but in a pinch, a brick will do. I also agree but just about no one that I know will take the time to find a brick,wood or any other makeshift chock.
I was at a friends house one day last year he was drinking beer and putting his winter tires on and had no blocks or chocks. | |
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Doctor Olds
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clubs: | Re: [Help] Purchasing Car Jack They don't use jack stands either, and you almost always see them with missing toes and or fingers.  | |
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Harrisonville, MO | Re: [Help] Purchasing Car Jack I had a neighbor die from changing the blades on his tractor mower, by not using jack stands.
The danger is very real! | |
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NS4683
join:2000-08-25
Hoboken, NJ | Re: [Help] Purchasing Car Jack Is it safe to put a vehicle on 4 jackstands? or is the max you should use is only 2? | |
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aurgathor
join:2002-12-01
Lynnwood, WA
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| Re: [Help] Purchasing Car Jack That partly depends on a few things like what type of jack, how high, is it on a completely level and stable surface, etc.
Personally, I have a cache of cinderblocks and 2 - 3 ft long pieces of treated 4 by 8s that can be used to support most anything I can lift. (I have a 20 and 12 ton bottle jacks, and 2 car jacks {only one good of the latter ATM  })
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Doctor Olds
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| said by NS4683 :Is it safe to put a vehicle on 4 jackstands? or is the max you should use is only 2? Yes, if they are rated to hold the vehicle's weight safely and are positioned correctly it is no different than a lift that raises the car 6 to 8 feet off the ground and then locks the vehicle in place.
There is a good bit of spare capacity if you buy the 6 Ton Jack Stands.
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