Best floor jacks
 

My wagon is 3,600 lbs. I need a light weight jack with a high a high reach point for use at the track. Remember I do not park on asphalt as I have a lowly Stocker. I am old, so it has to be light. Thanks

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Ron, I have one of these in the shop.
It's a 2 ton capacity, aluminum, but it still weighs in at a little over 50#.
The 1 1/2 ton jobs are about 35 #.
http://www.asedeals.com/zinko_alumin...ing_jacks.html

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I have had very good luck with the Craftsman Alum. Jacks. Not the cheap on they sell the more expensive one. I have one in the shop, one on my service truck, and one in the race trailer. Not one problem out of any of them. The one in the trailer has lived a easy life. The other two have had it pretty rough and still keep going.

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I use the Harbor Freight one ( the better one not the cheap one) 2 ton capacity about 45 pounds.. Works fine I think it's about $150

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I am not going to start a HF thread, but I use the blue/silver lightweight aluminum jack at the track and for Cal-Trac adjustments. It works very well, but the lightweight model's lift height is not as much as the 2+ ton model.
I believe the lightweight Jegs jack is the same mfr as the HF model.

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Like Art, we also used a Harbor Freight jack. The better ones, but still affordable. But in addition to lift capacity, as cad said, you need to pay attention to lift height.

We got a heavy rubber mat, actually a couple to put over a wide board in the grass so the jack didn't sink into the dirt/mud/grass .... you know... all of the stuff you deal with in the stock pits.

David
The New Hemi Guy

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I am not going to start a HF thread, but I use the blue/silver lightweight aluminum jack at the track and for Cal-Trac adjustments. It works very well, but the lightweight model's lift height is not as much as the 2+ ton model.
I believe the lightweight Jegs jack is the same mfr as the HF model.

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Ron,the one that wont allow the car to fall on you.:>):>)

El Gallego

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Rob,
I have not had the same luck with the Craftsman Alum jack. I found out the hard way that the same warranty for hand tools does not apply to their floor jack. Just past having for a year and it stopped lifting 100% of max height. Not sure if it is made anymore, but supposedly not rebuildable. This is the one I have.

http://community.craftsman.com/Craft...--2783-reviews

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Ron go with the Harbor Freight jack.I have the aluminum Craftsman..also ..HF is better and cheaper..Got any more chicken.?

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Thats not the one I have. I will see if I can figure out how to post a picture

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Rob,
I am glad, My wife got it for me for Christmas a few years ago, and now it looks like the Harbor Freight Aluminum ones are made better, than that expensive POS.

As for the Jack that I use at the track, it is the Harbor Freight 1.5 ton with a 3/4" piece of plywood with side rails to not allow the jack to roll off the plywood when not on solid ground, The plywood is not much bigger than the jack. Also use the plywood to place jack stands on, to lift the rear of car in the trailer.This prevents the jack stands from damaging the coin floor. Multipurpose tool!

Sean

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i'll tell ya right now, if it has cast parts, don't buy it....i'll post a pick of mine sometime...plus don't buy one with the single wide roller on the front, they don't turn worth a sh.........

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Have the HF 2 ton lightweight which is OK but they have a 3 ton which looks much more well designed.

http://www.harborfreight.com/aluminu...ons-68052.html

This motorcycle jack is great for transmissions when working with jack stands on the floor!!!

http://www.harborfreight.com/lightwe...ift-94715.html

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Do the HF aliminium jack ,harder to pump than more common steel jack?

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Thank you everybody for your input, I chose the HF 2 ton jack. It is bigger than my non working Craftsman 3 ton jack, but lighter. The two individual front wheels make it easy to turn vs the single roller bar version of the HF 3 ton.

Do not like the sensitiveness of it though, will not allow you to lower with very small increments or minor bleed. Wants to let go quickly as in it's ability to raise quickly.

Again, thanks everyone.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA not jacking anyone around