Jack

[Kneale Brownson]

I thought about this when I first got my drive-on ramp style auto hoist, and did some looking around.  There ARE airbag lifting tools.  One common use is in emergency situations where there are no jacking points.  Turns out the bags are quite expensive.
   
  My solution is the inexpensive two-ton roll-around jacks from places like AutoZone.  I've been buying them when they have a sale for $15-20.  I keep one on each side of the hoist for wheel/brake work and have been acquiring units for each of our vehicles to use in place of the very unstable OEM jack.  

Mark R <speedracer.mark at gmail.com> wrote:
  Bob,
Bottle style jacks aren't really very stable. A much better alternative
would be to et a cheap aluminum "racing" style jack. Light weight to roll
around (or pick up) and much more stable. More versatile, too! That said,
to answer your question, I don't think they make any airbags that cheap.
You'd be looking at an air over hydraulic bottle style jack. Habor Freight
or Northern Tool would be the places to look.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Feb 4, 2008 2:57 PM, Robert Myers wrote:

>
> Hi Y'all,
>
> Ya see there's this old retired fart I know who is getting weak of
> both mind and body and today while I, er.. he, was changing some
> wheels I, er... he, had an idea. I betcha, he says, that there are
> some small air powered jacks available for use in a small home
> garage. Does anyone have a recommendation for me, uh,
> him? Something fairly small and lightweight and, preferably,
> inexpensive - say maybe $50 - $60-ish, at least under $100?
>