[s-cars] Speaking of Cheap Tools

[Keith Maddock]

I second Teddy's comments there, maybe you can return it and get your $16.99 back?

I have bought one 50-70 dollar jack at Costco, and have also bought a 50-70 dollar jack at Sears (Craftsman).  Admittedly both are fairly cheaply made, but are stable enough for most work when combined with proper jack-stands.  I think this is about the minimum price/quality point I'd go for.   Both these jacks do exhibit creep-down from time to time so I definately always use at least one jackstand when I have a body-part under the car...

Then again, if you're religious with your jack-stands, the $16.99 jack might be good enough (as in, NEVER let that cheapo jack hold up the car for any other reason than inserting or removing a jack-stand)

Keith Maddock
2000 Craftsman 2.5 ton (DE)
1997 Costco 2.5 ton (OR)

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Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
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>>> Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> 20:00:29 07.11.2002 >>>

--- Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com> wrote:
> Having attended one class at uncle bobs university of cheap tool buying,
> today I'm stopping by Autozone store for the $16.99 floor jack.  As an
> infrequent user, I mean for 17 bucks how bad can it be.  (I do love the
(snip)
bill,

with cheap tool buying, there are hits and misses.  i think a $16.99
floor jack qualifies as a miss.  BTDT.  a big problem with cheap jacks
(snip)(snip)
i highly recommend you go to costco and buy the 3-ton floor jack for
$59.  the lift capacity doesn't really matter, but it is much more
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there are plenty of places to cut corners on your tools, but be careful
doing that with jacks and jack stands.  your life depends on it.

-teddy