[s-cars] Racing Jack

[Peter Schulz]

Late to this thread, but I also have one of the ballistic lowering 80+lb floor jacks.

I also picked up a pretty nice Arcan 3 ton aluminium floor jack last year from Costco.
I has two side carrying handles, dual pistons for raising/lowering, and is much more substantially built than the HF jacks.
Of course it weighs more, around 50lbs...


-Peter


On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Ian Duff wrote:

> So, does this one lower slowly, or ballistically?
> 
> -Ian Duff.
> 
> On 19 Jul, 2010, at 15:30, <manuelsanchez at starpower.net> <manuelsanchez at starpower.net> wrote:
> 
>> This might be one of those threads similar to discussions about motor oil, anti-seize or torsen diffs....
>> 
>> I think I have the worst luck with jacks.
>> 
>> I have a 3 ton, steel, crapsman jack that weighs almost as much as my car. It has always dropped the car too quickly for my taste so I stopped using it due to the lack of control (my back thanked me).
>> 
>> I had the cheap HF aluminum jack that bent under the weight of Ms Piggy.
>> 
>> My latest is the visually beefier HF jack:
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/rapid-pump-4000-lb-capacity-lightweight-low-profile-aluminum-racing-jack-92782.html
>> 
>> which is around $160.
>> 
>> I really wish I could fix the numerous other jacks I have in the basement. I've tried bleeding them, adding hydraulic jack oil, bleeding them again, but I've never been able to get that nice controlled descent feeling that they had when brand new. My sears jack was plain scary when I had to drop the car down.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Manny
>> 95.5 urs6 Avant
>> 
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-Peter Schulz
Chelmsford Ma, USA
http://www.naaclub.org/

1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
1991 90Q 20v Q Red
1991 90Q 20v Indigo
1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)