Fried_Chicken
09-01-2022, 10:17 AM
I can't believe I haven't asked this before.
been ripping my hair out trying to find a good floor jack.
The current one I have (and really like) is the Husky 3-ton. I had a 2-ton craftsman before that, but after some sketchy lifts I stopped trusting it and insisted on a 3-ton floor jack. Theoretically a 2-ton floor jack would fulfill all my needs, as I'm never actually lifting the entire vehicle, but it better be a SOLID 2-ton, and not some "technically it does 2-ton" type of thing.
The problem with my 3-ton husky is it's too tall to lift the front in a useful way (w/o first putting blocks of wood). Looking at other floor jacks, They could conceivably work, but they need the necessary reach, and that means the rear jack mechanism needs to be necessarily low. Harbor freight jacks review well, but the long-reach low-profile 3-ton jack weighs upwards of 100lbs (currenty Husky is about 60). Also the thing must be properly massive, not practical for the garage.
Anyway, what jacks do you use?
been ripping my hair out trying to find a good floor jack.
The current one I have (and really like) is the Husky 3-ton. I had a 2-ton craftsman before that, but after some sketchy lifts I stopped trusting it and insisted on a 3-ton floor jack. Theoretically a 2-ton floor jack would fulfill all my needs, as I'm never actually lifting the entire vehicle, but it better be a SOLID 2-ton, and not some "technically it does 2-ton" type of thing.
The problem with my 3-ton husky is it's too tall to lift the front in a useful way (w/o first putting blocks of wood). Looking at other floor jacks, They could conceivably work, but they need the necessary reach, and that means the rear jack mechanism needs to be necessarily low. Harbor freight jacks review well, but the long-reach low-profile 3-ton jack weighs upwards of 100lbs (currenty Husky is about 60). Also the thing must be properly massive, not practical for the garage.
Anyway, what jacks do you use?