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This is a discussion thread titled "Floor Jack", within the Aftermarket Products forum, part of the Technical & Vehicle Assistance Forums category.
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I bought one from sears, it is 4 ton, has a really wide base, max lift is like 20" or something, minimum lift is like 4" was $150, if I remember correctly.
It held up the rear axle on the tundra without the leaf springs on it for over a week and never moved, hasn't leaked at all. The thing is a heavy bastard but works pretty good.
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Who makes a really good floor jack? I need high lifting and heavy lifting; at least 8000 lbs.
Wow! 4 ton!
I picked up a 3 ton Torin Big Red service jack combo kit from Northern Tool about three years ago. It's worked very well for me. I needed the high lift for the Sequoia to change wheels.
Pickin's are geting extremely slim for US made jacks, OTC has a few good ones, Milwaulkee, Hein-Werner, Lincoln shipped all of it's tooling to China a while back. I know of someone local to me that sells jacks who ordered about 60 or so of the first batch or so of China made Lincoln jacks who got back over 70% of them over a 15-18 month period, most failed during the first 90 days. They looked better than average, but were absolute junk. Cuaght everyone off guard as they thought Lincoln would be top quality and decided to bite the bullett and get a "good" jack after bad luck with the no-namers.
Pickin's are geting extremely slim for US made jacks, OTC has a few good ones, Milwaulkee, Hein-Werner, Lincoln shipped all of it's tooling to China a while back. I know of someone local to me that sells jacks who ordered about 60 or so of the first batch or so of China made Lincoln jacks who got back over 70% of them over a 15-18 month period, most failed during the first 90 days. They looked better than average, but were absolute junk. Cuaght everyone off guard as they thought Lincoln would be top quality and decided to bite the bullett and get a "good" jack after bad luck with the no-namers.
Exactly what LRH said. They're mostly all crap. You can't buy a high quality jack for much less than $400 at the 3 ton capacity spec. Anything cheaper is made in China & the better ones have good seals. The rest will bleed to death on your garage floor after 4 or 5 uses.
I gave away a $60 Sam's club "Michelin" jack that lasted 4 uses. I replaced it with a Craftsman aluminum jack that started leaking after 6 uses. The Craftsman is easily repairable, but the Michelin looked like a PITA. My coworker fixed it & is happy with it. I like the aluminum jack better because it doesn't wear me out while using it. I looked at the Harbor Fright jacks & they were bolted together & not that well at that. The Craftsman jack had nice looking welds & felt better in use.
Your best bet is to get one you can disassemble & rebuild _when_ it starts to leak, never mind the US made or not.
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