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Ok, this is not a general jack question, this is specific to bottle jacks. I don't do floor jacks, despise them greatly.
I'm looking at getting 2 bottle jacks for my 07 TRD, on possibly to stay with it, the other so I have 2 for rotating tires and such (makes life easier).
Now I was looking at the factory jack, it goes about 18.5 inches heigh, which is higher then most bottle jacks go. You have to get an insanely large one to get that height.
Now of course, the rear isn't very hard to deal with, since you got the axle. But on the front, the book says to jack on the frame. Now how much travel does one need to get that tire off the ground. I'm guessing this is jack they use on lots of models, I'd hope it could get the tire off the ground with room to spare. If I can do it with 15-16 inches of travel, them I'm good. I don't want to use any blocks under it either.
Surely some folks have gone on bottle jack quests. I really don't feel like going and jacking the darn thing up with the factory jack to find out, it's the only one I have around.
Did a search and didn't find much on folks and bottle jacks here.
I'm looking at getting 2 bottle jacks for my 07 TRD, on possibly to stay with it, the other so I have 2 for rotating tires and such (makes life easier).
Now I was looking at the factory jack, it goes about 18.5 inches heigh, which is higher then most bottle jacks go. You have to get an insanely large one to get that height.
Now of course, the rear isn't very hard to deal with, since you got the axle. But on the front, the book says to jack on the frame. Now how much travel does one need to get that tire off the ground. I'm guessing this is jack they use on lots of models, I'd hope it could get the tire off the ground with room to spare. If I can do it with 15-16 inches of travel, them I'm good. I don't want to use any blocks under it either.
Surely some folks have gone on bottle jack quests. I really don't feel like going and jacking the darn thing up with the factory jack to find out, it's the only one I have around.
Did a search and didn't find much on folks and bottle jacks here.