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From: saltiel@cdstar.UUCP (Jack Saltiel)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Jacks
Message-ID: <194@cdstar.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:09:37 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 11:09:37 1985
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Summary: On the other hand...

In article <285@mhuxa.UUCP>, gmc@mhuxa.UUCP (MATULIS) writes:
> > I an thinking about buying an automotive jack--the kind with wheels
> > on it.  There seem to be two qualities.  The cheap ones cost about
> > $30-40 and the expensive ones about $80-120 (on sale).  The expensive
> > ones are about twice as big (bigger wheels, longer, bigger cups, more
> > metal), but both are rated at 2 tons.
> 
> 	My choice would be to go for the $80-120 jack. I was given one of the
> cheap jacks for Christmas a few years ago and even though it does the job, 
> it's inferior. #1-The jack is limited to the height it goes to. Something
> around 12-14 inches. Most times I have to use a 2x4 block to get high enough
> for the lowest point on my jackstands. #2-One time when I was jacking up the
> front end of a 1976 Gran Prix a support which was part of the saddle bent,
> and the jack wouldn't go all the way down.   Overall, in the long run the
> more expensive jack is the best bet. Afterall, how many times in a lifetime
> do you make a purchase as in a jack?..

On the other hand, the cheaper one is also portable.
I solved the problem with the ultimate solution: I got one
of each (to start with!)

-- 
					Jack Saltiel
					Cambridge Digital Systems
					{wjh12,talcott}!cdstar!saltiel

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