Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!petrus!magic!nvc!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihu1g!rls From: rls@ihu1g.UUCP (r.l. schieve) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Jacks Message-ID: <726@ihu1g.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 08:43:47 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1g.726 Posted: Mon Nov 4 08:43:47 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 00:57:04 EST References: <121@gt-cmmsr.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 > 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. > > Have you any recommendations? > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > John M. Hammer > Center for Man-Machine Systems Research, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 > uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!gt-cmmsr!hammer > hammer@gt-cmmsr.UUCP > csnet: hammer%gt-cmmsr@gatech.CSNET > arpanet: hammer%gt-cmmsr%gatech@csnet-relay.ARPA > phone: (404) 894-4055 The more expensive jacks have a more useful height range, usually about 5 to 19 inches. This alone makes them far better than the cheap ones. Nothing more frustrating than not being able to get the tires off the ground. I have even seen a Walker floor jack with a 3-1/2 to 21 inch range. The larger base also has much greater stability which seems much more important when crawling under the car. I try to make it my practise not to crawl under a vehicle without jack stands but sometimes I get in a hurry. Spend to money, the life you save may be your own! Rick Schieve ....ihnp4!ihu1g!rls