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From: rls@ihu1g.UUCP (r.l. schieve)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Jacks
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 08:43:47 EST
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> 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?
> 
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> John M. Hammer
> Center for Man-Machine Systems Research, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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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
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