Trolley Jacks, recommendations?
The time has come to buy a new Trolley Jack,as my posh chinese one( SIP Omega) given up the ghost. I hope these things would last a lifetime, but I suppose 10 years isn't bad. If i blow the expense and buy a Weber will it last if treated with respect?
Hi Jason
Why not get the Jack repaired?
Plenty of companies out there like Northern Jacks etc.
What is wrong with it? I can only assume a hydraulic issue and these can be overhauled
Gav
Hi Jason
I had the same issue with mine last year, i stripped the ram off and took it to Pirtek and they fixed the seal for £22.
Chances are unless you have left the Jack outside then the ram will not be pitted and it will just be the seal that has dried out through lack of use and started leaking
Depends on the quality of the Jack as to whether it is worth doing etc.
Gav
Depending upon type of use, DIY or Professional. I have had a high lift mechanical and air lift type. It was very useful and practical. Going back some ten years ago, at the time it cost some £700.
I admit it spoilt me, I wonder now, how tyre fitters cope with the relative poxy jacks they use. But as a full time G-Wagen mechanic it was just built for G-Wagen proportions; I could blindly position the jack head exactly where it needed to be and just hold down the air operating handle. The vehicle just jacked up and job done.
It is a difficult one, having repairs done is not cheap and it is true, cheaper to buy a new. But cost it to repair for your self. I should say it is a matter of seals and tooling. Never tried it for my self, I have jack carcass lying in my shed for that very reason.
As a word of caution I recently bought a 3 ton high lift trolley jack. When I tested it in the shop it jacked up to its full height with three full pumps of the handle so I assumed it was a quick lift jack as well.
When I eventually went to use it with the weight of a vehicle on it I was a bit dissapointed to discover it took about twelve pumps to reach full height which is a pain in the ass.
I don't know how you could check for this in the shop, but it is probably worth asking if it is a genuine quick lift jack, unless you enjoy a work out every time you want to lift your G.
But that would be correct wouldn't it? If you tried lifting 3 tons with 3 strokes, first you'd need a very strong handle, and secondly you'd have to be very strong as well. That's why you have hydraulics, to turn small pressure in to big pressure with litlle effort. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a quick lift will be just that, quick until it comes under load, then valves/hydraulics come in to play to give you the force to lift a large weight ie 12 strokes of the handle. I'd say the jack is doing as it should?
I can recommend this one...................................ohhh wait ......
For the front end I use a farm jack slotted into the front bumper and use the hydraulic jack at the back where there is less weight; my two tonne jack has never let me down but the car is only a swb
Machine Mart.. Clarke full sized 2t one is fair. I have had odd circlip fall off so front wheels are held on by weld and handle is now one part to reduce the wobble for jacking in tight spaces. I have pulled 1/2t around on this trolley on concrete floors a fair few times.. I did look at getting a 2 speed aluminium one last year but the cheap China ones are half steel so are not light really.. and proper racing 2t, 2 speed, full sized must be £300 at least.. nice as you can swing them around in one hand but I was really looking at them for low cars not the G. No point buying those silly litle trolley jacks for a G.
2t Clarke £84, or 3t for £100 .. same price for the quick lift so might as well get that .. just 2t for most.. and 3t if you think you are getting into trucks... or want the extra min/max.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/range/guid/D55CA119-A554-4692-9199-3D4B5A0E2246
2t Quick lift £84 135-485mm lift http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj2qlg-2-t-quick-lift-pro-trolley-jac
3t quick lift £100 145-500mm lift http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj3qlg-3-t-quick-lift-pro-trolley-jac
Stig, after a bit of research it would appear that you are correct. The term 'quick lift' when refering to a hydraulic trolley jack means the speed the jacking platform can rise up to reach the load to be lifted. Once the platform is under load the same principles apply as a normal hydraulic jack.
I have a 3 ton clarke and its taken some hammer over thae past 8 years ....not bad for the money.
Steve
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Hi Gav,
Only asked at one place but got the impression it wasn't worth it, cheaper to buy a new one etc, would be nice to have a higher lift but unless I am lucky with a second hand buy they get very expensive.
Jack lifts but only to about half way etcand ram covered in oil etc.