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Good Rolling Floor Jack for my shop

December 7, 2016
6:31 pm

Sharkbyte

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This past weekend I picked up a 3 ton floor jack from Harbor Freight for $68 on a holiday deal. Do I need more than a 3 ton jack? The max jack height is 20". Is that enough lift? They had a fancy Daytona Jack for $179 that had a max height of 23" and a 3 ton limit. The Daytona Jack seemed like a lot of money right up to the point you are trying to work on you suspension and you need 3 more inches...

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

December 7, 2016
7:14 pm

Mike G

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When needing more height I just use 4x4 blocks with the jack

December 7, 2016
7:38 pm

Darrell and Jill

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Sharkbyte said
This past weekend I picked up a 3 ton floor jack from Harbor Freight for $68 on a holiday deal. Do I need more than a 3 ton jack? The max jack height is 20". Is that enough lift? They had a fancy Daytona Jack for $179 that had a max height of 23" and a 3 ton limit. The Daytona Jack seemed like a lot of money right up to the point you are trying to work on you suspension and you need 3 more inches...

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Really, you bought a jack from there, your seals might blow out.

December 7, 2016
9:09 pm

BKGM Jeepers

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I've owned two harbor freight jacks. Both worked great.

December 7, 2016
9:22 pm

Josh

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Sears has some good floor jacks. I have two 5ton jacks I bought there. One I bought over a decade ago. They work great. Never had a problem.

Semper Fi

December 7, 2016
9:34 pm

Jeff_R

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Just make sure you have jack stands in place when you are under your vehicle!

December 8, 2016
10:12 am

Sharkbyte

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Jeff_R said
Just make sure you have jack stands in place when you are under your vehicle!

Absolutely! I will pick up some 6 ton jack stands before I ever go under my Jeep. Thanks !

December 9, 2016
11:25 am

Darrell and Jill

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Josh said
Sears has some good floor jacks. I have two 5ton jacks I bought there. One I bought over a decade ago. They work great. Never had a problem.

That's what I have, 20 + years and counting.

December 10, 2016
12:11 pm

k-jeep

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I have 12 ton stands to reach the frame, 6 ton stands for under the axles, and 3 ton stands because it was the first set I bought.

December 10, 2016
9:56 pm

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Get the 12 ton ones to reach the frame

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