anyone know where i can get a decent one

costco stock one at £80 but it weighs 40kg!!!

i cant seem to find any decent aluminium ones, just the 1 1/4 clarke ones and lift master where the front wheels look a little

i know costco used to to stock the arcan aluminium ones but no longer....any one have any lnks in the USA?

 

Something like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-Hea...item2ec078a56d

 

Snap on do a really good one but it obviously pretty expensive!!


cheers danny

 

I bought Clarke one

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...m-trolley-jack

Is very good and roller is fine on front. 1 1/4 tonne is plenty if lifting one end at a time, they also do a 2 ton one as well

 

Brilliant jack though , costs around 180 plus vat and isnt exactly light but with Bluepoint you get what you pay for



If you can roll a can of coke under the car the jack will go under

 

How low is your car, I got a sealey 3ton pro jack and that had just allowed my to put my impreza on the floor, it's not as high as my crappy cheap jack which surprised me

 

Oh down side is fuck me it's heavy but very very sturdy

 

hi
i have this one is a very good jack but very heavy to carry
fits under the cossy great

 

I've got one of these at home:



Got a Costco one that looks almost identical but in silver in work and it weighs a ton compared!!

 

Clarke one is good for the money!

 

I disagree with that tbh i had one and bits started to fall off it , it creaked and then the lift and release mech broke on the lever

So thats why i went down the bluepoint route . Twice the money but twice the jack

 

Fair enough, I've used one for about 4 years now and it's been fine. Guess it's how often you use it though, as I only use it about one a month!

 

I might have had a bad one i suppose , used it often but not excessively only lasted me 2 years

 

" Low Entry Jack " The Sex position or midget pornstar.?

 

One of the wheels bent on mine jacking up a Fiesta XR2i so took it back

 

I have the Arcan aluminium one and it's been great

 

that looks nice but at £600+ inc vat (snap on website) i might look around a bit more

have heard the clark ones are a bit crap so was looking for something similar to the above but with a smaller price tag

 

What website you looking on... Snap-on man round our way sold them for £350 + vat.

 

I have the costco one and its cleared every car I've put it under easily.

Yes it's heavy but it is manageable. I'm a skinny sod and I have no problem getting the jack around.

Plus with the weight it feels very sturdy, honestly they are a top buy for the money

 

I have the Clarke 1.25ton from Machine Mart - not very impressed as the body seems to have twisted slightly just lifting my XR2 race car (lighter than road car)

I also have a Sealey lightweight aluminium 2.5 ton jack - this was bought as I knew after the hassle the Clarke 1.25 ton had lifting the race Fiesta, there was no way it would be used on my Sierra Cosworth. All seemed great for 2 months until the pistons started to leak fluid.

So, I still need a good, light, jack!!

 

after using the sealey jack at work i paid out for a snap on. the sealey handle only twists in the upright or down position to open or close the valve,can be awkward when you cant get the bloody car down.

 

Have to agree with the comments on the clarke jacks, cheap shit imo. They twist unless they are on completely flat ground, they dismantle themselves, wheels fall off, we've got 2 and they both look like they've been ran over! Wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

 

Mate you should live where i do , the snap-on mans a mate but even still the book price for then is £230 inc vat . Fcuk knows where the £600 came from .

Good jacks but they arent made for low cars as such . My girlfriends mk6 fiesta is lowered 40mm maybe and that very jack wouldnt get under it . The saddle was plenty low enough but the body stopped it from going under the chassis leg . Which is why i got the super low entry one . Same money , admittedly doesnt look as nice but gets under anything you can roll a can of coke under

 

the £600 was for the aluminium, yours is the steel one which is why is assume its a bit cheaper

think the costco one may be winning, and i'll get the missus to buy it

 

Good job i seen this thread as i was going to buy a clarke one tomorrow, is there anything decent for the price? Im not spending £200-300

 

Yes mate thats correct mine is the steel one as the alloy one my mate has simply wouldn't go under a mildly lowered car but was still the same money as the one i got . Maybe the £600 one is a lower alloy one to the alloy one pictured ?

Good luck with the costco though anyway mate im sure it will be more than up to the job

 

I think the clarke ones would be ok as a 2nd jack to use for shows etc but for a jack used all the time or even every now and then i found it to be a bit useless tbh . Went under low cars yeah but creaked and fell to bits after a while

 

I've got one of these from b&q.

http://m.diy.com/mt/www.diy.com/nav/...&un_jtt_v_r=35

Take a oap on a Wednesday and get discount!

 

That looks almost identical to a clarke

 

It's great, lifts quick. Goes under my cars, looks cool and ain't bad money.

 

This one looks very similar to my Arcan one but a different colour.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hilka-2-5-...ht_1560wt_1344

S.I.P. are usually ok too http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/S-I-P-SIP-...ht_1683wt_1344

 

Good links there

 

Just bought a Clarke one today for daily use so we will see how it fares!!!

 

I had the Clarke one and it was rubbish. All the bolts used to fall out then it blew the seal and leaked. 4 friends also had them and their bolts fell out. I've now got the arcan one from Costco aluminium low jack, not as low as their steel one but its much lighter.

 

this is the snx2cetj available from any snap on dealer for between 119-130 plus vat just so you know very good 2 tone low entry jack

 

heads up to folks wanting a decend jack the arcan 2t alloy jacks are back in costco well Edinburgh at least

 

How much ££££££££££££££££ ?????????????????????

 

That's the one I have. Was around £100 maybe less.
Much bigger and sturdier than the crappy Clarke one machine mart sells.

 

I've got the alloy bluepoint one brilliant jack got it on special for about 250 I'm sure

 

Cant mind the price but around 100, very good jack