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[Wandering Sagebrush]

I need to replace my old and heavy portable floor jack.   I’m looking for a good quality, light weight aluminum jack, at least two ton.  Three ton would be better.   Preferably one that isn’t going to start leaking after a couple of uses.
 

Any recommendations?

[XJINTX]

I know I'll take some flak but... I have a couple floor jacks in my home shop. My son bought me the Harbor Freight aluminum jack. It is my go to jack now. I have had NO ISSUES in 2+ years now. I would buy another in a heart beat if needed another. https://www.harborfr...jack-64543.html

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Thanks, Roger.  I’ll have to look at them.

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Taking Roger’s advice, I stopped by a HF and picked up a portable floor jack.  I went with steel rather than aluminum because the aluminum was only 1.5 ton, and almost 4x the price.

 

Of all things, I actually read the supplied manual.  To my surprise, in small print, it said the jack needed to be completely filled with hydraulic fluid prior to first use.  I now reek of Mil spec 5606, and everything is slippery, but the little monster is filled to the appropriate level.  
 

Lesson learned.

[DavidGraves]

Hi Sage

 

How about some product testing....jack you truck up for us....maybe 100 repetitions ?  ; )

 

I was gonna mention there are a great many aluminum jacks of many brands under search topic...racing jack.

 

Jack on

 

David Graves

[Wandering Sagebrush]

David,

 

I bought this for light trailers, and for lifting my truck canopy high enough to get the frame that spans my jacks under the canopy.  I’m tired of pinched fingers and back injuries.  A 9,000 truck is not in its future.