Nope.
Y’know - we live in an age where we pull the teeter-totters and merry-go-rounds
out of the playgrounds… and try to lift heavy vehicles with Chinesium crap that ACME wouldn’t
sell.
These are probly made by the chinks too… but they’re a much better way to go.
And if ya really wanna do it right, good floor jacks can be had
for reasonable prices too…
Oh man those were great! Wobble, unsecure, a literal death trap, I loved them. I have several from the 60's, no chinesium there. I like when you get the balance just right on letting them down - one good hit and they'd clickity clickity clickity all the way down.
ReplyDeleteNowadays most modern cars don't have the right kind of bumper to use that on. Those little scissor jacks they have are ridiculous. I usually carry a hydraulic bottle jack instead. The last time I had to change a flat, it was on the RV. The scissor jack in my truck wasn't rated for the trailer weight and pretty much just bent the fuck out of so I had to call a shop and have someone come out.
Happy Canada Day asshole
ReplyDeleteThat first old car jack is what you use and leave when you're stealing wheels/ tires. Don't do that.
ReplyDeleteI've got two, 50+ year old versions of that high lift jack, ones a 5 footer, the other, a four footer. All forged, boolit proof!
Being an off roader and off road racer adjacent (support), desert rat, in So. Cal., ya must have at least one, but I hung out with Viet Nam vets and 80's and early 90's era Seal Team guys, SO, one is none, two is one.
Not just a vehicle jack, but a handy T post, fence post puller too. Will definitely wreck yer back if you don't handle it properly as a geezer, lift with your legs! NOT FROM THE WAIST!
That doohickey on top is supposed to be pointing up, not sideways.
Over the years I’ve collected a number of vehicle jacks mostly from Japanese cars and trucks very sturdy and well designed I throw at least one in the truck when towing or doing dumb stuff Even that big red jack can leave you in a heap if you’re not careful the higher you go then higher the risk
ReplyDeleteI've carried a bottle jack in all my cars since the '60s.
ReplyDeleteBottle jacks are the shizz.
DeleteGAAAHHH!!!! The BUMPER JACK!!!! Those things were fugginEVIL!!! I'm with Don though on the "balance..." We called it the woodpecker when you bumped the crowbar just right and the jack would just rattle the car back to the ground.
ReplyDelete'Remember the days when cars HAD bumpers and you could "doink" the car in front of you or behind you without causing any damage at all? Now, you doink another car and you're talking several hundred dollars for a new bumper skin! ...And HIGHER INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO BOOT!
I've got one of those heavy-lift jacks in the barn. I picked it up at a yard sale a while back for $10.00 US. 'SMOKIN' good deal!!! 'Made in the USA, too!
Happy Canada day, y'old Canuck!
many legs were broken by them slipping out from under. i remember them well.
ReplyDeleteI preferred those jacks to the tiny scissor jacks now that you have to lay on your stomach to place correctly. Tires were a constant source of trouble 50 years ago and before. Now, not so much.
ReplyDeleteI do love the red Hi-Lift jacks though. Every true Redneck has accomplished the impossible (and unauthorized) with them!
The example hi lift you show is, as it is, not good. The handle should be a separate piece that fis into a handle socket on the actuator. The pinched handle junction is crap. The climbing pins need to be replaceable, and correct inspection, and maintenance est mui importante. Especially lubrication.
ReplyDeleteThat "doohickey" can be positioned anywhere along the beam, in various orientations, depending if you are pulling, spreading, lifting or anchoring.. The updated ones are great..