My response was also tongue-in-cheek. You do get what you pay for and I'm
sure the high price unit will out last the cheapie by at least the factor
of the price difference. The cheap Oriental origin steel floor jack I
bought years ago is still functioning. The cheap Al jacks will probably
do similar, won't hurt as bad when it gets pilfered, and there's at least
a set of tyres in the difference to give you a reason to use the jack.
Bill
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:49:47 -0400 (EDT) "Robert M. Lang"
<lang@isis.mit.edu> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I think UnKle Jack's response was tongue-in-cheek.
>
> The $800 jacks are def. worth more than the $100 jacks. The question
> is -
> with the $100 jobbies you can have spares, with the $800 jack you
> have the
> reasonable expectation that the thing will last a long time.
>
> But Triumph owners are used to have piles of spares around... I'm
> thinking
> we'll see more of the $100 jobbies around the FOT paddock.
>
> FWIW, the autocross crowd uses the $100 Harbor Frieght jobbies
> almost
> exclusively. At the last couple of SCCA National Tour events that
> I'vebeen
> at everyone had those things.
>
> Me - I bought a $200 Craftsman unit. I figured the "middle of the
> road"
> was a safe path. Kind of like my political views. :-)
>
> rml
>
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