Mine is a Sears/Craftsman unit that probably weighs in at more than 50 pounds.
I've had it for 25 or 30 years, and I acquired it from my dad, who had owned
it for what has to be at least twenty years before that. It has never been
rebuilt, has never leaked, will hold a car all day if you asked it to (though
I always use jack stands), and its thick gauge steel is scarred from many,
many projects. There is a grease fitting or two that I probably greased up
once, maybe twice. Now, I'm no professional mechanic, so the thing sits
unused for weeks in between jobs, but I'd say it has done a more than adequate
job for me.
We've done this talk before and I think the consensus has in the
past been that you can buy any of a number of old jacks (via garage sale /
yard sale / estate sale / going out of business sale / etc. and be perfectly
happy. OR you can spend really big bucks and buy a professional-grade one new
somewhere, but I don't think anybody was overly happy with any consumer model
of recent vintage. Buy a Sears now and you'll need to rebuild it in 5 years -
same for virtually anything else on the market.
Watching craigslist may be
your best bet.
- David
From: Heard Saxon <heard@datatrontech.net>
To:
Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:50
PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Floor jacks
Anyone have a brand they particularly
like? Anything made in the US? I
want something I can buy parts for when it
needs to be rebuilt.
Thanks,
Heard
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