I've been happy with the one I got from Harbour Freight. I did a little
research on the Craftsman one and found that it isn't aluminum. It's
aluminized steel (whatever that means...probably steel painted aluminum
colour) and weighs 56 lbs (20 lbs more than the HF jack).
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All the best
Aaron Johnson
#38 FP Spitfire Mk4 Southern
Illinois Region SCCA
http://www.geocities.com/spitracer
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> At 07:19 PM 09/25/2004 -0700, Brad Eells wrote:
> >Not to dredge up an old over discussed topic but...
>
> Yea, yea, yea...
>
> I was in Costco yesterday and saw a couple pallets of China made aluminum
> 1.5 ton jacks bearing the Craftsman name on the box. They were getting
> $129. I took as close a look as time permitted (read, not a good look) and
> it was different from the POS aluminum jack I bought from Harbor Freight a
> couple years back. I dunno, maybe it would be a decent jack, but I have my
> doubts.
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