Yes, the old ones do tend to last. I got mine from a local tire retreader in
a town of 40,000 back in 1966. Remember when there were tire retreaders all
over the place? It was used and they didn't want to replace the seal. I
replaced it and still have it. ...bill in corvallis
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-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Booker
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:45 PM
To: Heard Saxon; Spridgets
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Floor jacks
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
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