[Shop-talk] air/hydraulic floor jack

[Steven Trovato]

It is possible to use it to put the car on jack stands?  Everything I 
see shows the car lifted and then it stays on the quickjacks for the 
duration of the work.  It looks like they make the appropriate jack 
stand spots inaccessible.  I guess it depends on the vehicle.


At 10:57 PM 1/30/2021, Bob Spidell wrote:
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>I have one of the 5,000lb models (Costco had them on sale for less 
>than $1K a while back). They work as advertised, but there's one 
>quirk: since they're parallelogram-shaped, the platform moves 
>forward as they're lowered. This makes it a bit tricky to place 
>jackstands as the car moves forward as it's lowered.
>
>Maybe they should call them "QuirkJack?"
>
>
>On 1/30/2021 7:14 PM, Steven Trovato wrote:
>>Jim,
>>
>>Yes, I was thinking the same thing.  There should be some sort of 
>>electric alternative, perhaps using one of the common battery packs 
>>like Milwaukee.  But as you found, apparently no such thing exists 
>>yet.  As for the Quickjack, those are definitely clever.  One 
>>concern is the way they describe the sizing based on the kind of 
>>car.  I wonder if there is a model that can handle both a small car 
>>like a Miata and a large SUV.  I am not buying a selection of these 
>>things!  Also, I can currently lift a project car for long term 
>>work and then jack up another car for an oil change or brake 
>>job.  I guess I would still need a jack and stands for that 
>>scenario.  They do look nice, though, and they would probably be 
>>very useful for most situations.
>>
>>-Steve T.
>>
>>At 09:24 PM 1/30/2021, Jim Franklin wrote:
>>>This got me thinking, that with the current battery and motor 
>>>tech, there should be electric assist ones. Pneumatics seem to be 
>>>fading away. I did find a bunch of crap, mostly for roadside 
>>>emergencies that wouldn't fit under sports cars. Sadly nothing 
>>>approaching the version in my head.
>>>
>>>But you asked for clever:
>>>
>>><https://www.quickjack.com/>https://www.quickjack.com/
>>>
>>>jim
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