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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:24 am

Hi Guys ,
Sorry if this is the wrong place but not sure where to post this..

Anyone bought a Trolly Jack lately. I was thinking of getting a low rider alunimium one wondered if anyone had found a good one. Be nice to buy a good one as we do keep them for as long as our Jills...
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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:27 am

I got one from ECP.

Bloody great jack, and a resonable price. Contact meatballs on here for a price.
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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:42 am

Costco aluminium low jacks are great.
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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:43 am

i bought this one 12 months ago, very impressed with it for the cost. it's nice and stable, lifts plenty high enough and it's got a reasonably low entry.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... rolley-jac

having used a alloy one before i was never a fan, they're ok if you need to carry them in a service vehicle or something but i didn't like the way it took so much effort to lift the car and they never seemed that stable.
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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:12 pm

I bought one from Costco it was a Arcan low lift 3 tonne jack. It's awesome had it for 3 years and lifts high aswell. IIRC it was £65
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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:41 pm

alan1272 wrote:i bought this one 12 months ago, very impressed with it for the cost. it's nice and stable, lifts plenty high enough and it's got a reasonably low entry.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... rolley-jac

having used a alloy one before i was never a fan, they're ok if you need to carry them in a service vehicle or something but i didn't like the way it took so much effort to lift the car and they never seemed that stable.
The problem I've found is that these are so fucking heavy. And if you are using one a lot it gets sodding boring trying to shift it around the car all the time, especially in tight spaces. I have the use of 2 of these, one at the workshop and my personal one at home. They are too heavy and cumbersone.

The next one I buy will be a Alloy one.
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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:51 pm

^^
i gave mine away for the same reason.
My 30 is a bit low so it meant first driving it onto a bit of wood then dragging this lump around ..
.phew im knackered already.
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Post Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:02 pm

Another vote for the Costco jack.
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jotz
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Post Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:24 pm

that it im the new owner of a costco jack...!
seems to be best value for money and pretty well built..happy jackin :mad:
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