Jason Judd

What brand do you all have?

I'm thinking of getting one, and was told to stay clear from the Sears brand.

What are the choices for lightweight aluminum floor jacks?

Thanks,

Jason

Stephenwz968

I have one of the craftsman jacks, and it's worked flawlessly for several years-I don't know if they changed them since I got mine, but I've had great luck with it. I know that Rouch Racing makes a good one too.

PorscheDude1

I just picked up a decent one from harbor frieght for under $100. Seems to be working out pretty good.

BruceWard

Jason,

I have two of these

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...Lift+Equipment

They have lifted my 968 several times. They are pretty light because of the small size and I feel safe working under the jacks and stands. I keep both jacks and all four stands under the car when working under there.

If you have lowered your 968 you will need a lower jack or to drive onto a board.

I have a third matching jack that came in a plastic case. I take it to change tires at autocrosses. If I were trailering and space was not an issue I might buy one of the large aluminum jacks. But these jacks are both small and light.

RajDatta

I have seen the one Steve has and its from Sears. Its ten times better than the cheap aluminum one I picked up from Harbor Freight. If anything, I would steer clear from the Harbor Freight one. It gave up on me once. I only use to to start the initialy jacking process since its low. After that, I switch to a Roush Racing heavy duty jack that I bought from Sam's club. It was pretty cheap at $65 or so.
Raj

richard glickel.

http://www.asedeals.com/aluminum_jack.html

Got my jack here 5 years ago. No issues.

Jim Child

+1 on the Craftsman jack. I've been beating the crap out of mine for 5 seasons now, and its still going strong.

Jason Judd

Well, I guess I heard wrong about the Craftsman brand.

Thanks for the replies, guys.

Jason

richard glickel.

Sears also sells a small (toy) craftsman aluminum jack that is great for jacking up your computer's key board or desk stapler. This is very therapeutic for those times that you're sitting at your desk in the office wishing you were at the track.

93 FireHawk 968

I've been using 2 no-name low profile jacks I purchased at Costco 4 years ago. They've worked flawlessly lifting an assortment of vehicles. I think they cost $100.00 each. They're aluminum and fit perfectly under my 968.

Good luck!

968workaholic

The one important thing to make sure the jack has is a low profile. It is less likely to screw up the bottom of the side moldings with one. I bought a Mack jack from Walmart 5 years ago, it just quit last week. Sounds like i got my 60 bucks out of it.