ca993twin

Yes... I did a search.

I'm looking for a fairly light duty aluminum floor jack. I'm thinking 1.5 tons is plenty. Costco has two alum jacks right now... a nice but very heavy 2-ton (and the floor models at two locations were BOTH broken!!!), and a 1.5 ton that comes with some jack stands (I haven't seen this one yet... maybe tonight). I went by Sears, and their 1.5 ton is REALLY heavy. I see that Harbor freight has one for < $70 that weighs in at only 24 pounds. It only raises 14+"... but that should be plenty for tire changes. This one sounds OK, but...I seem to remeber hearing that the HF jacks have crappy seals, and start leaking pretty soon.

I need to get myself some bday gifts, or my wife will buy me shirts and socks. Help.

David 23

I love my Costco 2 ton jack. Not that heavy at 56 lbs. In fact I consider it light compared to my solid steel 30 year old Sears that has to weigh 100lbs. I haven't seen the smaller one. HF jacks don't seem to hold up well from what I heard.

Ron

I pretty sure Costco will refund your money if the jack were to break.

jberb55

I bought the Craftsman one Viken mentions in post 10 of this thread:

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...tsman+aluminum

Had it for a few months now, and I like it.

Martin S.

I vote for Craftsman...its probably made in China too, by folks working for $1.00 and hour if they are lucky!

Bull

Is the jack for your garage/shop, or for taking to track events, etc. If it is a travel jack, get one of the lightweight aluminum jacks, 30-35lbs. If for home/garage/shop, go heavy.

ca993twin

Thanks all. My search criteria was too specific I guess. "alum floor jack". I have a 30-year-old HD floor jack I got from Grainger's. Still works great, but it must weigh 100 pounds. Ugh. I'll try to do some shopping quickly... gotta avoid the clothes at all costs.

poorb0yw

PM Danny (DJF1)

He has a really nice aluminum one that I like but I don't remember the name of the company that makes it.

And happy b-day!

AOW162435

Another vote for the 2-ton all-aluminum Craftsman version. I've had it at least a year and it does what it should.

Regardless of retailer, all of these jacks come from China. As a matter of fact, I think just about everything comes from China these days!

Andreas

Mark in Baltimore

Steve,

I'd avoid the Harbor Freight jack. I have one and, even though it doesn't leak, it has a bit of a "personality" and likes to sometimes slowly drop down. Nice.

I've seen quite a few of the Sears jacks at the track. Everyone seems to like them. I think there are two sizes but don't know which is the better one.

STLPCA

Steve
The HF jack is, IMHO, a POS, but it is cheap & does the job until the seals go or the saddle breaks which may be sooner or (hopefully) later. I've friends who use them w/the idea that if they can get a few years of use, that's OK.

The Craftsman "racing jack" is (again IMHO) better made, but is bigger & heavier than competing jacks. The couple of seal failures I've heard about were resolved under warranty w/no questions asked. This would be a good choice & is periodically on sale.

I've been thrilled w/my Intercomp jack: 35 lbs, about 3.25" when lowered, 17" height in 3 pumps, smooth action w/great valving, very well made, fits easily in a 993, but it's hard to justify the $500 retail pricing. It has quickly become my everyday garage jack so that I rarely use my 70 lb. floor jack.

KOAN

Sears makes 2 racing jacks. One is all aluminum, and the other is half alum/ half steel. The half/half is about $100, if I remember correctly, the other I picked up for $175 a year or 2 ago. My HF one lasted about a year before it started to leak. The Sears one has been flawless for me so far, and it gets my vote for a track jack. I have a HEAVY danish made blue one for home which is really nice, but I'd never take it anywhere. I am blanking on the brand, but there was a group buy a few years back, which is when I got that.

Chaos

RACING JACK model ZJ15A is very light and works very well !

ed devinney

The blue Danish jack would be an AC Hydraulics, I did a couple of the early group buys. The DK20 isn't much heavier than the Costco aluminum one (65 vs 56lbs, I think), and is a once in a lifetime purchase. One of these days I'll get the Sears aluminum jack, since the DK20 is a real schlep to take to the track.

ca993twin

Well, after all the great advice, I decided that a light weight jack was what I needed (I already have big bertha). The 1.5 ton jack at costco comes in a kit with very nice jack stands and a padded creeper (with adj headrest, I think). All for $100. It may not last too long... but then I don't use it that much anyway.

Mainly... I saved myself from an ugly but expensive shirt (I'm a t-shirt kinda guy).