kgorman

Love my AC. I posted to that GJ thread (#117) when I got it in 2011. He he.

kurt M

Have 7 AC hyd jacks at work all in hard use by people that don't own them and treat them like ugly strippers. All 7 have been 100% trouble free for many years. Went through 2 HF jacks for home and track use in 4 years. The HF jacks are hit or miss. Some seem to work OK some folks and crap out in short order for others. Got one of these for the shop to augment a lowrise jack. http://www.zendextool.com/rakjak/DBT2-RakJak.html
Air power and handy as hell. Jack the car up unhook the air line and hook it to the gun. 20 seconds from start to wheel off.

PorscheDoc

Ha! After going through 2 HF 1/2" torque wrenches, and 4 craftsman wrenches which all were used to do pretty much lug nut torquing (and neither having warranties), I had enough and paid $300 for a snap on with a lifetime warranty. None of the others were warrantied and all stripped the gears in the head. Would usually get about 6 months out of a wrench here at the shop. Should have just bought a good one with a warranty to start with. Would have saved a lot of money!

kurt M

How did you get a Snap On T wrench with a lifetime warranty? The rest of us get them with 12 months defect warranty.

jpoint

One thing no one mentioned is minimum pickup height. Not usually a problem but some track cars are pretty low. Industry standard for "low profile" jacks is 3.5". There are a few steel jacks that go below 3" - AC and Omega, go down to 2.5". HF makes a couple that go down to 2.75". In aluminum Zinko makes one that goes down to 2.5". The Brunnhoelzl low profile aluminum is the lowest in the industry at 2" even.

I've had good luck with the Omega, but its a commercial garage jack that weighs 91 lbs. I take an NOS NSJ0101 aluminum jack (made by Sunex) to the track. It has outboard wheels so it's a bit more stable than some of the cheaper solid roller jacks plus it only weighs about 26 lbs. and it's ANSI rated. The Brunnhoelzl is the crown jewel. The only US made aluminum jack. Probably the original aluminum floor jack and still made by the family of the guy who created it. Uh - Santa?

mbean

Anyone use an AC crossbeam adapter for jacking? I like the looks of the jacks, but would like feedback on the crossbeam.
Buzz

Lloyd

OTC 1532 -Good Quality -About $225 never a problem in 8 years---I am not a fan of Harbor Freight anything

hacker-pschorr

I picked up one of these at Sam Club over 10 years ago for $100, still works like new:

n2deep

Does anyone use a "jack-in-the-pouch" made by PitPal? It stores the jack vertically. What jack do you have? The oil leaked out of my jack so I'm looking for a different one.

CosmosMpower

Harbor Freight has been good, had mine 3-4 years still going strong. Also a jack is not really a safety item. It's to lift a car. Once it's up you should put the car on jack stands to get under it.