recommend me a trolley jack please

latecomer

I have a bad back - maybe from lugging about the professional jacks when I was younger

TrickyWicky

Fair enough then! I didn't realise you'd used them in the past (damn heavy ain't they!)

latecomer

We used to sell them so I had to move them while in boxes - also used them a lot and they are not the easiest to manouver and that was prior to getting some ruptured discs

Technical_Dave

I've just been through this purchasig process and came to the following conclusion.

Anything with a handle that you have to remove to operate the valve is junk. Decent jacks have a twist handle action to release / tighten the valve.

I was lucky enough to come across a suitable 3 ton beastie on ebay locally for the right money, but it took a while of searching. For new ones, you're looking at cheapest £100 for a sealey or clarke one.

latecomer

Wel I finally found a tape and measured the ground clearance one I got to work and its borderline whether the 130mm ones would clear the sill. Am going to try and measure more precisely but think I might need a low profile jack - either that or mess about with the emergency sissor jack to get the clearance to put the trolley jack under.....