need a new trolly jack.

BeenThroughItAll

londonTiger wrote: »

...the car was chucked as well

Hyperxr wrote: »

I would use ramps (and chokes)

Oh FGS. How is it possible that two people in the same thread don't know that cars are

CHOCKED. Using CHOCKS.


I !!!!ing despair.

FiremanDave

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Oh FGS. How is it possible that two people in the same thread don't know that cars are

CHOCKED. Using CHOCKS.


I !!!!ing despair.

One has shims touching the brake discs the other has no rear brakes. :wall:

AdrianC

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Oh FGS. How is it possible that two people in the same thread don't know that cars are

CHOCKED. Using CHOCKS.

I !!!!ing despair.

All bar one of my cars have nice simple chokes to pull out...
<runs, hides>

BeenThroughItAll

FiremanDave wrote: »

One has shims touching the brake discs the other has no rear brakes. :wall:

Fair point. Very fair point.

BeenThroughItAll

AdrianC wrote: »

All bar one of my cars have nice simple chokes to pull out...
<runs, hides>

And at least once a year when you think 'smells a bit fuelly in here... DAMMIT!'

EdGasket

..and most cars are too low to go up ramps; the front skirt/bumper hits the ramp before the wheels do.

BeenThroughItAll

EdGasket wrote: »

..and most cars are too low to go up ramps; the front skirt/bumper hits the ramp before the wheels do.

Mmm, that's one reason I built my own. Trouble is they were so long they took up the whole length of the shed.

pvt

EdGasket wrote: »

..and most cars are too low to go up ramps; the front skirt/bumper hits the ramp before the wheels do.

I think Bugatti will sell you one specifically designed for your Veyron

JustinR1979

I've a Clarke from machine mart.
Big, low, goes high.
Was well under £100, but was years ago.


For ramps I cut 2 squares of thick mdf, piece of baton along each, sit that between last 2 rungs, front doesn't catch.

TrickyWicky

colino wrote: »

The solution has already been mentioned, get a suitable strip of board to carry around with the jack for it to roll on and it will allow you to use it on softer surfaces too. The jacks fine

I beg to differ, those cheap nasty little jacks are utter ***te. londonTiger if you want a proper trolley jack you need to be looking for something like this:



I got a 3T trolley jack like that for £80. Granted it isn't a big branded one but many of the branded ones are made by the same factory anyway - lots of Draper stuff is made by the same people who make Halfords tools and likewise cheaper non branded versions.

£80 and I've never had a moments hassle with it.I will say though, at 36Kg it's heavy and a pain in the grass to keep lifting in and out of the boot but its lifting range and power is immense. It will lift roughly 1.5ft which is a lot compared to a small cheap trolley jack. The lifting cup is also far bigger and firmer with less chance for the car to slip off the jack.