Advice On A Floor Jack?

[GravityDT]

Harbor Freight Jacks and Stands get used hard over at the shop here. Zero complaints. Love their pneumatic rivet guns too. Just sayin…. You know, in case you want to rivet some shit together

[Skistack]

Had a HF 3 ton for maybe 20 years? No complaints, but it only sees use for oil changes and brake jobs.


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[lifelinksplit]

Yep. HF racing or whatever is fine if you want it to just work and be a pedestrian. Every overlander knows you need a pro eagle for like 5 times the cost and throw some more money for the extension and mounting bracket to make other gotos jealous.

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[east or bust]

Another vote for HF racing low pro long reach


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[Gepeto]

Cheap insurance inspires confidence when I'm underneath using my 30yo hyd jack.

[basinbeater]

Harbor freight Daytona jack. Someone else did the leg work, but the standard Daytona jack is a snap on ripoff... made it the same factory as the snap on jack. It's the same. No brainier.

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2019/09/15...r-this-reason/

[rideit]

Thanks, gents, I’ll be in Denver in a few weeks, definitely will swing by HF.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I got the rapid lift from HF but brought it back because it was too hard for me to pump.

Maybe your granddaughter can pump it for you


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[Squirreljam]

… a pro eagle for like 5 times the cost …

holy shit you’re not kidding, I’d never heard of those and just looked em up - $529?? For a floor Jack with big wheels and a “skid plate”?? Gtfo. I mean, those deserve more points than the standard hundy doller hi lift gotos

[Djongo Unchained]

Rideit - I'm in the market too and am looking at the HF 3 ton Low profile w/ rapid pump. It's on sale now for $150. In red.

It's the second tallest at 19 7/8" lift, but only needs 3 1/8" to get under my Vdub.
I think it's the money shot so long as it gets your wheels offa the ground.

Next tallest is the 4 ton at 3/8" gain and needing another 1 1/8" to get under. For $240.
No brainer.

If you're interested, I'd split it with ya.

I'm ready to switch some winter wheels here soon.

I bought my son one of these, liked it enough to get one myself
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-...ray-70482.html

That's the exact one I'm looking at.

Rideit, you in to split this or want yer very own?

[El Chupacabra]

That's the exact one I'm looking at.

Rideit, you in to split this or want yer very own?

That's the one I have, but I got the orange one.

[BobMc]

Cheap insurance inspires confidence when I'm underneath using my 30yo hyd jack.

This.

As someone that has been in the auto industry my entire life, don't get under or work on your vehicle with only the jack holding it up. Use jack stands.

[Djongo Unchained]

Yup, we gots a passel of those already.

[XXX-er]

Kal tire quit doing the free tire swaps so I had to do my own changeovers

IME a bottle jack is a hassle not much better than the jack that comes with the car

you need the 3 ton floor jack to get enough lift if you are working on a truck,

I think harbor freight or princess auto is OK if you are just gona use it a couple times a year

So I got the Red one at princess auto

[petey_]

Floor jack and secondary protection as has been said. Don't forget to chock your wheels. Bottle jacks are burlier but less of a support platform and a pain when it doesn't fit under the jacking point. Sometimes I'll use three points of protection. 60 ton bottle jack breaking through a 3/8 plate of steel? Check. Railroad tie turned to splinters? Check. In a previous life I was changing tires on road scrapers. Scary stuff when you are under the vehicle when that happens.

[east or bust]

Harbor freight Daytona jack. Someone else did the leg work, but the standard Daytona jack is a snap on ripoff... made it the same factory as the snap on jack. It's the same. No brainier.

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2019/09/15...r-this-reason/

Ahh, yep that’s the exact one I have.


DJ and rideit, you’re welcome to borrow mine any time. Just need a few days heads up as it’s stored over the hill in Alta.

[toast2266]

Harbor freight Daytona jack. Someone else did the leg work, but the standard Daytona jack is a snap on ripoff... made it the same factory as the snap on jack. It's the same. No brainier.

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2019/09/15...r-this-reason/

My understanding is that the vast majority of the tools at harbor freight are nearly identical to name brand tools (often times the harbor freights are copies of a prior generation). The HF stuff just has shittier tolerances and lower grade materials throughout. So that article says the jacks are 99% the same, which is probably true. But I'd bet a shiny nickel that the 1% difference is that the hydraulic mechanism has different seals and lower tolerances that save a bunch of money, don't work as well, and will fail a lot sooner.

All of which matters zero for a guy like me that uses it maybe 10 times a year. But I'm not kidding myself into thinking I'm getting snap on quality at HF.

[MontuckyFried]

I've had my HF jack for about a decade now and it's gotten a LOT of reliable use. Been awesome for the price. Light weight but also plenty strong for civilian duty. I always use jack stands just in case, but that should be true when working under ANY vehicle, HF jack or not.

I think this is the one I have. Looks pretty much unchanged from mine all these years later:
https://www.harborfreight.com/automo...ump-64544.html

[Core Shot]

Harbor freight Daytona jack. Someone else did the leg work, but the standard Daytona jack is a snap on ripoff... made it the same factory as the snap on jack. It's the same. No brainier.

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2019/09/15...r-this-reason/

That’s awesome.

Snap on is a snap off rape van. Fuck those guys. Although I do have sympathy for the franchisee drivers. Trying to make a living.

[adrenalated]

I've blown up the hydraulic cylinder in one HF jack. I have two others that I've used for years. Would buy again.

[XXX-er]

I see them come up on the local FB for sale but I never managed to snare one

[dunfree]

My understanding is that the vast majority of the tools at harbor freight are nearly identical to name brand tools (often times the harbor freights are copies of a prior generation). The HF stuff just has shittier tolerances and lower grade materials throughout. So that article says the jacks are 99% the same, which is probably true. But I'd bet a shiny nickel that the 1% difference is that the hydraulic mechanism has different seals and lower tolerances that save a bunch of money, don't work as well, and will fail a lot sooner.

All of which matters zero for a guy like me that uses it maybe 10 times a year. But I'm not kidding myself into thinking I'm getting snap on quality at HF.

house brand tools, not name brand tools. And yes, some are identical with interchangeable parts.

[Djongo Unchained]

Ahh, yep that’s the exact one I have.


DJ and rideit, you’re welcome to borrow mine any time. Just need a few days heads up as it’s stored over the hill in Alta.

Hellz yeah! we can have a wheel flipping party at my place in the shop.

sent ya a text...

Just looked up that model and wow, it's the mambo jambo model. Suhweeeet!

[RShea]

Won't be used much, likely just spring and fall. Any reason not to get one on Amazon?
Any particular models to look at/avoid?
Harbor Freight 'good enough'?

Have an older Craftsman around. But I've read good things about the Daytona jacks from HF for the money. Comparisons out there to the Snap On at many times the price. Look very similar also. Worth a watch on the Project Farm video.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/...reight.502678/

[warthog]

+4 or 5??? For the Daytona Low Profile/ High jack. Love it. I got the blue one.