Date:         Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:34:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Harbor Freight Jacks
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   They have their aluminum "Racing" floor jacks on sale for $69.   I've
had one of these for about 10yrs now.   It is really handy and functions
well.   It weighs about 25lbs and until it feels a load, each pump stroke
moves the lift pad a lot.  Quick acting.    Like it takes about 4 pumps to
go from flat down to reach the jacking points on my Vanagon.   It will
easily lift the whole side of the van, or front end and rear end...Says
"1.5 Ton" but mine has raised more without problem.  Like those crews in
the NASCAR TV shows, it's easy to just trot around with...I wish I could
find a place to stash it in my van for traveling, but it a full sized floor
jack.   Raises about 15".

   I was quite skeptical until I got mine that anything so inexpensive
could be work properly, but my 'real' cast iron and steel floor jacks now
reside under my work benches, un-used.   Just today my SO wanted me to fix
her Subaru but my garage/shop was full.   I just grabbed the HF floor jack
and went out in the gravel drive  with it in one hand, tool box in the
other and got the job done with ease...

thru end of may..worth it if you use a jack frequently..
  Don Hanson