I bought a Farm Jack 48" for £25 from this guy .. g1kwo .. on Ebay, thinking I'd have to take my chances.
But the jack is pretty well like a High Lift / Jackall, some differences, but seems to work just fine, it's mechanism was a bit tight to begin with, but lifts the 110 in the gravel on the drive just fine.
Definately worth a look, and he seems to have them regular, I did see him selling them £5 cheaper the other day.
Is this you?
hahahahaha.. No, fraid not, the gravel on my drive ain't that big, nor is the jack LOL
and that a toyota 4 runner, not a rover.
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What a "Fearsome" piccie !!! Ya read about characters like this....... in the obitury coloumn!!
... frodo.
Just an opinion - nothing more:- I find the best quality "High-Lift" jacks come from a company calling itself "Hi-Lift" funnily enough! Every other jack is just a 'High-Lift' jack, i.e. a jack that lifts high! It's a bit like the old one where a lot of people call a vacuum cleaner a 'hoover'. Surefire sign of a good recognised brand. I know a couple of chaps that have bought 'Hi-Lift' style farm jacks and they were definitely lower quality than my genuine 'Hi-Lift'. They have since changed! Bought my from Kaid 4x4 in Derbyshire, cost £52.00. Only a fraction more than I've seen lesser jacks for.
Stew.
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1990 Ninety (Jasmine) - the off-road toy! Freelander Td4 ES - wifes, no chance of ever seeing real mud!!!
..probably a myth, but then you wonder...
Steve
Without lab equipment you can't know how good a jack is until you really bend it. I'd really like to be somewhere else when one snaps....
So, yes, I'd always stick with a brand name - at least you have some hope that there is a testing and QA process. Mine's a Jackall, and I've used it precisely twice. Not a great investment in all honesty...
So Me was, like
Bloody Hell!
I believe that's the one I'm looking for. Could you email it please Steve?
In message , Tim Hobbs writes
Depends what the alternatives were at the time you used it
The first time I used it was to see how it worked.
The second time was to put Stig on axle stands to do the brakes. I only used the hi-lift because I'd had it a year and never touched it, so felt a bit guilty....
I'd say that Hi-Lift and Jackall should be classed "as being the same" - both are certainly better quality that the cheaper farm jacks doing the rounds, which have rightly or wrongly aquired a reputation for bending.......
could have saved you a fiver there!
Richard
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