@Stan Galat posted:I'm not trying to be a smart-alec, and this is an honest question:
What is the point of these Quick Jacks? I went to the website because you guys keep talking about them. The lift capacity is about that of a $200 long-frame floor-jack (which will do 24" easily), and high-lift jack-stands are good for 30" all day long. If all you want to do it barely get the wheels off the ground, how is this a lift? Even on the website, they are selling this as a (better?) replacement for a floor-jack, not as a lift.
I've got an old HF long-frame floor-jack that lifts 30", and a set of HD high-lift stands that go to 30+". Neither are on the site any more, but I think I've got less than $200 in the entire set-up. A Quick-Jack is $1200+. For another $300, you could have a honest to goodness 2-post lift.
What am I missing?
Stan. I've been asking that question ever since I saw the first person post about how cool his new Quick Jacks were. I asked him if he'd ever used a two post lift and he was flabbergasted to find he could have had one, with a 72" lift, for $300 more.
Meanwhile, just got a text from my friend who said he was "almost done."
Not a big fan of four-posters, but this is mostly a storage solution, and Rick told me the rails have jacking point attachments that attach to the rails and get the wheels 3"-4" off the deck.