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I just bought a set of these...
I have a 2 years ago Quick Jack - they made a change to the safety bar (just to make it little easier to use). I had to call and ask about "last years" open box model - but think I got it for $799 shipped. It had a couple normal shipping scratches but was never used.
Rusty - I've been looking at these similar $39.99 ramps from Harbor Freight (20% less with their coupon). The ramp par is detachable so it give more working room once vehicle is up on them.
Magnum-16000 Auto Ramp Set with Built-In Safety Chock
I like the idea but I went with the rhino gear set because they stack and store easily. I have very limited storage. These will make changing the oil on the toyota much safer and easier for me.
I have had an assortment of ramps over the years, and they're OK and that's about it. Besides, Pearl sits low enough that I can't get the wheel onto the ramps before the ramps hit the the underside of the body. 
So I recently got a Quickjack 3500 for Pearl, and I love it. Goes from fully flat to fully up in about ten seconds and the lock bars are really beefy, stopping at half and then fully extended. I'm still getting used to it and have a couple of things to do to make it easier to use and remain safe but it is everything they claim.
if you are thinking of one and can afford it, get the 5,500# capacity one so you can use it for your daily driver, too!
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I bought some cheap hard plastic ramps that will fit under the Speedster and also the Mazda (front wheel drive, of course). Work great. Good for oil changes. While they will work for the front of the speedy, not so much for the rear, where most of the action is. I use my old floor jack and jack stands, the old fashioned way, What I really want is Ed Erickson's gantry lift, so you just stand under and do your thing. Man do I want that.
I bought a quick jack 3500 almost two years ago and got so busy working on my car over the winter of 15/16, I never assembled the thing and used it. It was always in the way just sitting around the garage and the car is running so well, I just sold it...new in the box.
IaM-Ray posted:
How are you making out with that oil leak in your car that prevented you from bringing it to Carlisle, Ray ?
I think the 5000lb Quickjack may be the first thing I buy for my new garage.
I bought the 3500lb Quick Jack and I love using it. It's the perfect height to get valves done or any wiring projects, tire rotation, pretty much anything you need access to underneath the car. It was a very good investment and I already have paid for it in the labor cost I have saved to have someone else do the work.
Lane Anderson posted:I think the 5000lb Quickjack may be the first thing I buy for my new garage.
Yup. That'll be the first thing I buy if I ever get a garage...
David I found the cause and I am in the process of getting the repair finished and testing it out and making sure it does not repeat itself ..: thanks for asking
nice seeing you in Carlisle
Ray
Many ways to skin a cat quickjafk is awesome
IaM-Ray posted:David I found the cause and I am in the process of getting the repair finished and testing it out and making sure it does not repeat itself ..: thanks for asking
nice seeing you in Carlisle
Ray
Just curious...what and where was the leak ?
Man, Maybe I'm just unfamiliar with the system, but that quick jack looks kind of dinky to me. I must further investigate. I currently use jack stands or the lift at my buddy's place.
I'm beginning to feel that the best place to store the jacks (one for each side) is right under the car, just pushed together so the wheels don't hit them. Connecting the hoses to the lifts after the lifts are under the car is a PITA - there isn't that much extra hose to easily reach around and connect them under the car. Instead, I can leave the hoses connected and coiled out of the way (and put a plastic bag over the quik-connect ends) and just push the lifts together in the middle, under the car. Then, when I want to lift it I can just pull the lifts from the middle out to the sides of the car, line them up, connect the pump to the hoses and lift away. Makes it easy and solves the "where do I store the lifts" problem to boot.
Handpipeman posted:Man, Maybe I'm just unfamiliar with the system, but that quick jack looks kind of dinky to me. I must further investigate. I currently use jack stands or the lift at my buddy's place.
Everyone needs a buddy with a lift.
I would rather be the buddy with a lift.
OK. Checked it out a little more and the quick jack seems to be a decent system for the cash. not bad
Gordon, I've been looking at those myself. Now that my car is fairly well sorted I start looking for a lift. Story of my life. Do it the hard way first, then you know what not to do.
I need something that I can drag out of the way , or stand up against the wall. Probably the most important thing is, can you pluck the engine out using the ATV jack without fiddling around with the last 2 or 3 inches to roll the engine out? I'm pretty tired of the jack stand thing.