budgie smuggler

Need a 2 tonne trolley jack mine has given up after about 15 years doesn't owe me owt.
If you could include postage to Morpeth,Northumberland would be good cheers

LuckyWelshchap

If it's a one-off then a two-way postage would be cheaper than buying anyway.

Drop me a line for a short-term loan.

Worlasshasansti

Costco is your friend.

Mick

Fat Boy

They're only about 20 quid new anyway - postage would be a fair bit of that.

Just buy a new one and get a guarantee too.

blackvenom

Order a decent one of ebay, for low vehicles, comes with a sill light.

LuckyWelshchap

My father-in-law got done then !
(Wife turned up with one, her dad had "seen these on telly shopping for £35").

MattyB1983

iTrader: (51)

You won't get much of a jack for £20 I can assure you, and certainly not one id be happy to trust while laying under a car.
The cheap ones are cheap for a reason, they don't lift very high, not all that steady and won't last very long.

Ive got a large 2 tonne trolly that was my father's. Its probably 20 years old and still works. A decent jack will be circa £150.

Fat Boy

My £20 Halford one picks up the car fine and for £10 more I picked up a set of 2 ton axle stands that I use if I'm going to be getting under the car and yanking at anything. If I ran a garage it may be different but for an occasional user they work fine.

Loads of options on eBay or whatever

imprezaworks

iTrader: (9)

You can get a great jack for around £40 ish

Maz

iTrader: (34)

I'd never lay under a car no matter how good the jack! Get some axle stands.

Fonzey

iTrader: (5)

For sure.

I always use stands, I was lazy once and put the stands under the sills - but left the car actually supported by a £50 Clarke jack from MachineMart.

Sure enough, the jack pinged closed and the car slammed down 1/2inch onto the sills - so no harm done, but properly **** my pants.

MattyB1983

iTrader: (51)

Agreed, I always use stands...

And anything else I can find






My point was that the cheap jacks really aint that good. I recently did some work for a chap who had a halfords kit. The jack didn't raise the car up anywhere near a decent height making it difficult to work on. And the stands didn't exactly fill me with confidence with the little pin that takes all the weight.
No doubt they do just fine for little odd jobs like taking wheels off but if you are often under a car id suggest investing in a jack and stands that are not only better than you need but will last a couple of decades instead of a couple of years.

Worlasshasansti

I can recommend this jack from Costco, low profile for lifting lowered vehicles and good lifting capacity, can't remember how much I paid but it was good value compared to the likes of machine mart etc


The axle stands they sell are good aswell think they're under £20 and they are self adjusting so you just lift the stand to the height you need and the ratchet locks it in place

Mick