Halfords Trolley Jack

[theshrew]

I need a new jack. Its very rare i use one these days so no point in spending a lot on a top of the range thing.

Looking at the Halfords 2T low profile one seems good value.

Anyone used one are they any good ?

[williredale]

I have one and it's fine for the price. It doesn't lift as high as I would like it to though but it seems stable enough.

[theshrew]

How far will it lift mate ? I forgot some don't go very high

[DocArbathnot]

I've got one too. I don't know how high it goes but high enough to get some axle stds under the car to work on. Occasional use for me as well.

[williredale]

The Halfords site says 36cm. Which isn't quite high enough to get the car onto the second pin / height of some Halfords axle stands so the car has to go on the lowest height. On my daily driver that isn't high enough to remove the wheels so I have to remove them on the jack and then lower on to the stands. Not the end of the world but enough to annoy me when I forget and can't remove the wheel (which may happen far too often).

[theshrew]

My local store hasnt got one so i ordered a SGS one that has good reviews.

If yours isnt going high enough above poster. Try putting a block of wood on the jack if it will fit under the car. Or if not jack up put wood under the wheel let it down add a second piece of wood to the jack and up you go again. That should give you enough height to get your stand under.

[cjb1]

If you have the opportunity try Costco, they have a range of excellent trolley jacks, most are quick lift and low entry height. Hope this helps.

[cjb1]

theshrew said:

My local store hasnt got one so i ordered a SGS one that has good reviews.

If yours isnt going high enough above poster. Try putting a block of wood on the jack if it will fit under the car. Or if not jack up put wood under the wheel let it down add a second piece of wood to the jack and up you go again. That should give you enough height to get your stand under.

Safer to get a piece of wood a bit larger than the footprint of the jack wheels and place the jack on it, saves balancing a piece of wood on the jack lift point.

[DocArbathnot]

cjb1 said:

theshrew said:

My local store hasnt got one so i ordered a SGS one that has good reviews.

If yours isnt going high enough above poster. Try putting a block of wood on the jack if it will fit under the car. Or if not jack up put wood under the wheel let it down add a second piece of wood to the jack and up you go again. That should give you enough height to get your stand under.

Safer to get a piece of wood a bit larger than the footprint of the jack wheels and place the jack on it, saves balancing a piece of wood on the jack lift point.

You need to be carefull with this. Trolley jacks should "roll" a little to keep everything stable whilst jacking.

[theshrew]

DocArbathnot said:

cjb1 said:

theshrew said:

My local store hasnt got one so i ordered a SGS one that has good reviews.

If yours isnt going high enough above poster. Try putting a block of wood on the jack if it will fit under the car. Or if not jack up put wood under the wheel let it down add a second piece of wood to the jack and up you go again. That should give you enough height to get your stand under.

Safer to get a piece of wood a bit larger than the footprint of the jack wheels and place the jack on it, saves balancing a piece of wood on the jack lift point.

You need to be carefull with this. Trolley jacks should "roll" a little to keep everything stable whilst jacking.

Correct /\ /\

+ I always like to jack with a piece of wood so your not going metal to metal / underseal onto the car, it also helps spread the load.

[williredale]

theshrew said:

DocArbathnot said:

cjb1 said:

theshrew said:

My local store hasnt got one so i ordered a SGS one that has good reviews.

If yours isnt going high enough above poster. Try putting a block of wood on the jack if it will fit under the car. Or if not jack up put wood under the wheel let it down add a second piece of wood to the jack and up you go again. That should give you enough height to get your stand under.

Safer to get a piece of wood a bit larger than the footprint of the jack wheels and place the jack on it, saves balancing a piece of wood on the jack lift point.

You need to be carefull with this. Trolley jacks should "roll" a little to keep everything stable whilst jacking.

Correct /\ /\

+ I always like to jack with a piece of wood so your not going metal to metal / underseal onto the car, it also helps spread the load.

I've got a rubber thingy which goes in the cup to stop it being metal to metal and if I remember I put a block of wood on but the remembering part usually occurs when the car is in the air...

[DocArbathnot]

williredale said:

theshrew said:

DocArbathnot said:

cjb1 said:

theshrew said:

My local store hasnt got one so i ordered a SGS one that has good reviews.

If yours isnt going high enough above poster. Try putting a block of wood on the jack if it will fit under the car. Or if not jack up put wood under the wheel let it down add a second piece of wood to the jack and up you go again. That should give you enough height to get your stand under.

Safer to get a piece of wood a bit larger than the footprint of the jack wheels and place the jack on it, saves balancing a piece of wood on the jack lift point.

You need to be carefull with this. Trolley jacks should "roll" a little to keep everything stable whilst jacking.

Correct /\ /\

+ I always like to jack with a piece of wood so your not going metal to metal / underseal onto the car, it also helps spread the load.

I've got a rubber thingy which goes in the cup to stop it being metal to metal and if I remember I put a block of wood on but the remembering part usually occurs when the car is in the air...

Rubber thingy is good, also helps stop the jack slipping. I use a solid rubber ball cut in half. Better than a block of wood that can slip.
(I had a car slip off the cross member when jacking, I've been ever so careful since)

[theshrew]

DocArbathnot said:

Rubber thingy is good, also helps stop the jack slipping. I use a solid rubber ball cut in half. Better than a block of wood that can slip.
(I had a car slip off the cross member when jacking, I've been ever so careful since)

Phah Sat morning hangover get the apprentice to do everything. He jacked a truck up took the wheels off, the dam truck fell off while i was under it

Luckily i was stood in a fairly deep pit. It woke me up a bit

[Kev T360]

i've yet to own a jack, but want one and i've seen Amazon do a few all with free delivery and some with good customer reviews.

[williredale]

DocArbathnot said:

Rubber thingy is good, also helps stop the jack slipping. I use a solid rubber ball cut in half. Better than a block of wood that can slip.
(I had a car slip off the cross member when jacking, I've been ever so careful since)

I bought a purpose made thingy from ebay after seeing it in a thread here a while back. It does exactly the same job though.

[cjb1]

theshrew said:

DocArbathnot said:

Rubber thingy is good, also helps stop the jack slipping. I use a solid rubber ball cut in half. Better than a block of wood that can slip.
(I had a car slip off the cross member when jacking, I've been ever so careful since)

Phah Sat morning hangover get the apprentice to do everything. He jacked a truck up took the wheels off, the dam truck fell off while i was under it

Luckily i was stood in a fairly deep pit. It woke me up a bit

I haven't tried it but a pal og mine uses a hockey puck, I suppose these could easily be bought at a dcent sports shop?

[cpas]

I've got an older version of one of these:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/444...

It came up tops on a Practical Classics test and was one of the best for low sadddle height (to get under low-slung cars) combined with a good overall lift. The handle stays in the socket and turns to lower the jack (unlike smaller/cheaper jacks where you have to faff about taking the handle out and turning a release screw with it). It is also quite large and wide so feels a lot more stable. I think Sealey and Machine Mart do similar versions.

[Art0ir]

I have the orange 2 ton one and their heavy duty 4x4 one.

Tend to use the orange one where I can, the bigger one weighs a ton...

[ezi]

I have the orange 2-ton rated one with very low lift (Ideal for lowered cars etc), it's decent but slowly loses pressure under my Fiesta and have to keep jacking it up again every 20mins or so because it slowly goes down.

Not bad for the money but you could probably do better.

[scarble]

I've got the low entry one too, I find it drops a bit too suddenly when you release it, other than that it does the job. But Halfords are s**ts and don't deserve your money.