Bottle jack from ebay

[InitialDave]

V8covin said:

Why take the risk,get the ones with the safety pin

Because with most of the kind with safety pins I'm rather leery of the construction of the lower part of them, though I have seen some older ones that were pretty hefty.

[markcoznottz]

InitialDave said:

V8covin said:

Why take the risk,get the ones with the safety pin

Because with most of the kind with safety pins I'm rather leery of the construction of the lower part of them, though I have seen some older ones that were pretty hefty.

I got a pair from an auto jumble 20 years ago, they could probably support a Sherman tank. I’m with you, I don’t like the look of the pressed type construction of a lot of stands now. Older good quality stuff is better, but rare as hens teeth now.

[V8covin]

InitialDave said:

Because with most of the kind with safety pins I'm rather leery of the construction of the lower part of them, though I have seen some older ones that were pretty hefty.

I'm on about the ratchet type WITH the safety pins.
Best of both worlds surely.
I have these tall ones also
https://www.sealey.co.uk/product/5637184616/axle-s...

[InitialDave]

V8covin said:

I'm on about the ratchet type WITH the safety pins.
Best of both worlds surely.
I have these tall ones also
https://www.sealey.co.uk/product/5637184616/axle-s...

I feel those are likely "better", as the legs are made from 90 degree angle, so are going to be more resistant to buckling if accidentally thumped, and I wouldn't put those in the same category as the Halfords £15 "2 tonne" jobs.

But I'm the guy using 6 ton stands to support a kei car...

[bluezedd]

GreenV8S said:

There was a big fuss a while ago because a batch got into the market with a poorly made ratchet mechanism that could slip. I think the angle of the teeth was wrong, or the edges weren't shaped properly, such that the latch wasn't held positively in place.

Just to confirm what you're saying Green V8S, when I heard about the harbor freight axle stand recall, I became very wary of my own as they had a similar design. I would have been willing to throw them in the bin.

I even asked on an American mechanics forum who were discussing the recall and they all reassured me that the problem was specific to the harbor freight ones being defective.

Once I saw a video of the harbor freight ones, and compared them to my own, it removed all my wariness about using my axle stands of the same design.

From what I saw from the videos, those harbor freight axle stands would hold the car up with a ballhair of engagement. Fortunately mine have a large section of engagement and I can't see how they could fail beyond the usual deterioration due to age/rust.

[andburg]

I'll echo what others have said, on a van use ramps, you've generally got a decent amount of height to start with.

If the filter is accessible from the top then consider an extraction pump.

[markcoznottz]

InitialDave said:

V8covin said:

I'm on about the ratchet type WITH the safety pins.
Best of both worlds surely.
I have these tall ones also
https://www.sealey.co.uk/product/5637184616/axle-s...

I feel those are likely "better", as the legs are made from 90 degree angle, so are going to be more resistant to buckling if accidentally thumped, and I wouldn't put those in the same category as the Halfords £15 "2 tonne" jobs.

But I'm the guy using 6 ton stands to support a kei car...

You only get one head..... If you’re a worrier

.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Facom-DL-PL22A-22-Tonne...

[SlimJim16v]

markcoznottz said:

You only get one head..... If you’re a worrier

.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Facom-DL-PL22A-22-Tonne...

Not sure I like the design of those.