Car jack and axle stands

[Buzzkill]

Anyone have any recommendations for a reasonable price? It's about time i purchased my own.

Halfords are currently doing an offer on a car lifting kit but i'm somewhat sceptical as to if the stuff will last? (buy cheap you buy twice mentality)

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

[B16JUS]

Depends how often your going to use it all, snap on have there light weight alloy low entry jack on special £199 +vat and i think there axle stands are only about £25

Ive had mine a few years used quite a bit between me and friends still fantastic

[GreenV8S]

The Halfords stuff tends to be OK. That set you linked to looks fine, but there will be plenty of others around at a similar price. That crawler will be a bit of a pita to store if you're only going to use it occasionally though.

[Buzzkill]

B16JUS said:

Depends how often your going to use it all, snap on have there light weight alloy low entry jack on special £199 +vat and i think there axle stands are only about £25

Ive had mine a few years used quite a bit between me and friends still fantastic

Would be using it in single figures every year in all likely hood, or at least not much more, but want something that will last.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Machine Mart do a reasonable trolley jack + 2 axle stands package cheaply.

[B16JUS]

Buzzkill said:

B16JUS said:

Depends how often your going to use it all, snap on have there light weight alloy low entry jack on special £199 +vat and i think there axle stands are only about £25

Ive had mine a few years used quite a bit between me and friends still fantastic

Would be using it in single figures every year in all likely hood, or at least not much more, but want something that will last.

snap on stuff lasts and lasts so depends if £260 for a jack and stands is acceptable.

if not then maby machine mart as someone else said

[NiceCupOfTea]

B16JUS said:

Buzzkill said:

B16JUS said:

Depends how often your going to use it all, snap on have there light weight alloy low entry jack on special £199 +vat and i think there axle stands are only about £25

Ive had mine a few years used quite a bit between me and friends still fantastic

Would be using it in single figures every year in all likely hood, or at least not much more, but want something that will last.

snap on stuff lasts and lasts so depends if £260 for a jack and stands is acceptable.

if not then maby machine mart as someone else said

Well quite - you could get 10 machine mart sets of gear for the price of the snap on!

[B16JUS]

NiceCupOfTea said:

B16JUS said:

Buzzkill said:

B16JUS said:

Depends how often your going to use it all, snap on have there light weight alloy low entry jack on special £199 +vat and i think there axle stands are only about £25

Ive had mine a few years used quite a bit between me and friends still fantastic

Would be using it in single figures every year in all likely hood, or at least not much more, but want something that will last.

snap on stuff lasts and lasts so depends if £260 for a jack and stands is acceptable.

if not then maby machine mart as someone else said

Well quite - you could get 10 machine mart sets of gear for the price of the snap on!

Slight exageration there lol, i will minus your ten sets and give you 2 sets

Jack £91.98 inc vat
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...

Stands £19.54 inc vat
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...

So its about half the snap on price, if it was me for the extra id go for the snap on as ive got them and love them but these prob do the same job just as well for half the money.

Another thing id get is a length of roll cage padding for the handle saves it ever damaging the car etc ( the snap on one comes with this )

J

[paddy27]

I got a the Halfords kit a couple of years ago and has lasted me well. Gets used every two or three months and hasn't broken yet (Touch Wood).

[Dave^]

I went these....

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/66742/Van-Car-Access...

Same price as the Halfords kit, not sure who makes theirs....

eta - no creaper tho....

Edited by Dave^ on Wednesday 21st October 07:39

[Buzzkill]

Cheers for all the info, will probably end up going with the screwfix kit given the usage it's going to see. Heard good reports from another source as well.

[zcacogp]

Halfords stuff is fine. I have had some like that for the last 12 years, used by an enthusiastic amateur, and nothing has gone wrong.

A lot of the jacks from different maufacturers are the same design and probably made in the same factory; just painted a different colour with a different brand sticker on.


Oli.

[NiceCupOfTea]

B16JUS said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

B16JUS said:

Buzzkill said:

B16JUS said:

Depends how often your going to use it all, snap on have there light weight alloy low entry jack on special £199 +vat and i think there axle stands are only about £25

Ive had mine a few years used quite a bit between me and friends still fantastic

Would be using it in single figures every year in all likely hood, or at least not much more, but want something that will last.

snap on stuff lasts and lasts so depends if £260 for a jack and stands is acceptable.

if not then maby machine mart as someone else said

Well quite - you could get 10 machine mart sets of gear for the price of the snap on!

Slight exageration there lol, i will minus your ten sets and give you 2 sets

Jack £91.98 inc vat
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...

Stands £19.54 inc vat
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...

So its about half the snap on price, if it was me for the extra id go for the snap on as ive got them and love them but these prob do the same job just as well for half the money.

Another thing id get is a length of roll cage padding for the handle saves it ever damaging the car etc ( the snap on one comes with this )

J

On the phone atm so can't check but I bought 2 axle stands and a trolley jack from mm for about 30 quid a few years back!

[Swoxy]

It's all the same stuff made by Hilka.

[V8A*ndy]

Lidl have jacks in for 18 quid. I was tempted to get one for the van.