Jacking pad - good idea

[Mike-tf3n0]

I just bought one last week from this chap on Ebay. I wanted one to fit my Lidl trolley jack which seems to have a different size cup to most, and I wanted a flat top to lift my VX220 without marking the aluminium. He stocks a big selection so can do most types from stock but in my case I sent him a card profile and he was able to turn one down and it is a perfect fit. Brilliant service. The Ebay item number for the Sealey 2.5 ton jack pad is 272898845456.

M Cavanagh
Petersham Drive
Appleton
Warrington
Cheshire
WA45QF
United Kingdom

Téléphone :07584|656475
E-mail :[e-mail]

[V8 Fettler]

dandarez said:

Moviestar said:

4rephill said:

Look familiar?: https://www.skatehut.co.uk/brands/6030_sports/ice_...

You're paying £3.99 for a £1.50 hockey puck that someone has cut a slot in! (on the one "jack-pad" picture you can even see the same writing on the side!)

If you had checked there is also delivery £1.99 on the Skatehut Hockey Puck so not a true comparison. Total price = £3.49
So yes you could save 50p and then have to go to the trouble of trying to cut a suitable slot. For 50p saving really!!

I've used a pad for years with vulc rubber top on hardwood, never thought of using something like a puck.
Given me a idea!

If you're the entrepreneurial type (like me) you'd buy 20 for 30 quid, so getting the 'FREE' delivery.
I'd then get my mate who works in the local engineering dept of a big company and get him to make the cuts needed and offer him a 'I owe you next time or a beer (it's worked before!).

Keep a couple for myself and flog the rest at the local car meets for 2.99 (ie market as cheapest available anywhere LOL).

I bet I'd sell the lot in next to no time. And possibly take advance orders for next batch. Thanks!!

Red hot nail to mark the bespoke puck with a manufacturer's name to order.

[Pica-Pica]

Ratz said:

Thought I'd share something I found on eBay and decided for the sake of £6 it was worth a go.

Having just carefully de-rusted the underside of my car and then treated and undersealed I was looking for something to stop my hydraulic jack scraping the pristine new coating and undoing my good work off every time I wanted to work on the car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251297679600?ssPageName=...

I've got a an MX5 with an old school metal seam on the edge of the sills which is where the usual jacking point for the scissor jack is, so this works well for that, but for a bit more security I often use the chassis rails as a jacking point and it just gives enough cushion to protect the underseal coating.

Jacks used to have a channel for seam lips to drop into? Is there no jacking tube?
In design forums we would always have service engineers for their input.

[Mercky]

Pica-Pica said:

Jacks used to have a channel for seam lips to drop into? Is there no jacking tube?
In design forums we would always have service engineers for their input.

Jacking tubes only on quality cars, the crap is jacked on the sill seams. Service engineers would agree I'm sure.

[Moviestar]

Mercky said:

Pica-Pica said:

Jacks used to have a channel for seam lips to drop into? Is there no jacking tube?
In design forums we would always have service engineers for their input.

Jacking tubes only on quality cars, the crap is jacked on the sill seams. Service engineers would agree I'm sure.

Yep I would have to agree :-)

[Moviestar]

TJS10 said:

Jacking pads for general use or cut and shaped to fit particular cars, BMW, Audi, MINI, MX5 etc are relatively cheap compared to the cost and hassle of touching up under seal and paint damaged by jacks and axle stands. I also use a set of rubber axle stand inserts for use on flat chassis rails.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?item=28190592654...

Yep there is loads for different types of cars