New Trolley Jack - Couldn't Believe My Eyes!

[GE90]

Hi all

So it's my birthday soon, so I thought of asking for a lightweight aluminium jack to replace my aging Halfords 2.5 ton steel one.

Found myself looking at lightweight aluminium ones from SGS Engineering, Clarke etc. However, I couldn't believe my eyes when I weighed my current one (which I think is heavy), and found that is is lighter than the aluminium ones (19kg vs 26 kg).

How can this be?

[andyiley]

The aluminium one is heavier.

[Richyvrlimited]

Andy :lol:

The Alloy ones are much larger, they also have larger pistons for the hydraulics, this means more fluid is stored in it etc etc.

[GE90]

Thanks guys - hardly lightweight then, as advertised. Certainly not if my 5 year old full steel 2.5 ton Halfords cheapie is lighter!

[Richyvrlimited]

It's all relative, find a steel jack that's low entry with massive height and large pistons for quick raising and you'll find it's much much heavier than the Alui one.

[AW10]

Indeed - I have one of these http://www.ac-hydraulic.dk/us/products/hydraulic-j... The mutt's nuts but weighs some 40kg and thus is not very portable!