QuickJack - Any PH Owners? Feedback?

[356Speedster]

RSpiston said:

Looks fantastic ! Any regrets / tips since buying the Quickjack?

Thanks..... they're very impressive. My only regret is not buying them sooner! They work very well indeed and are great quality. They can be used in the normal front / back orientation, or side to side, so are also quite flexible. I'd recommend them to anyone who doesn't have the room / funds for a larger or more expensive lift.

[Silty Bottom]

A quick question if I may?

Can the jacks be lowered (and removed) to leave a car sitting on axle stands? I've read the manual and it talks of needing a load to be on the jacks to lower them.

Thanks in advance.

[rigga]

The jacks do indeed need a load for them to lower fully, so whilst you could raise the car, place stands and lower onto those, the quick jacks wouldn't then lower fully with no weight on them.
I made the mistake of raising them with no weight on, and to get them to lower I had to place a compressor and a motorbike engine on top, in order for the oil to transfer back into the control module tank.

Can't see the point of doing it really, unless you wanted to exclusively work on the sill area where the quickjacks would be, and in that case I'd simple jack up in the normal fashion and sit the car on normal stands.

[Silty Bottom]

rigga said:

The jacks do indeed need a load for them to lower fully, so whilst you could raise the car, place stands and lower onto those, the quick jacks wouldn't then lower fully with no weight on them.
I made the mistake of raising them with no weight on, and to get them to lower I had to place a compressor and a motorbike engine on top, in order for the oil to transfer back into the control module tank.

Can't see the point of doing it really, unless you wanted to exclusively work on the sill area where the quickjacks would be, and in that case I'd simple jack up in the normal fashion and sit the car on normal stands.

Thanks. That helps avoid an expensive mistake.

The reason for asking is that one of my cars has a separate chassis and with a Quickjack under each chassis rail, the jacks would be almost touching each other as the car is lifted. To allow access to anything of interest, I'd have to remove the jacks and work under axle stands. I've worked on the car under axle stands before and it's rock solid but I've had a few dodgy moments raising (and lowering) the car high enough with trolley jacks to get the stands under it. I had hoped the Quickjacks would be the answer.

[rigga]

Not quite sure what you're explaining ref the separate chassis, you can however use the quickjacks at 90 degrees to the car instead of along the length as normal, if that would give you better access to where you need to be

[Silty Bottom]

rigga said:

Not quite sure what you're explaining ref the separate chassis, you can however use the quickjacks at 90 degrees to the car instead of along the length as normal, if that would give you better access to where you need to be

Imagine two parallel 4" tubes about 20" apart running longitudinally and forming a ladder chassis. If the jacks were used at 90 deg to the car the block spacing would be too wide. Thanks for the suggestion but the difficulty in lowering them scuppers it for me I think.

Really good to speak with an owner and thank you.

[rigga]

Silty Bottom said:

rigga said:

Not quite sure what you're explaining ref the separate chassis, you can however use the quickjacks at 90 degrees to the car instead of along the length as normal, if that would give you better access to where you need to be

Imagine two parallel 4" tubes about 20" apart running longitudinally and forming a ladder chassis. If the jacks were used at 90 deg to the car the block spacing would be too wide. Thanks for the suggestion but the difficulty in lowering them scuppers it for me I think.

Really good to speak with an owner and thank you.

I run a TVR which has a separate chassis to body, I can measure the block spacing if you so wish, as it has a fair bit of adjustment in the slots that the blocks sit.

[SturdyHSV]

Is CostCo still the place to get these from?

Have been tempted by these for a while, hearing good things from a load of PH owners is encouraging

[Kev_Mk3]

my neighbour has these and look great im going to have to bite the bullet i think but seem over £1200 now

[rigga]

SturdyHSV said:

Is CostCo still the place to get these from?

Have been tempted by these for a while, hearing good things from a load of PH owners is encouraging

Costco was cheaper than from quickjack themselves the last time I looked.

[Silty Bottom]

rigga said:

I run a TVR which has a separate chassis to body, I can measure the block spacing if you so wish, as it has a fair bit of adjustment in the slots that the blocks sit.

Thanks for the offer. I've been checking the online specs and manuals so I'm up to speed with the dimensions. Just that bit about not lowering is the bugger for me.

Thanks

[xcentric]

/holy thread resurrection, Batman/

anyone know if Costco still stock these and where there may be stock?

[SturdyHSV]

I bought one from Costco about 2 months ago, so seem to still be stocking them.

Have been very happy with it, the UK ones are 12v DC only so run off a car battery, which is actually quite convenient.



They lift to a good height, you can roll over underneath for example, it's far higher than my jack stands could reach