Budget aluminium trolley jacks: Clarke vs Arcan
Discussion
Before I took the two broken Clarke's to the tip, I thought a few side-by-side photos might be worthwhile.
Price is about the same for each (£90). I hear Costco is best for the Arcan. I paid ~£110 through eBay.
I'll let the pictures do the talking. Photos will go bigger if you right-click and "View picture" or similar.
Price is about the same for each (£90). I hear Costco is best for the Arcan. I paid ~£110 through eBay.
I'll let the pictures do the talking. Photos will go bigger if you right-click and "View picture" or similar.
Edited by carl0s on Saturday 4th June 19:11
McSam said:
Well! That looks pretty conclusive to me 
Thanks for sharing these, always good to know what to look for.
Yup, no worries Thanks for sharing these, always good to know what to look for.
From looking at pictures of them individually, you wouldn't appreciate how much bigger the Arcan is.
It is the CEALJ2T / ALJ2T, which is labeled as 2 ton, but that's 2 American tons, which is 1.85 of our tons or 1,850kgs. The Clarke is 1.25t/1,250kgs.
The larger one is 10KGs heavier mind you. 22KGs vs 12KGs.
Edited by carl0s on Saturday 4th June 19:37
This is my favourite of the series. I think the shoes represent how invisible the individual feels in our consumer culture.
The tiger on the van dashboard is representative of the grip oil has on our society, and how helpless we are without it. The tiger has parked the van in front of the red hoist, blocking it from us, but allows us our trolley jacks - it is as if he is saying that we may be rise up a few inches, but we will never be properly high.
Finally, the van's numberplate being carefully removed and placed on the floor is symbolic of the kind of person who would spend a beautiful sunny afternoon exhaustively photographing two broken trolley jacks next to their new one.
Hitler Hadrump said:
This is my favourite of the series. I think the shoes represent how invisible the individual feels in our consumer culture.
The tiger on the van dashboard is representative of the grip oil has on our society, and how helpless we are without it. The tiger has parked the van in front of the red hoist, blocking it from us, but allows us our trolley jacks - it is as if he is saying that we may be rise up a few inches, but we will never be properly high.
Finally, the van's numberplate being carefully removed and placed on the floor is symbolic of the kind of person who would spend a beautiful sunny afternoon exhaustively photographing two broken trolley jacks next to their new one.
I change into an old pair of shoes that I keep outside when working on car.
It's my uncle's van, as is the covered half-a Ford pop. He has some sort of mental issue with regard to getting rid of scrap cars..
Hitler Hadrump said:
This is my favourite of the series. I think the shoes represent how invisible the individual feels in our consumer culture.
The tiger on the van dashboard is representative of the grip oil has on our society, and how helpless we are without it. The tiger has parked the van in front of the red hoist, blocking it from us, but allows us our trolley jacks - it is as if he is saying that we may be rise up a few inches, but we will never be properly high.
Finally, the van's numberplate being carefully removed and placed on the floor is symbolic of the kind of person who would spend a beautiful sunny afternoon exhaustively photographing two broken trolley jacks next to their new one.
I change into an old pair of shoes that I keep outside when working on car.
It's my uncle's van, as is the covered half-a Ford pop. He has some sort of mental issue with regard to getting rid of scrap cars..
Hitler Hadrump said:
Finally, the van's numberplate being carefully removed and placed on the floor is symbolic of the kind of person who would spend a beautiful sunny afternoon exhaustively photographing two broken trolley jacks next to their new one.
P.S. it's a car enthusiast's website. I spent the beautiful sunny afternoon outside in the sun, spannering on my pride and joy. How much more right could that be?(and spent 5 minutes of that afternoon taking 12 photos for the benefit of other genuine enthusiasts).
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