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001Ben - 5/4/10 at 12:20 PM

Does anyone know where i can buy 2 fairly cheap high lift trolley jacks, they need to go from 95 up to 450 high

Paul TigerB6 - 5/4/10 at 12:32 PM

Trolley jacks rather than bottle jacks for that particular job Ben??

001Ben - 5/4/10 at 12:34 PM

Bottle jacks could work if you could find one small enough..

[Edited on 5/4/10 by 001Ben]

Paul TigerB6 - 5/4/10 at 12:36 PM

link

So whats the minimum height you need mate??

Edit: duh - 95mm!!

[Edited on 5/4/10 by Paul TigerB6]

001Ben - 5/4/10 at 01:26 PM

I need one for each of the platforms when its on the ground so that I can lift the car to put the end plates on - save using the current seup as you can see.

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T66 - 5/4/10 at 03:58 PM

No good if your not am member


Costco are selling a 3tonne unit, very low profile which will suit your needs.

From memory they are about 60gbp

001Ben - 5/4/10 at 04:12 PM

cheers, i will go and take a look tomorrow

001Ben - 5/4/10 at 04:21 PM

costco

T66 - 5/4/10 at 06:21 PM

Your jacking higher than a lot of garage jacks would stretch to, the 10tonne truck jacks I used to use wouldnt lift as high as your after.


It lifts to 21 inches...according to this forum but the UK one I have is red but looks more or less the same.


This is similar to it..

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80476

iank - 5/4/10 at 07:05 PM

The large range is the biggest problem for a bottle jack.

Distinctly not cheap, and is about 2" too tall at lowest point for the spec, but this one does 125mm-800mm.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj2glc-2-tonne-hd-high-lift-trolley-ja

001Ben - 5/4/10 at 10:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
The large range is the biggest problem for a bottle jack.

Distinctly not cheap, and is about 2" too tall at lowest point for the spec, but this one does 125mm-800mm.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj2glc-2-tonne-hd-high-lift-trolley-ja


800mm thats insane for a car lift.

Thanks for the replies

MikeLR - 6/4/10 at 09:10 AM

Have a look in Halfords, they are having a big sale at the moment and had lots of shop soiled stuff on sale locally yesterday.

iank - 6/4/10 at 09:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 001Ben
quote:
Originally posted by iank
The large range is the biggest problem for a bottle jack.

Distinctly not cheap, and is about 2" too tall at lowest point for the spec, but this one does 125mm-800mm.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj2glc-2-tonne-hd-high-lift-trolley-ja


800mm thats insane for a car lift.

Thanks for the replies


It's designed for 4x4's where a regular jack won't even get the wheels off the ground, though at 2 tonne's it's a bit lightweight for a land/range rover.

001Ben - 6/4/10 at 07:55 PM

still looking for a jack, the maximum width is 290.