Thread: New Jack option.

PS,in the same cattledog,there is a 6tonne normal style,min height 200mm $79.95.
The 6T weighs 5kg,the 10T 7.5Kg. 6T lifts 405mm.10T lifts only 355mm.
Perhaps the 6T is the go????
Need an answer tonite as the 10T is on hold.the 10T would be handy in the shed to use as a press,not that important as we have plenty of 20T jacks at work that I can borrow.
It gets down to the min height needed.
Thanks
Andrew

Andrew, I just posted same time as you. See above. I think 355 fully up is too low. You need 400mm. So the 6t sounds perfect but if a screw is needed to achieve the 400 raised then the minimum with screw out would be very close to not fitting under.

Scott

405mm ok????
Andrew

BSM calculated 230 min and 400 max. But if the 405 requires a screw to be out then that would be added to the min.

Note I haven't checked the 230mm minimum. This may not be at off-road height or something. I think the 6t one sounds like it's worth a try.

Scott

Originally Posted by Bowyang

Could a Discovery Series 2 jack with a custom made top be used ?

Originally Posted by scarry

Probably won't go low enough.

What about a holden jack,probably have to modify the top though.

The old screw type that was very common.

I have a D2 jack in the D4, works fine.

Baz.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

PS,in the same cattledog,there is a 6tonne normal style,min height 200mm $79.95.
The 6T weighs 5kg,the 10T 7.5Kg. 6T lifts 405mm.10T lifts only 355mm.
Perhaps the 6T is the go????
Need an answer tonite as the 10T is on hold.the 10T would be handy in the shed to use as a press,not that important as we have plenty of 20T jacks at work that I can borrow.
It gets down to the min height needed.
Thanks
Andrew

Hi Andrew.
I dropped into my AutoOne store at lunchtime today. They did not have any of the Kincrome jacks in stock but had a mountain of other brands, down to $40 in price. There were several that indicated they could jack in the correct range (say 215-430mm) but all were only 150mm in stroke length. The extra length is using the screw which is no good when the jack is already under load. Someone needs to check the Kincrome jacks to see what their stoke length is, otherwise we are back to the Blackwoods jack which has a genuine 200mm stroke length.

Cheers,
Chris

Jacked mine up today in the carport and i needed about 440mm.

If you are not on a flat surface, you may need more,ditto for oversize tyres.

Sure you could put a piece of wood under it to get more height,but then you would have to watch the minimum height of the jack.

Originally Posted by scarry

Jacked mine up today in the carport and i needed about 440mm.

If you are not on a flat surface, you may need more,ditto for oversize tyres.

Sure you could put a piece of wood under it to get more height,but then you would have to watch the minimum height of the jack.

Did you happen to check the minimum height?

I see Kincrome does an 8T bottle jack (K12055) that does 225mm-445mm...