Thread: New Jack option.

I guess with a bottle jack it might get stuck when the car drops to the bump stops on the corner you have just lifted. With the little trolley jack, that does not happen as it is very low in height when it is down.

Originally Posted by Meccles

I've got 6 t kingchrome which works with wooden base underneath. But bear in mind that these jacks have to be stored upright, they leak oil if stored on their side - out the filler hole which is typically blanked with a push in rubber bung that is not leakproof. I learnt the hard way lucky jack was in a plastic bag. So when I needed it- it didn't work as it was half empty of oil.

I have the same jack. It stores upright in the gap between my BOAB drawer system and the wheel arch on the left side of my D4. I deliberately mounted the drawer system slightly to the right of centre to provide enough "gap" to fit a plastic jerry can of water, the jack and a container of oil alongside the drawers - it's a nice tight fit and nothing moves. In the narrower "gap" on the other side of the drawer system, my 80W fold-up solar panel set sits nicely, along with an awning extension and a roll of LED strip lighting.

If you are a bit pushed for room, Supercheap do a 4 tonne bottle jack which is similar in size to the Kinchrome 6 tonne unit, but which actually has a slightly better lift height. I have one of these as well. The only difference was that the spindle on top of the Supercheap jack was slightly larger diameter (only about the thickness of the paint) than the one on the Kinchrome, and LandyAndy's jack adapter would not fit onto it .............. until I gave it a quick touch up on the bench grinder.