In the Harbor Freight flyer there is a quick pump light weight aluminum jack. I went and looked at it and ended up buying one. I brought it for $200. I brought it home and compared it with a normal $500 name brand jack. It looked just like it in quality and looks. I obviously cant say how it will hold up but as stated it looked just like the pricy model. Just thought I would let everyone know.
Oh while I was there the guy told me that 2 guys came in and used every credit card and every dime they had between them, they bought 20 of them and went somewhere on sat (either swap meet or the sand show in El Cajon and sold them for $400 each. He said the guy came back and told him that they sold all of them in 3 hours.
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JC, I too saw the ad and was almost hooked. I liked the look of the jack, but the max lift height of 17 inches won't get my wheels off the ground when lifting from the frame. Might be a good one to bolt on the truck to take with as long as you lift from the suspension or the diff!
HF does beat the regular price though!
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Yes, but it might be a little large to take with you. It's a large floor jack for trucks and has a lift height of about 3 feet. It's kind of heavy, but the one I saw at the HF by my house had a price tag of $150.00 on it!
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HF is great cuz stuff is cheap... but those are the kinda tools you take with you to Glamis, because you know you're going to lose them... They're NOT tools that go into the garage...
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JC, I bought one of those jacks last week and I like it alot. beats hauling 'big green' around. The best thing about it is the quick release handle. Not bad height either, I'd say it's worth the money.
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HF is great cuz stuff is cheap... but those are the kinda tools you take with you to Glamis, because you know you're going to lose them... They're NOT tools that go into the garage...
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I would agree, mostly their cheap hand tools are great for the dez because you dont care about looseing them but I use a lot of their other stuff such as grinders, drill presses, chop saws and the like for the garage. I am not a fab shop and their stuff I have bought has worked well for me. None of their hand tools or air impacts are in the "garage".
I bought one of the jacks and brought it home to compare with the "pricey" one. I was about to buy the pricey one when this flyer came out. Anyway I compared them and they appear to be the same jack, so I went back today and picked up a second one and I am still $100 ahead. The original one I bought was to be mounted on the race truck and the second is for the pit or chase scene.
Tim, I use my engine hoist(HF LOL) to lift the truck by the frame/cage
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their cheap hand tools are great for the dez because you dont care about looseing them but I use a lot of their other stuff such as grinders, drill presses, chop saws and the like for the garage. I am not a fab shop and their stuff I have bought has worked well for me. None of their hand tools or air impacts are in the "garage".
