A simple question for you guys....
gonna buy a floor jack and a new set of jackstands this week, and was curious what capacity and lift height you guys would suggest?
I'm probably just going to buy an inexpensive jack at Harbour Freight as this isnt something I am gonna use daily and dont think i need to spend the money that Craftsman and Snap-On want...HF has a three ton capacity floor jack on sale for $59 and a set of 6 ton stands for $25.....

 

make sure u get the warranty. harbor frieght isnt known for quality.

 

For the most part, you get what you pay for. A cheap jack may seem "just as good", but after six months when it starts creeping down every time you use it, you will wish you had a better one. I wouldn't put a Craftsman in the too expensive category. If you have ever priced out the nice aluminum racing jacks, then you know that a Craftsman jack isn't even in the same league.

-Steve

 

I've had the Harbor Freight 2 1/4 ton heavy duty jack and 6 ton stands for 5 years and never had a problem with it. Does everything I need it to do.

If you are going to use it 3 to four times a week then I'd say spend the money to get a better one. If you use it once every couple of months like I do, and support it with jack stands like your supposed too...save the money. Just my 2 cents worth, and as you can see from me, that's expensive.

 

I bought a Larin SUV7000 from tractor supply. It has a 21"+ lift and a 3.5 ton capacity. I have only used it a couple of times so far but it makes my cheap craftsman look like junk. It was the only decent floor jack I could find locally. It weighs over 100lbs and shipping it would get pretty pricey.

 

I've used the HF 6 ton jacks for a couple years on toyotas with no problems but only a few times under the CTD. I'll admit that under the weight of the CTD I would prefer to have something that is higher quality...

 

I bought a Napa low-profile speed jack.I think it's 3 ton,goes to 21" high from 2 3/4" low.I think it was $240.00 cdn.

 

Zip on down to the nearest Sam's club (Walmart's warehouse). I bought there 3 ton floorjack w/ stands for $85 and never had a problem. Even came with a reseal kit for the jack! I pick-up the CTD with it and if I'm gonna work under the truck, I use the stands and leave a little pressur on the jack for extra support.

 

The setup you're looking at will work.

I'm using a "Car and Driver" 2 1/2 ton jack that I got for $25 when Target downsized their automotive dept. If that'll pick up a CTD, then the HF 3 ton ought to be fine.

 

id have no problem using a HF jack or jack stands. we use both at work picking up pavers and supporting them. No problems.


I personally own a craftsman 3 ton jack, and it works great also

 

well this is just my opinion but i got 2 jacks 1 i paid 240$ wich is broke at the moment and one i paid 60$ wich is in the back of my truck under a pile of snow had that jack for ten years now still works like new so lets recap
get the 240 piece of junk or
get the 60$ jack thats so tough you dont care if its under junk

 

well, stopped at HF after work yesterday and got a 3 ton jack on clearance for $40 and a set of 6 ton stands for $20....for as much as I'll probably use them, I think they'll do fine

 

I was born, many years ago, in a big tire shop, grew up in that shop, and still spend many hours each week in that shop.

We do it all, where tires are concerned, big trucks/trailers, big rear tractor tires full of steel-eating calcium chloride, milk trucks with half a load of milk sloshing back and forth the whole time they are there, double-deck American Bullnose trailers with slaughter bulls fighting on the top deck, etc.

NO!! we usually don't get what we pay for, when it comes to hydraulic jacks.

We went through old time WALKERs by the dozens, SEARS ROEBUCKs, many other pricey name brands.

Believe me or not, the most servicable jacks that we use are Harbor Freight Central Hydraulics brand, and at about a tenth the cost of some of the more politically acceptable brands.

It sort of stings when a $289 Walker gives up the ghost at less than a year old, and the salesman will try every tactic in the book to avoid replacing it.

When one of the Harbor Freights quits, just take it back and they will give me another, no hassle.

Just my humble experience.

 

when it comes to something like jack stands and jacks where my life is at risk to me price comes secondary to quality. just my 2 cents

 

However I used my Craftsman 3 ton with two Craftsman 3 ton stands last week-end to rotate the rubber, and it did just fine. I couldn't pull it off in 14 sec like the Winston Cup guys, but after 6 years (other than the cheap plastic handle cover breaking up) it still works like a champ.