Anderzander Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 My old trolley Jack is leaking and not worth repairing - can anyone recommend a decent one please? The ideal would be one that can cope with slightly rough ground and doesn't cost a fortune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 eBay has this kind of thing : https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/331651030956 https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/141730647631 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdderlyOffroad Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I'd go for a 'low profile' jack. Why? Well, my jack has to cope with Land Rovers and modern vehicles with acres of low-hanging plastic. The height at fully extended is about the same as a normal jack so doesn't affect LR-work. Pretty much all the newer design jacks you get have some kind of rapid-pump feature to raise the saddle quickly to contact the underside of the vehicle. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-5-Ton-Trolley-Jack-ULTRA-LOW-PROFILE-NEW-BTJ0030-/182071048864?hash=item2a6447baa0:g:E9cAAOSw37tWDRKk As for rolling over rough ground - well all jacks are rubbish at that, IMHO, and it's usually a sign that you have to be very careful how you jack up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris113 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 eBay has this kind of thing : https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/331651030956 https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/141730647631 I have the one in the second link and am very happy with it. It's mostly used on gravel and seems to cope well, the wide base makes it a lot more stable than the previous jack from Machine Mart. You can also get a transmission cradle to fit on instead of the saddle. It squeezes under most vehicles although it certainly doesn't fit under lowered vehicles and sports cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=jon= Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I've got an Arcan one that came from Costco, I think it's the same as: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arcan-xl-3-ton-trolley-jack-/191841287792?hash=item2caaa1be70:g:eagAAOSwQgpXAU2h It was about £80 IIRC, and is built like a tank, think it weighs about 35kg on it's own... Costco's warranty is awesome too - they will prob just swap it for a new one if anything goes wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Thanks everyone - I think I'm going to go for the 3290CX Sealy one. They are on offer and look to be fine for me. Tempted by the low profile one - but I don't really have cars that would warrant it ? The Costco one looks good, but they aren't stocking it at the moment - they have a 2ton aluminium one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=jon= Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Tempted by the low profile one - but I don't really have cars that would warrant it ? The Costco one looks good, but they aren't stocking it at the moment - they have a 2ton aluminium one now. Our local costco seems to have them now and again, as with most of the stuff they stock! I've got one of the Alu ones too - it's also very good, and much less unwieldy (ie. heavy!) than the steel one... Seems to work fine on everything LR related I've tried it on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdderlyOffroad Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Thanks everyone - I think I'm going to go for the 3290CX Sealy one. They are on offer and look to be fine for me. Tempted by the low profile one - but I don't really have cars that would warrant it ? The Costco one looks good, but they aren't stocking it at the moment - they have a 2ton aluminium one now. Be careful with this one, a surprisingly large amount of modern Euroboxen will not fit one of those style jacks underneath. Ask me how I know...I have the Screwfix version of that jack. Even my fixed thrust, variable noise, bog standard Peugeot 308 requires a low-profile model Ok if you're sure you're only ever going to work on cars built before this current decade or Landies, then no problem. Just make sure you get a rapid pump model. In fact, as well as the Screwfix version of the Sealey, I have the Costco Ally model...I too missed the Steel version. My mate has one and it would be my jack of choice. It's long-reach without being too big, as well as low profile with a decent maximum cruising altitude. However, like Jon above, the ally version has handled any Landie-related tasks thrown at it with no issue. And it rolls ok over my somewhat cratered drive...So no hesitation recommending that from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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