napa furious jack... BEST JACK EVAR

 

is the harbor freight jack a quick pump style jack?

been wanting to pick it up but wasnt aware.

 

I have the ~150 dollar one and it has the quick pump feature. Only thing I don't like about this jack is that the jacking pad is thin and has come unglued from mine so I constantly have to mess with it. It is extremely low profile but still has an impressive lifting travel.

Here's a picture so you can see how big it is relative to the car:

 

Anyone seen the Tire rack jack? Looks snazzy in pictures.

 

I've actually been looking at buying a low profile jack recently and found that a good amount of people recommend Torin Big Red Jacks. Also, I've read about staying away from harbor freight jacks but dont have any personal experience with either so take it for what its worth.

 

looking at the costco website, they sell the torin jacks apparently.

thanks for the visual. i was thinking of getting a new jack and was looking into the harbor freight one.

 

You get what you pay for with harbor freight trust me. They always say if its a tool that you never use and want to have it for a emergency then by al means HF, but something like a jack that will be used hundreds and hundreds of times spend a few extra bucks.

 

This looks like a Arcan power station, these are like $210-220 on northern tool they seem pretty legit from the reviews. I guess its pretty light as well.

 

I went to look at the one from Costco yesterday. It is low profile, but it definitely doesn't seem light. It's a steel floor jack that can support up to 3.5 tons.

 

Put a hockey puck on your jack pad...

 

That Arcan one looks like Billet aluminum from the pics. And people in the reviews were commenting on how light it was so that kinda makes sense.

 

+1!!!!!

 

That would be great if that was the one at Costco, but I don't see it listed online or at either Fremont or Danville Costco.

The one at Costco looks to be this one.

http://www.mygaragestore.com/detail.aspx?ID=1597

 

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=67

http://www.arcanusa.com/lifting.html

Actually it looks like the Tire Rack one starts off a little lower and raises the car a bit higher at the highest point. It also looks to be 8 lbs lighter than the Arcan Power Station one. For $60 cheaper than the Arcan Power Station that looks like a very good alternative.

I still need to check out the one from Harbor Freight, but not sure yet.

 

I went to the Costco on Brokaw yesterday and bought the Arcan. That thing is heavy! But only $80.

Haven't opened it yet, I'll give it a try this afternoon.