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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 11:40 AM
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I'm considering buying a Quick-Jack lift and wondered if any one here has used one or had experience with them. And, if so, are they any good?

This is the sort of thing I mean, presumably made over there in the US, but available here in UK/Europe.



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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 11:48 AM
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Yes indeed, lots of forum members have been buying them.
I got mine a year ago and wish I'd got it 10yrs ago - MUCH safer (and much faster) than floor jack/stands etc
My C5 is currently getting clutch/diff done using Quickjack + tranny jack + floor jacks. Plenty of threads about how to use it.


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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 12:35 PM
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use search button for quick jack 5000....this is the 600th post on that subject!
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I have used the 5000 lb set on my 77 Vette for several years, and I love it. It gets it up high enough to do anything underneath, and the car is very very stable on them. I still back it up with jack stands, but only to be extra safe, not because I really believe they would collapse. Take a look at their website and you will see how they severely overloaded a set, and still could not get them to collapse.
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Originally Posted by Flyboy1958
I have used the 5000 lb set on my 77 Vette for several years, and I love it. It gets it up high enough to do anything underneath, and the car is very very stable on them. I still back it up with jack stands, but only to be extra safe, not because I really believe they would collapse. Take a look at their website and you will see how they severely overloaded a set, and still could not get them to collapse.
How do you get under the car with the Quick Jacks and jack stands in place?
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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 05:10 PM
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It seems like I just replied to a Quickjack thread. I have one and love it.
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Originally Posted by BKbroiler
How do you get under the car with the Quick Jacks and jack stands in place?
I use a creeper to roll around on, and the jack stands are off to the side under the shocks in back, and a-arms on front. Its no big deal, as mostly the work is down the center of the car......although each winter, I get under there and clean and wax the frame, the belly, and make it all look new again. Could not do it without the Quick Jack. I do not have the cash or the garage for any big lifts. The full height of the Quick Jack is perfect for laying on a creeper, with just the right arm length for doing anything you need to do underneath the car......at least for me.

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Love mine used it on my 81 over the holidays works great.
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Thanks all! And, I apologise for starting yet another thread on the subject - I did do a search on Quick Jack, but nothing came up - honest!

Now I have to see how much it'll cost to get it here to France from the UK, as I don't see a in France....

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Originally Posted by Stephen Irons
Thanks all! And, I apologise for starting yet another thread on the subject - I did do a search on Quick Jack, but nothing came up - honest!

Now I have to see how much it'll cost to get it here to France from the UK, as I don't see a in France....
lol ya i find google much easier to search even this forum/ all forums
quickjack one word or quick-jack works but not quick jack
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Originally Posted by Flyboy1958
I use a creeper to roll around on, and the jack stands are off to the side under the shocks in back, and a-arms on front. Its no big deal, as mostly the work is down the center of the car......although each winter, I get under there and clean and wax the frame, the belly, and make it all look new again. Could not do it with the Quick Jack. I do not have the cash or the garage for any big lifts. The full height of the Quick Jack is perfect for laying on a creeper, with just the right arm length for doing anything you need to do underneath the car......at least for me.
Thanks for the response. I have a Quick Jack too, but I use it without jack stands.
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Hi Chaps! Based on the encouragement here I took the plunge and ordered my Quick-Jack. Over here in Europe it came from the agent in the Netherlands, great service and not as costly s I might have imagined.

I got to give it a try yesterday - wow - if only I'd known about these a few years ago!




Thanks for the advice!
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