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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 01:00 PM
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Google air bag jacks and you will find an assortment of them. The one I paid $110 is now under $80. Jerry
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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 02:00 PM
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@ZIOGEO What color is your C3, it looks like the same color I painted my 66 Mustang many decades ago after replacing fenders, doors and a quarter panel.

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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 06:13 PM
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I'm leaning toward the rolling air over hydraulic bridge jack and the main reason is that it doubles as jack stands with 3 position height locks and you can lift one end of the car with one jack.

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Old Jun 20, 2025 | 12:18 AM
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I'm leaning toward the rolling air over hydraulic bridge jack and the main reason is that it doubles as jack stands with 3 position height locks and you can lift one end of the car with one jack.

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Looks like I will do the same eventually... but I just spend 2K on a new table saw so... Im stuck with the floor jack for a little while longer
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Old Jun 20, 2025 | 11:45 AM
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I just went to order the bridge jack and the shipping changed from $240 yesterday to $813 today... I'm not paying that much for shipping.

Edit: Looks like the web site thought I was buying a lift, the sales guy fixed it so I could get the jack with normal shipping. So the jack is on the way.

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Old Jun 21, 2025 | 11:31 AM
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That's the one I have. Works like a charm. Jerry
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Old Jun 21, 2025 | 11:43 AM
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That looks like a pretty good air jack and the web site hints that it's stable at partial heights I think?

I assume it's this jack.

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That looks like a pretty good air jack and the web site hints that it's stable at partial heights I think?

I assume it's this jack.

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Yes, it works well for me.
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I'm rather surprised that you don't have a bridge jack for the 4-post lift you now have. VERY useful. A bit expensive at first; but so easy to use for whatever you need to do under the car.
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I'm rather surprised that you don't have a bridge jack for the 4-post lift you now have. VERY useful. A bit expensive at first; but so easy to use for whatever you need to do under the car.
The bridge jack is on order and should be here next week.

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Old Jul 3, 2025 | 04:33 PM
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Picked up the bridge jack yesterday, I'm by myself so I put some forks on my Kubota tractor and got it out of the back of the truck then plopped it down inside the shop.



I raised the lift up so I could move the crate but the clearance was a bit low for my pallet jack.


I got my toe jack and lifted each end and put a 2x4 under. I could have done that with a lever...


Now I can move it around on the pallet jack.


I used the lift to get the bridge jack out of the box. I figured why not...


Here I've lifted it out of the box using the 4 post lift


I set it down on one of those 4 wheel furniture moving things so I could roll it into position to install it.


I'll install it after we get back from the track this weekend as I have to take the C3 off the lift to position the bridge jack.

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That looks like a nice piece of kit. Im ordering mine the end of the month. Still waiting on a new table saw delivery that's been delayed twice now.
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Old Jul 4, 2025 | 06:51 AM
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That looks like a nice piece of kit. Im ordering mine the end of the month. Still waiting on a new table saw delivery that's been delayed twice now.
That sounds like my refrigerator warranty repair, 6 weeks of waiting and 2 service calls with no show, no call. I'll never by a LG again.

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Finally got the bridge jack on the lift and the C3 back on. I spent a week trying to trace down an electrical issue on my John Deere 310A and finally found the negative post clamp had a bad connection to the cable so it over heated and melted the lead a bit. Now I can clear a proper space in front of the shop to drive cars in and out without doing in/out a few times to get straight.

I did notice that the right side is 3/4" lower than the left side for some reason, but I can make a new adapter that's 3/4" longer. I guess it's just due to the design of the jack having to be so low when down. I did have to turn it around so the foot pedal is on the front so the high part clears the empty cat container better.


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