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Thanks to some other guys way more creative then me, I mounted the pump/motor whatever that thing is, on a dolly. What a great idea & so simple.
Thanks To You Guys
K9 Leader, I like the basket and frame handle holder.
Thanks. You can see I ran out of the 1x2 PVC and had to supplement with "old-fashioned" wood. Tsk, tsk. Most of what I used I already had, although the casters, basket, and hose holder were purchased for this purpose. I took advantage of the early Spring snow days off of school to work on it.
Really interested in these. What is the positive lock like? My concern is I don’t ever work under the car without double redundancy, jack stands and maybe wheels under, and I usually leave the jack at a strategic spot. Do any of you use jack stands as an additional safety point?
I built a handle with a couple posts for the hoses and wires today also. But out of 3/4" angle iron.
That aside, I got to thinking about cutting some pieces of wood to fit in the recess for the rubber blocks and just use the pucks on the frame. May play with this tomorrow.
St. Jude Donor '13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Originally Posted by mark4cam
Really interested in these. What is the positive lock like? My concern is I don’t ever work under the car without double redundancy, jack stands and maybe wheels under, and I usually leave the jack at a strategic spot. Do any of you use jack stands as an additional safety point?
When I had my car up a few days ago, I really walked around and shook it as hard as I could, both sideways and front to back. Solid! I saw in one for their tests where they loaded one to 3 times the suggested weight and the locks held there. So, leads me to believe they are way over engineered. I had no problem with going under the front for what I had to do with my 3500.
To all those debating this purchase, yes it’s not super cheap, had those conversations as well (wifey). If you work on your car, friends and family then it is a must. There is no price you can put on the safety this provides.
Okay! Went to the garage and played with my 3500 quick jack this morning. 1st thing was cut a couple 1 x 4 boards to fit in the recess for the pads. Then put the jacks in place and hooked all up. Put hockey pucks in place and got it up in the air. Wanted to see the height to the bottom of the wheel wells both front and back. And mainly, the clearance between the car and the jack.
Ended up with 16 inches from the floor to the bottom of the fender well.
Next was leaving the pucks on taking the wood out and putting the smaller jacking pads in. Put that combo up in the air.
18 inches front and back.
Did a measurement from the back tire to the edge of the jack for reference. 16 inches with the tape measure just being jammed against the front of the back tire to the edge of the jack had everything lining up.
Hope this helps peeps still making a decision on buying these things. Love mine.
I ordered a BL-5000SLX last night (03/26/2018) out of stock until mid-April. I called with a shipping question, and in return I received a promo code (auto) The promo code saved me one-hundred dollars off of the regular price. May be worth the time to contact them before you place your order!
St. Jude Donor '13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Originally Posted by Glasact
I ordered a BL-5000SLX last night (03/26/2018) out of stock until mid-April. I called with a shipping question, and in return I received a promo code (auto) The promo code saved me one-hundred dollars off of the regular price. May be worth the time to contact them before you place your order!
Thanks for the $100!! Ordering mine soon and going with the 5000 as well. One of our cars is heavier than I expected!!
Good idea on the spacers. I have some white vinyl strips showing where they need to be and another stripe on the front that lines up to the furthest point of the wheel well (helps to line the jack up to the car... Then the other lines tell me where to put the spacers)
But I like the spacer idea. I might go cut some scraps of wood and do the same.
Four small neo magnets were glued into the spacer bottoms and some Goop adhesive was added between the spacer and block, this allows the jacks to be stored on a wall with the spacer blocks in place but they can be lifted out if needed. One spacer assembly is shown upside down,
Also, if your car is lowered mill down the short rubber blocks to about 1.52" thick for maximum clearance as the one shown above.
03-23-2018, 01:26 PM
