C7 Vette and "Quickjack"

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Nov 29, 2024 | 03:20 PM

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NITSOVER

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its a style of floor they sell I'm sure you've seen them. Here's a pick.

Nov 29, 2024 | 07:26 PM

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kodpkd

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Oh,,, Thank you. If you can drive a car on it, I'm sure the jacks will do fine. They have a large foot print.

Nov 30, 2024 | 08:49 AM

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I bought the Quickjack 5000 a couple years ago from Costco. They work great. I’ve used them on my racedeck flooring also without a problem.

Nov 30, 2024 | 09:14 AM

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J.Moore

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I'm spoiled as when I had my shop before retirement I had 4 full lifts, 2 in ground and 2 newer above ground with 1 being a 12,000 HD truck lift. We used a floor jack and 4 jack stands when unable to use the 4 lifts. With these Quick-Jacks you are unable to slide under car from either side on a creeper but must enter from front or rear. Seems like that makes them a bit awkward or limited in use. My home garage doesn't have ceiling height for a real lift and can't leave the jacks on floor to store so I would always have to move them up against wall for storage. My garage also stores my Zero-Turn and 2 other lawn tractors so room is tight.

How are these better than raising car with floor jack and using 4 jack stands? Educate me please as I was considering buying one.

Nov 30, 2024 | 09:23 AM

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kodpkd

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I believe the QJ is much safer than 4 jack stands. I know your space is limited, but I leave my QJ on the floor 100% of the time. I leave it where I park the Vet and park over it without a problem.

Nov 30, 2024 | 09:47 AM

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J.Moore

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kodpkd

I believe the QJ is much safer than 4 jack stands. I know your space is limited, but I leave my QJ on the floor 100% of the time. I leave it where I park the Vet and park over it without a problem.

How is it any safer? Correctly placed floor jacks of GOOD QUALITY works fine and you can slide under car from all 4 sides. I worked under cars on 4 jack stands since the 70's and as long as you correctly jack vehicle and correctly place the 4 stands it is safe. Just trying to see the advantage of these QuickJacks. When using 4 jack stands we always left the air or manual pump jacks also supporting vehicle at front and rear along with the 4 stands. Just a tad of pressure on each pump jack but letting the 4 stands support vehicle on frame. Can't use air bumper jacks on today's cars thou. Doing it that way you couldn't slide under from front or rear but had plenty of room on each side.