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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: madgaz on April 25, 2007, 05:02:44 pm

Title: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: madgaz on April 25, 2007, 05:02:44 pm

WooHoo...seen as any 165 is in the air more than on the ground I thought it was time to invest...

...got a 3 ton trolley jack from costco for only 60 quid :o

It has low entry at 89mm and lifts to 550mm...

...fookin marvelous for that money 8)

Weighs 40kg though...nearly broke my back putting it in the shopping trolley :D

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: RobbieMcVee on April 25, 2007, 06:45:09 pm

Should have opened another one to lift it in there for ya ;-)

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: Welshman on April 26, 2007, 12:15:38 pm

good thinking , ive done a similar thing but i bought a 2 post ramp hehe

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: madgaz on April 26, 2007, 12:17:54 pm

Quote from: Welshman on April 26, 2007, 12:15:38 pm

good thinking , ive done a similar thing but i bought a 2 post ramp hehe

Well if I could have picked one of those up for 60 quid I would have done :P :o ;D :D

But I couldn't have anyway cos we're moving soon ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: alwayzsidewayz on April 27, 2007, 01:28:39 pm

Nice one Gaz, I too have invested in lifting hardware, I now own a 2 tonne engine hoist with load leveller!!!

It weights like 90kgs and is a bit big, but its red an shiney so I likes!

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: The Doctor on April 27, 2007, 02:31:03 pm

I`ve got a few blocks of wood ;)

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: VaunB_205 on April 27, 2007, 07:29:54 pm

wish i had one now, doin exh manifold gasket replace, and replacing snapped off studs  >:(

Wot a mission, got all the stuff off now, just to drill out the 2 bust studs (was like that when i bought it, honest guv  ::))
and fit replacements.

Enough for today, gonna play some Ghost Recon AW  :)

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: mr3sgte on April 30, 2007, 08:44:53 pm

don't secondhand car lifts suffer from pivot pin failure

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: nick280 on April 30, 2007, 10:56:17 pm

I'm quite lucky in the way that my garage is soooooooooo big everybody just leaves there kit with me because they know the work is going to get done here anyhow ;D

I have a 2 tonne & 3 tonne trolley jack, 1 tonne engine crane, 500kg engine stand, 2 tonne axle stands and 3 tonne axle stands.

Nobody left a 2 poster lift yet though, I'm working on that one though :lol:

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: madgaz on April 30, 2007, 10:58:36 pm

Quote from: mr3sgte on April 30, 2007, 08:44:53 pm

don't secondhand car lifts suffer from pivot pin failure

I guess any second hand equipment could have any/some catastophic failure of some kind ???

My second hand car however has NOT suffered brake failure yet ;)

And as for your garage Nick...you lucky lucky bar steward ;D

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: dt4 on April 30, 2007, 11:00:30 pm

Im after a MIG welder if you see one

Title: Re: Bought me a new trolley jack
Post by: nick280 on April 30, 2007, 11:19:52 pm

I've got one of those also :P

 ;D