What jacks people carrying

3crispies

3crispies

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Just tried and need a new trolley or bottle jack, went to motorhome earlier and tried our 2 tonnes and doesn't go high enough. Forgot to measure jacking point to floor height šŸ˜³ ours lifts to about 350mm so need small light weight one with saddle extension. What does everyone use as a locator into oem holes too.



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Our two ton only just lifts ours. Need a 3 tonne to be safe. Then stands.
I personally wouldn't trust a 2 ton jack. The one under the seat that came with the van is better.

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I've got a generic 3 ton trolley jack, but it's far too big to carry in the moho and I need to use a block of wood with it to get under the skirts, but it's handy for home use. I carry a Machine Mart 5 ton bottle jack in the van (plus a substantial block of wood) and it works fine although I threw away the supplied handle as it was too flimsy the way it slotted together.
 
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On our PVC I have the original bottle jack but also carry a 12v electric jack I use regularly if working on the van I always use axle stands. Don't forget when picking up a corner to change a wheel you are normally only picking up 1/4 the total weight so a 3.5 ton sprinter just round it up to 4ton so a 2ton jack should be more than capable to change a wheel although I do have a 3ton trolley jack to pick up the front or rear at home. Plus I carry a small packing block of wood when travelling sometimes with a puncture a vehicle can be to low to get a jack under so I drive onto the wooden block to gain hight to get a jack underneath.

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I have an Autotrail Delaware (Frontier) range and have been carrying a hydraulic 2t jack as well as having hydraulic legs (the motorhome, not mešŸ˜€) but, when tidying up last week after a some upgrades, I found a toolkit under the drivers seat which included a heavy duty scissor jack.
 
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Is a bottle jack sturdy enough not just the lift the wobble factor when raised, yeah have foldable axle stands for safety. Have not got a supplied oem scissor unfortunately.....
 
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Sue and Rick said:
Our two ton only just lifts ours. Need a 3 tonne to be safe. Then stands.
I personally wouldn't trust a 2 ton jack. The one under the seat that came with the van is better.
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do you carry your trolley jack on your trips, thinking of the weight + 30kg

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Sprinter bottle jack with adapted top to fit Renault jacking points. Got it from ebay for use with my Range Rover which also needed a big jack with high lift. Much better than the scissor jack and indeed the not fit for purpose Range Rover one.
 
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Just remember, whatever jack you carry, it has to get under the lower chassis point if you have a flat tyre.
A lot of bottle jacks cannot so you might need the scissor jack to initially lift it?

Why not try out your jack under the vehicle, on a dry day, under both the front and back tyre and see if you have sufficient clearance (about 5-6inches?) šŸ¤”
 
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3crispies said:
Is a bottle jack sturdy enough not just the lift the wobble factor when raised, yeah have foldable axle stands for safety. Have not got a supplied oem scissor unfortunately.....
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Yes.. a bottle jack sturdy enough..
 
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As L' Hobo says. A trolley jack is the easiest to use, that's why tyre shops use them all the time. But they work best when the floor is flat, smooth and level. That's because as the arm lifts, the lifting point moves backwards towards the handle, so the trolley jack base moves forwards on its wheels to keep the lifting point in the same place. In a breakdown situation, if the base can't move (soft ground, small stones, sloping ground etc) then the lifting point moves backwards and can slip off the vehicle jacking point.

With a standard bottle jack, I found that it didn't fit under the jacking point. And a smaller one that did fit didn't lift the wheel off the floor. What worked was a telescopic jack with a 2-section hydraulic ram. like this:

Clarke CTBJ5 5 Tonne Telescopic Bottle Jack - Machine Mart - Machine Mart

www.machinemart.co.uk www.machinemart.co.uk

However when I tried the scissor jack that came with the vehicle, it seemed to work fine, so now I stick with the scissor jack. Plus a square of thick plywood to stop it sinking into soft ground.
 
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Use the original jack supplied in the footwell at the jacking point as instructed. Chock the wheels handbrake on and in gear also have a second jack placed under a suitable place as belt n braces changed many wheels like this just take your time but if in a dodgy place then let the breakdown people take the risk
 
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