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Re: 2 pump jack

To: <KWall73108@aol.com>, <tdrcar@san.rr.com>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: 2 pump jack
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:34:07 -0600
>In a message dated 2/2/02 7:11:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
tdrcar@san.rr.com
>writes:

> Now, I did actually see a jack for less than $200 that would hoist a car
in
> two or three pumps of the handle...
>  >>
>Please send along spec and purchasing information on this jack?
>Thanks, Kevin


How heavy a car?  How long a handle?  How far does the car need to be lifted
to make the tire raise?  Maybe you want to do the math on this one.

Surely a formula-car jack can lift one end of a Formula Ford with one pump.
But look how light the car is and how long the handle is.

I could easily lift the side of my Midget with three pumps of a standard
floor jack.  This was no great feat, since the Midget had whomping great
sway bars.  A stock Midget?  No way.

Phil Ethier  West Side   Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net   http://www.mnautox.com/  http://www.vtr2002.org

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