A friend of mine runs a repair shop, so I asked him which jack was best.
He said he buys the cheap ones at Cosco. They don't last long, but the
$400 ones don't last all that much longer. And he can buy a lot of cheap
($50) jacks before he comes close to the investment in one $400 jack. He
confirmed that "they don't make them like they used to".
Mike
Bill Gilroy wrote:
>
> I was getting a couple of tires at a local inner city tire place and I
> noticed the guy has about 8 one piece handle Lincoln floor jacks, 1
> Norco, 1 Snap-on, and 1 Matco. I asked the guy how the liked the
> Norco. The thought it was alright but he really liked the old
> Lincolns. Had one new two piece handle unit and thought it was a hunk of
>junk.
> The Snap-on was rated at 2.5 tons and he said it could lift that much. He
> thought it was a good jack but it was expensive, greater than $400.
> The Matco leaked oil on the first week (it was fixed under warranty)
> and was rated at 3.5 tons which he said was a joke. He also had one
> Danish jack called a Compac. He thought it was pretty good and would
> be just the ticket for the home garage. He is still looking for a
> good replacement for his older Lincolns. FWIW.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Bill mailto:w.gilroy@verizon.net
>
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