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I have one of the 5,000lb models (Costco had them on sale for less than
$1K a while back). They work as advertised, but there's one quirk: since
they're parallelogram-shaped, the platform moves forward as they're
lowered. This makes it a bit tricky to place jackstands as the car moves
forward as it's lowered.
Maybe they should call them "QuirkJack?"
On 1/30/2021 7:14 PM, Steven Trovato wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Yes, I was thinking the same thing. There should be some sort of
> electric alternative, perhaps using one of the common battery packs
> like Milwaukee. But as you found, apparently no such thing exists
> yet. As for the Quickjack, those are definitely clever. One concern
> is the way they describe the sizing based on the kind of car. I
> wonder if there is a model that can handle both a small car like a
> Miata and a large SUV. I am not buying a selection of these things!
> Also, I can currently lift a project car for long term work and then
> jack up another car for an oil change or brake job. I guess I would
> still need a jack and stands for that scenario. They do look nice,
> though, and they would probably be very useful for most situations.
>
> -Steve T.
>
> At 09:24 PM 1/30/2021, Jim Franklin wrote:
>> This got me thinking, that with the current battery and motor tech,
>> there should be electric assist ones. Pneumatics seem to be fading
>> away. I did find a bunch of crap, mostly for roadside emergencies
>> that wouldn't fit under sports cars. Sadly nothing approaching the
>> version in my head.
>>
>> But you asked for clever:
>>
>> https://www.quickjack.com/ <https://www.quickjack.com/>
>>
>> jim
>
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I have one of the 5,000lb models (Costco had them on sale for less
than $1K a while back). They work as advertised, but there's one
quirk: since they're parallelogram-shaped, the platform moves
forward as they're lowered. This makes it a bit tricky to place
jackstands as the car moves forward as it's lowered.<br>
<br>
Maybe they should call them "QuirkJack?"<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/30/2021 7:14 PM, Steven Trovato
wrote:<br>
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Jim,<br>
<br>
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. There should be some sort of
electric alternative, perhaps using one of the common battery
packs like
Milwaukee. But as you found, apparently no such thing exists
yet. As for the Quickjack, those are definitely clever. One
concern is the way they describe the sizing based on the kind of
car. I wonder if there is a model that can handle both a small
car
like a Miata and a large SUV. I am not buying a selection of
these
things! Also, I can currently lift a project car for long term
work
and then jack up another car for an oil change or brake job. I
guess I would still need a jack and stands for that scenario.
They
do look nice, though, and they would probably be very useful for
most
situations. <br>
<br>
-Steve T.<br>
<br>
At 09:24 PM 1/30/2021, Jim Franklin wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">This got me thinking,
that with
the current battery and motor tech, there should be electric
assist ones.
Pneumatics seem to be fading away. I did find a bunch of crap,
mostly for
roadside emergencies that wouldn't fit under sports cars. Sadly
nothing
approaching the version in my head.<br>
<br>
But you asked for clever:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.quickjack.com/";
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.quickjack.com/</a><br>
<br>
jim</blockquote>
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