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Re: [TR] Floor Jack

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Subject: Re: [TR] Floor Jack
From: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:35:11 -0700
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On 10/27/19 7:18 PM, TERRY SMITH wrote:
> I have gone to Home Gods with my wife more times than I can actually 
> sleep through.  But today, she came with me to Harbor Freight in 
> Manchester, NH. She's amazing.  She was more interested in that than I 
> was in HG.  So now, we call HF the Home Goods for Guys.
> Thing is, my floor jack died.  I did fix it by bleeding the 
> hydraulics, but it was an excuse to realize it never fit under the 
> cross member or differential of my TR3A.  Found a Pittsburgh 
> low-profile jack (that I haven't tried yet, but measurements are 
> positive).  So excited!
> I've previously had to use a scrapped Toyota's scissor jack to 
> hand-screw up enough to accommodate a floor jack, then re-jack with a 
> floor jack. Reverse the procedure to get the car back onto the floor.  
> Oh, I cannot wait!
>
> So question.  HB Pittsburgh floor jacks seem "okay" for the price.  
> Thoughts?

I have their aluminum one. Works fine under both the TR3 and the heavier 
Series Land Rover.

TeriAnn

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/27/19 7:18 PM, TERRY SMITH wrote:<br>
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      <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial,
        sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> I have gone to Home Gods
        with my wife more times than I can actually sleep through.  But
        today, she came with me to Harbor Freight in Manchester, NH. 
        She's amazing.  She was more interested in that than I was in
        HG.  So now, we call HF the Home Goods for Guys.   </div>
      <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial,
        sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> Thing is, my floor jack
        died.  I did fix it by bleeding the hydraulics, but it was an
        excuse to realize it never fit under the cross member or
        differential of my TR3A.  Found a Pittsburgh low-profile jack
        (that I haven't tried yet, but measurements are positive).  So
        excited! </div>
      <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial,
        sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> I've previously had to use
        a scrapped Toyota's scissor jack to hand-screw up enough to
        accommodate a floor jack, then re-jack with a floor jack. 
        Reverse the procedure to get the car back onto the floor.  Oh, I
        cannot wait! </div>
      <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial,
        sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <br>
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      <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial,
        sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> So question.  HB
        Pittsburgh floor jacks seem "okay" for the price.  Thoughts? </div>
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    <p>I have their aluminum one. Works fine under both the TR3 and the
      heavier Series Land Rover.</p>
    <p>TeriAnn</p>
    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      <p align="center"><a href="http://overlandtravel.us";>Book - The
          Essential Guide to Overland Travel in the United States and
          Canada</a>
        <br>
        2 years to write and 38 years of travel and camping to learn
        what to write<br>
        <br>
        <b>Because the world beckons and life waits for no one</b></p>
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