[TR] Car jack for Triumph Cars

[david brady]

Stuart,

I was at Harbor Freight the other day and that cross-bar jack caught my
eye. Good testimonial; I'll go back and take another look. Thanks.

David Brady
TR250, CD8124L

On 8/28/2017 4:44 PM, Stuart Greenwood wrote:
> The left and right  main frame members  of the TR and Spitfire cars are
> close together and this issue, I think, renders all the lifts like
> Bendipack quick lift and Ezcarlift not suitable. With these lifts you
> have to lift on the out riggers which are welded to the main frame
> members and hence not the strongest part of the frame. 
> Instead I bought this jack and the cross beam for Harbor Freight:-
> Inline imageInline image
> 
> The cross beam can be adjusted for length and the pads on it can be
> adjusted for height. The low profile long reach jack allows you to place
> the cross beam on the left and right main frames at both the front and
> rear of the car. So I jack up my TR250 at the back and support with axle
> stands them do the same at the front. OK it iis a bit more time
> consuming that the lifts mentioned but it is a hell of a lot cheaper. I
> have not tried this system on the Spitfire yet but I see no reason why
> it won't work
>  
> Stuart A Greenwood
> TR250. 1971  MkIV spitfire
> 
> 
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