Ferrari Mailing List: Re: LSMFT Floor Jack

(continued)

here is my treastie on jacking up my car

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61449&highlight=ferrari+dummies

Robert W. Garven Jr.
rgarven [at] gmail.com

 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special  

vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for  

those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari

On Sep 14, 2008, at 8:52 PM, jim wrote:

Scary stuff!

I just had my GT4 up on its side with multiple jacstands and  

multiple floor

jacks holding it up .   You could've put the football team on it  

jumping up

and down and it probably would not have budged.   Regardless, I was

terrified as h*ll getting under it to run a power wire off the  

starter. I

even had a buddy standing there to drag my squished body out just in  

case.

Only took about 10 minutes and that was enough.

There was a Porsche guy who had his 914 fall on him while on  

jackstands.

Fell on his head but not enough to crush it.   Did mess him up  

pretty good

though.

JIM
(Lift-less in Ft. Wayne)

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:34 PM
To: JIM
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] LSMFT Floor Jack - no spoiler

A word to all considering hydraulic jacks - NEVER NEVER NEVER use  

only one

item, especially a hydraulic jack as your only source of height  

management.

Gravity wins.  Double up - jack stands, leaving the jack in place,  

or or,

or.  Two things, always.

I still get a queasy feeling in my stomach when I recall going to a  

shop and

there it was - a car off the jack and two legs poking out from  

under.  No

blood - but there aint no one with a 4 inch chest rise.

DOUG
Kalifornia Dept of Consumer Affairs

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert W. Garven Jr." <rgarven [at] gmail.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] LSMFT Floor Jack - no spoiler

The sears racing one is nice but even on the Ferrari it tends to lose
it near the top of its travel. I have a last of the US Lincoln's and
it is
heavy but nice. Of course once you put some ferrari stickers on them
they work better

Robert W. Garven Jr.
rgarven [at] gmail.com

"The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special
vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for
those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari

On Sep 14, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Adam wrote:

I don't know why Harbor Freight compares that jack to "over $600"
jacks.  I've had one previously and it served me well, but I advise
against buying it.

1. Are you willing to be injured if it fails or collapses sideways.
2. If you ever overload it, it will start leaking at the seals and
it's toast.
3. Almost like clockwork, after two years, it starts leaking anyway.

A leaking jack is a nightmare.  Always use jack-stands and release  

the

weight of the vehicle onto the stands and test their stability

(literally give the car a shove or two and be sure.)  I overloaded  

my

old one by trying to lift the rear of a 911 at once (probably a dead
lift of about 2000-2500 lbs, which, for a "rated" 3000lb jack should
have been no issue and it did lift the car, but it also started to
leak that day and soon became a messy, useless piece of junk.  I was
never comfortable with the degree of side deflection.  I've since
bought a premium brand jack (AC Hydraulics) ... it's heavy and
cumbersome, but it's also well made, strong and durable (for about
three years now, lifting anything from race cars to SUVs ... but not

quite strong enough to lift the trailer, so I bought one of the 25  

ton

air-hydraulic bottle jacks at Harbor Freight, which also makes quick

work of raising the Excursion (diesel) as if it were a  

Scuderia ... in

my dreams ... there's no greater luxury than being able to raise a
jack just by holding the button on the compressed air line ... : )

Buying one $500 jack is less expensive and a better tool than buying
one cheap jack every two years.  If someone does want a light and
cheap solution, I would reinforce the advice below to at least fork
out the extra $40 and buy the jack with the higher lift rating.

On Sep 14, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Paul Bennett wrote:

Had to get a new floor jack - read all the reviews and recognize
reliability is a common problem nowdays.

That said, I am super pleased with the Harbor Freight
LIGHTWEIGHT 35# aluminum 3000# Racing Jack at $140 store price.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?
Itemnumber=47246
Catalog shows an upscale version which store didn't have
10# heavier, 4000# lift, $40 more.  Probably the best choice.

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Re: LSMFT Floor Jack - no spoiler	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarvengmail.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:44:29 -0700 (PDT)