Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Larry -- this is the jack you want/need

[Larry Bard (larrybard]

Dennis,
 
I don't recall ever seriously disagreeing with you about anything before -- and I'm not about to start with respect to this.  (My initial resistance to your suggestions years ago that I sign up for DE doesn't count -- as you know, I soon saw the light, and have been driving regularly at track events every year.  (Watkins Glen in about a month -- yee-haw!))
 
As it happens, I put this exact floor jack in my Harbor Freight "shopping cart" 3 days ago -- using a $30 off coupon code I had found using Google.  Also added a pair of their steel jack stands.  I agree that they should be sufficient to satisfy my modest needs (though more than "twice a year" -- in addition to swapping my street tires and snow tires (purchased used, with rims, a few years ago from Brian) on the 993 twice a year, I will need to swap street tires and racing slicks at every track event.)I've been waiting until tomorrow to "checkout"/pay for the items, so it hits a new month's credit card billing cycle, even though the cost isn't all that significant.

I was similarly "frugal" even before I ever met you.
 
Thanks,
Larry
 
 

> From: bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com
> To: Ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com; larrybard [at] hotmail.com
> Subject: Larry -- this is the jack you want/need
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:18:14 -0400
>
> For your simple needs - to jack up the 512 (and 993) and change wheels, this
> will work perfectly fine.
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/rapid-pump-15-ton-compact-aluminum-racing-jack-
> 68053-html-7814.html
>
> If you use 30 seconds of Google-Fu, you can find Harbor Freight discount
> codes all over the place, and/or wait approximately 8 hrs for the next HF
> "sale", and usually end up getting one of these jacks for $60-$65.
>
> Are they junk? They're far from Snap-On. But you're not a pro mechanic,
> and you'll use it twice a year, which makes these perfect. If you go to the
> track, you'll find that 95%+ of the NON-PRO guys with jacks there are using
> these things. When the frame bends because you're jacking on an uneven
> surface, or a wheel finally pops off, toss it in the dumpster and buy
> another. You're never going to get underneath the car without jackstands
> anyway, so who cares?
>
> TIP FOR FERRARI OWNERS: if you're worried that your low profile jack still
> won't fit under your sports car, be a man: grab a fender, and lift the
> m*therf*cker up into the air. You'll get another inch or two of ground
> clearance, and the stiction in the suspension will keep the car from
> dropping all the way down. Enough height to slide the jack underneath.
>
> Oh, and it doesn't suck to use a hockey puck on the jack saddle, between it
> and your frame.
>
> HTH,
>
> --Dennis
>
> (just visiting and dropping a note for Larry)
>