floor jack recommendations
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
I also have the HF jack, but as with any other hydraulic jack you should never use it to support weight. The jack lifts it, then you put jackstands under what it is you're lifting, and the jack comes back down. You don't want that 5 cent hydraulic seal going bad while you're under the jeep with nothing other than that between you and a nice obituary.
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Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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From: Lost in the wilds of Virginia
Year: 1998 Classic (I'll get it running soon....) and 02 Grand
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Yup. It's never the primary, just one more thing there that might keep that vehicle off me.
This Arcan unit is really nice. I got one when Costco was carrying them.
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Joined: Dec 2015
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From: Sioux Falls, SD
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0l
I picked up this Powerbuilt 2 Ton Triple Lift Floor Jack over the summer and I've been pleased with it. You can lock it in place after you have it raised. I still use jack stands of course, but I leave the floor jack locked as well for added security.
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Northern Ontario, Canada
Year: 1990, 1999, 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
one thing i've found over my course of floor jacks, choose one with a u-joint for the pump/release valve, and not one with the spur gears. the one with spur gears i seem to have to push the handle in when trying to let the car down cause those gears don't mesh up too well. it's a pita.
that was a pro-series one from tsc.
best jack i bought was from princess auto. basically the same as your harbor freight.
that was a pro-series one from tsc.
best jack i bought was from princess auto. basically the same as your harbor freight.
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Joined: May 2016
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From: Houston
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I've had an AutoCraft 2.5 ton jack for I guess 10 or more years. It has saved my bacon countless times. It's nice and short, too, so if you bury yourself up to the axle it's not a huge ordeal to dig out enough to get the jack under there.
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From: LI, NY
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I own this one. You have to buy it with the coupon so you get it for $60. Have had it for a couple years. Will lift the whole rear of my Jeep and I think if the diff was centered under the Jeep in front might lift up the whole front in one shot too. But... One thing I did do was go buy a 2"x12" 8' plank at Home Depot. Had them cut 4 12" pieces and 2 24" pieces. I put the jack on a 24" piece whenever I use it and the 12" pieces are for my jack stands. Gives me a little more height and my driveway is kinda crappy so it makes for a more secure platform. Thing I like about it is that it is light. I don't have a real garage to just drag it out of. This I can lift and carry around. Does what I need it to do.
http://www.harborfreight.com/15-Ton-...OTgzMyJ9%0D%0A
http://www.harborfreight.com/15-Ton-...OTgzMyJ9%0D%0A
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From: Pasquotank, NC
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I've been wrenching on cars for 15 years now. Cars. This is my first lifted truck and my jack doesn't lift as high as I would like. I've been watching this thread hoping someone would post a high lifting jack, something like 3' or so. I'm surprised. Does no one lift their Jeep that high? My standard full size floor jack barely lifts the tire when I put the jack under the 'frame'.
