I've got a couple, my best is an MVF? 1900kg from K-Mart.
Its lowered height is same as my small one, but it lifts higher and is more stable.
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| Author: | Coop [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:51 pm ] |
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just wondering what types you guys use : |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:02 pm ] |
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I've got a couple, my best is an MVF? 1900kg from K-Mart. Its lowered height is same as my small one, but it lifts higher and is more stable.
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| Author: | MiNi MuLiShA [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:13 pm ] |
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I have heaps.. bort 4 in one go at a sale at super crap once.. $17 or $19 each.. there 1500 or 1900 kg.. got one in my falcon daily driver.. dads got one.. got one in our car trailor.. and also have a huge 3 tonne one in the shed.. thats handy.. but can be sometimes too heavey to get around.. so i use the smaller ones in that case. asfar as im concerned.. a jack is a jack.. i never get under a car without axle stands and insurance blocks, all it has to do is lift it up and hold it there for 2 mins 
cheers -Cam |
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| Author: | MrBob [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:45 pm ] |
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There's some awful nice lightweight aluminium ones about now, but just a matter of the $$$$$'s you wanna kiss goodbye. |
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| Author: | willy [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:56 pm ] |
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Money = time. Time = time. Afterall, its only time.
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:39 am ] |
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i've got one that can lift a truck.. its nearly impossible to move about, and makes the ones from kmart look like childrens toys.. and all that to lift a mini. |
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| Author: | supercharged 850 [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:26 am ] |
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I bought a pack from Supercheaps.... 1x trolley jack 2x axle stands 2x wheel chocks 1x mechanics seat on wheels $70 I think for the lot. Has all worked well so far. No deaths to report. |
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| Author: | doogie [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:46 am ] |
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I picked up one of those spiffy aluminium trolley jacks from the markets last sunday, 1500kg capacity 3 year warranty, my 9 y/o step daughter can pick it up & carry it around, plus i haggled & got it $30 cheaper, im now eyeing off some alloy jack stands @ $99 a pair, yummy, i can throw out some of my other 5 trolley jacks now. Doogie |
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| Author: | MiNi MuLiShA [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:51 am ] |
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I hear ebays a good source of cheap trolley jacks.... they have some of those superlow nes on there... most of us mini people need one of those... i know i have to physically lift my car up so i can get the jack under the front subframe rod mount 
or just drive it onto a block of wood to get an inch more height..(tell me about it  )
-Cam 
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| Author: | Metalfab_101 [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:04 am ] |
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Not a big fan of the Supercheap ones, but as was said as long as it gets the vehicle up high enough to get it on jack stands. I got a 2000kg one from trade tools for (from memory) $165. The tin foil ones from supercheap can't compare. But this thing is bloody heavy to lug around. Still, i'll be getting a 2nd one once I have my shed. Oh, and it's RED too  
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| Author: | Wombat [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:45 am ] |
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I have a small trolley jack that cost me $5 at a swap meet - Went down as fast as you pumped it up. Nothing to loose I pulled it apart and found all the 'o' rings stuffed but had a problem in they were imperial and not metric so it took some time to find replacements. There was one washer/seal that was impossible to find until I got onto an importer/ distributor not far from home that had every one I needed - problem was he sold in cartons  When he found out what I was doing he split open some boxes and gave me one of each no charge Works great now only trouble is its missing the little cap thingy on the lifter.
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| Author: | MrBob [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:56 am ] |
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2 S's & a clubman wrote: I picked up one of those spiffy aluminium trolley jacks from the markets last sunday, 1500kg capacity 3 year warranty Can we ask how much??
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| Author: | Coop [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:08 pm ] |
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same question in regards to axle stands i was thinking of making some , dad has lots of engineer friends and we have a cigweld  (not one of those cheap nasty ones, the industrial ones) can weld up to 5mm think steel i think ...
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| Author: | Wombat [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:11 pm ] |
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Coop wrote: same question in regards to axle stands i was thinking of making some
, dad has lots of engineer friends and we have a cigweld (not one of those cheap nasty ones, the industrial ones) can weld up to 5mm think steel i think ...I have some plans at home for ramps and stands(I think) in a Welding Projects Book. I you need them give a yell and I'll scan and send them to you. |
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| Author: | doogie [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:03 pm ] |
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$320 for the jack from Paddy's markets, stands are from Warana Imports in QLD $99 a pair in red or blue, there no is 1300 765 539. Im not link to this company in any way. Doogie |
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