Thread: Hydraulic Jack and Jack Stands

Just bought this from Harbor Freight at my local location. $100.64 for these two things.

Rapid Pump® 3 Ton Lightweight Aluminum Racing Jack



Great jack, super fast lifting, does the job well and has low weight (~50 lbs.) and has a minimum clearance of 3-1/4 inches. Raises up to 19-1/4 inches. Nice, wide stance. Thanks, Benito!

To compliment my new jack, I had to get jack stands. These were on sale for $24.99 for both so I saved $8.00 here.

3 Ton Jack Stands



I love Harbor Freight....I will shop more there. They had great prices, good selection and the people in the store seemed to enjoy it there and were relatively intelligent! Huge plus.

They had a 750 lb. engine stand for $54.00!!!!!

Just used them to change my oil and it worked beautifully. I highly recommend them!

I hate that store for 1 reason......

i spend way too much money there

Indeed. Engine stand for $54.00!!! WTF. $40 10-gallon air compressors!!!! Ahhh!!!

My lady was dragging me out there and I was stumbling over my tongue coming up the aisles as she struggled with my lull of an attitude.

I will return to that store that is for sure....

Nice! I have a Craftsman one that is similar to that one but i paid more( no HF in my area ).

I think they'll also do well for track use as well.

Do not, I repeat DO NOT go to their annual sidewalk sale. Your wallet cannot handle it.

They had ads up in regards to the sidewalk sale....my girlfriend will kill me if I go there so I have to go when she is out, heh.

I always pick up stuff there. A lot of it I never use though so I am not a huge fan but I have those exact same jack stands for a few years now.

The jack you got I like but only for clean garage floors and smooth cement. That little flintstone wheel on the front will swamp those narrow sides on asphalt and if you don't set it up very precisely it doesn't lift well. Also the rear wheels don't caster very well so they will hang up and give you an uneven lift.

If you have some extra loot this one can get under a moderately lowered B13/14;

Rapid Pump® 2 Ton Lightweight Aluminum Racing Jack

I had a $30 coupon for that jack that I bought hence why I bought it. Local mail sent me a flyer for it, even.

I used it on very rough asphalt last night and I had no problems. YMMV, it seems.

EDIT: I returned this sucker and picked up the 3-ton mama.

I was thinking about what Benito said and ya know what, I returned the smaller one and bought the 3-ton version. Updated first post, thank you, Benito!

The rear wheels are larger and wider as well. The in between the wheels of the 2-ton unit are wider than the width of that flintstone rock device you described, Benito. Thanks! The mechanism does not drop the lift insanely fast like the other unit did. (No matter how slowly or minute my movements were, it dropped too fast for me)