Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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Pelyma, I agree that a £16.99 air jack is very likely to be rubbish, we'll see soon enough hopefully, but as a back up to the L/R supplied jack I think it would make sense if it was of passable quality, just for extra safety. I'd never use it on It's own on a D3.
Like you, I can't really justify the full monty air jack as my off roading is similar to yours in that I mainly use fields & farm tracks. I'm not going to carry a trolley or bottle jack around in my D3, but a small air jack should weigh very little & be easy to safely stow away somewhere.
If I was to jack the D3 up at home I'd use my trolley jack, axle stands etc.
10th Oct 2006 6:08 pm
dylansdad
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Solihull
Posts: 745
catweasel wrote:
dylansdad wrote:
thus negating some of the risk by halvinf the load per bag and doubling the resilience of the jacking solution
and having twice the bang
yeah but what a bang 2004 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
10th Oct 2006 6:10 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23369
catweasel wrote:
dylansdad wrote:
thus negating some of the risk by halvinf the load per bag and doubling the resilience of the jacking solution
and having twice the bang
Bangs for bucks, £33.98 would be bargain
10th Oct 2006 6:10 pm
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
and what's wrong with my 2x4 method
10th Oct 2006 6:11 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23369
Why not live dangerously & use 2"x1"
10th Oct 2006 6:18 pm
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
I thought I was with the 2x4
10th Oct 2006 6:20 pm
DG Site Moderator
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Come on silly ....we all know it's a 4x4 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
10th Oct 2006 6:50 pm
10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
If DD has evaluated the risk(s) and is prepared to try / buy these either as an alternative or supplement to the LR jack, then what's the problem? Yep, they're cheap and I wouldn't use them anywhere near a hot exhaust or on stony ground but as a low cost backup, I personally think theyre fine. the seller is advertising them for use on 4x4's and capable of 3 tonnes of lift, one corner of a D3 is nothing like that much (and no, i'm not one to get sucked in to advertising hype). If one was to be punctured under load, it's unlikely to result in explosive decompression, more likely to be much the same effect as releasing the valve on the airbag to deflate it normally - a fast, but controlled lowering of the vehicle. Airbags work on volume, not ultimate pressure so, assuming two airbags are deployed, failure of one will not result in the D3 hitting the ground like bits of the space shuttle.....
If DD want's to try them out, well that's his considered choice - save the 'told ya so' or for later
10th Oct 2006 7:04 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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DD Let us know how you get on! If the lift is high enough and with axle stand in place JIC, this might be the simple alternative to using the standard jack for changing all wheels over. We await the verdict!
10th Oct 2006 7:38 pm
Richard(Jim)B
Member Since: 02 Sep 2006
Location: Onsala
Posts: 55
Lot of money but when all said and done less than the cost of a single wheel and tyre from the dealer!
Maybe someone in the UK can organise a group buy?
10th Oct 2006 8:03 pm
dylansdad
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Solihull
Posts: 745
DSL wrote:
DD Let us know how you get on! If the lift is high enough and with axle stand in place JIC, this might be the simple alternative to using the standard jack for changing all wheels over. We await the verdict!
will do... like i said not holding out too much hope they are high enough, but nothing to loose trying. 2004 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
10th Oct 2006 8:06 pm
DiscoStu
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