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Trolley Jack Reach
Considering buying a Trolley Jack to aid in wheel swaps. Rating wise I know I need a 3 Ton or similar but can anyone advise what reach (height) it needs to be able to extend to for wheel swaps?Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
28th May 2007 10:30 am
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28th May 2007 11:18 am
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You don't need a 3 tonne jack a 1.5 tonne will do. Get a standard good quality jack and jack the vehicle up by placing the jack under the wishbones.
I have one of these its very light and is used by quite a few of the rally support teams, mine was used quite a lot by our competing teams in Morocco last year.
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28th May 2007 11:52 am
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Martin wrote:
If you stand up with your arms in the air it wants to be a bit taller than that Steve
You can go right off some beanpoles can't you? Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
28th May 2007 1:16 pm
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Well the best budget Trolley jack (according to my t'internet search) is the Clarke CTJ3000QL - 3 tonnes, 540mm reach and not so many pumps up - so I bought one from MachineMart for £41 Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
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28th May 2007 4:19 pm
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Just a quick scan over previous threads and it looks like jkp's got one too.
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Ive got one the same...
This is big enough to jack the car up using the std jacking points. Dont use it on std tarmac though as it may sink ...Duncan
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28th May 2007 5:41 pm
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Steve I've got that one ...as Dunc indicates you need a cut of marine ply, or the likes, to go under the trolley wheels if on tarmac 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
28th May 2007 7:00 pm
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Excellent - my only concern was the (small) size of the saddle pushing up against the chassis - it feels to me as if it needs some kind of cap on it with an upwards facing locator (as the std jack) into the chassis slotSteve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
29th May 2007 9:59 am
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I always use a piece of wood on top of the jack when jacking the chassis. Stops the paint getting damaged, and spreads the load. Don't use a piece of wood if you jack under a wishbone though, it can slip off there.
29th May 2007 10:14 am
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29th May 2007 10:33 am
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You missed the other thread then - the one about the train and LR meet
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