I notice that tire shops often jack the car with 2 jacks, when they're doing something like rebalancing your rims and don't have the vehicle on a lift.

I got this Sears Craftsman 2 1/4 ton floor jack with 2 stands for $28 bucks 2 years ago, and now they have the same jack alone on sale for $19.99, so I ordered it online. With the 2 jack stands it's on sale for $39.99--holy moley, the stands are $10 each??? I'd rather have a jack for $20 instead! Look at that inflation, from $28 to $40 in 1 1/2 years, same item. China is no joke, their revaluing their currency.....

p.s. I think I've found nice points to jack the Maxima up. The fronts I agree with the forum, but the back I think I found a better spot based on the length of the arm of the floor jack. There's a spot that seems to be designed for it and is weight-bearing capable. That's where the garage does it anyway.....

 

I own.. hmmm, six jacks and.... five jackstands..

two are regular rolling floor jacks. one 3.5Ton Craftsman unit that I use for most stuff, and a smaller aluminum one that I take to the track. the rest are bottle jacks that I use when I'm doing random stuff like changing engine mounts and need to jack up the engine in 2 or 3 places to align the mounts.

 

I have 2 jacks, 2 jackstands

 

Two jacks and four jackstands here. I need to get a bottle jack. That would've been nice for this tranny swap.

 

2 hydraulic floor jacks (one is smaller than the other) and 4 stand.

 

that's just not normal

 

I have two jackstands...One Craftsman Med Sized one, and I have a Racing Jack stand for lower profile vehicles.....(lowered cars) and then I have 4 Craftsman Jackstands

Chris

 

just 1 3-ton craftsman and 2 jackstands. I need to get a couple more jackstands.

 

3 jacks.. 2 bottle jack.. and 2 stands..

 

2 floor jacks and 6 jackstands.

 

I'm not understanding why you guys would ever have more than four jackstands.

 

It is very simple Grasshopper. I already had 4 jackstands before I bought a new jack that came with 2 free jackstands.

 

5 floor jacks... 8 jackstands... 3 bottle jacks

 

One lift and two stands, though a second lift would make things like rotating wheels quicker.

 

i've got 2 floor jacks, 4 jack stands and two bottle jacks as well.

 

two jacks and four stands

 

do you guys know where they sell jack for lowered cars at? both of mine wont fit cause of my lip.

 

You act like I said it makes me lean to one side when I walk.

 

1 jack and 2 jackstands and 1 set of rams.

 

Gotcha. That would p!ss me off though. Thats at least $20 wasted. You couldn't get it seperate?

 

sorry bud, I couldn't resist.

 

How low? Even Sears offers racing jacks with like a 3" min. My trick is to take a compact (small) jack and raise from a front toehook or control arm. Then throw the big jack under the front center point.

 

I'm gonna have to look into that... my 2 1/4 ton jack can't get under to the front jack point... got Progress springs... didn't think they were that low... then again, its only about .5 of an inch that I need to get under there...

 

enough to clear my front lip. i got stillen lip and tein s-techs on and cant get a jack under the front unless i lift the car from the side.

 

2 jacks and 6 stands.

 

I don't see it as money wasted. The jack was normally over $100. It was on sale for $89 and you got the free jackstands with it. If I didn't have any use for the jackstands, I could have sold them and make the money that you believe was wasted. Don't know if you could get it separately or not.

 

2 jacks (1 aluminum) and 4 3-ton stands.

 

Two floor jacks, one transmission jack (I love it!), and four stands.

 

What exactly is a tranny jack? I've been wondering about that for a while.

The aluminum racing jack that Sears sells is quite low. I don't have a lip but I imagine it would fit.

Zero, just think if they would have offered the sale without the stands you could've gotten it for $75-80

 

A transmission jack has a wide load bearing area (for setting the transmission on) that you can control the angle of around two axes. It makes stabbing the clutch friction plate with the input shaft so much easier. You can easily set the angle of the transmission so that the bell housing mating surface is exactly parallel to the engine mating surface.

There's a good picture of one at www.mcmaster.com. Do a search on transmission jack. It will be listed as a "wheeled hydraulic jack with support cradle".

 

2 jacks, 4 stands...and yes 2 cinder blocks, did my friends last motor swap using them since my stands were being used

 

I never really checked. It's a 3 ton floor jack and is the largest floor jack I have ever owned. Once I bought it I never really paid any attention to the prices for the jack by itself. I have a tranny jack as well but the starter of the post mentioned floor jacks.

 

A pair of jack stand
A Pair of metal ramp

All at my buddy's place.

 

1 floor jack, 1 bottle jack (came with a kit with 2 jackstands) and 4 jackstands total (2 included in said kit)

 

D@mn those tranny jacks are a lot. I'll just stick to my roll of duct tape method. Its worked well twice so far. And it only cost a roll of duct tape.

 

i stick to my method of using a skateboard. works very good. i have 2 jacks and 4 jackstands

 

A skateboard? How does that get up high enough?

 

Yep. Got a 2.5 ton Craftsman, couple a jack stands and a Hi-Lift for my Jeep.

 

3 ton jack, 2 new stands 2 old stands.

 

I've had to do that to my maxima before as well. the front center point is the best place to jack it up. Once it's lowered it's tough to get at some of the jack points. you can get a low profile racing jack with a 3 ton capacity but they are usually very expensive.