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) It's only a 2 tonne one and it struggles a tiny bit when you start to lift anything heavier than a Vectra. 
www.sgs-engineering.com
Not many jacks lift 2 tonne. You’re never lifting the full weight of the car on its own though..it’s either a corner or one side so the weight of the entire car doesn’t come into play. Your jack must be buggered unless you’re lifting hgvs!I've got a few Sealey ones and a few cheap jobbies. None have really let me down but they all struggle as time has gone on and they've had some good abuse! I prefer the Sealey low profile one I have with the swivel jacking head so you can jack the car up but not have the bar hit the fence/wall
The part circled in red swivels so you can jack up at any angle you want (I can't find the sealey variant
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Next one I get is gonna be a dual piston 3 tonne Arcan from Costco because I'm sick of farting about replacing seals and oiling them up when I try hoiking my Megane a foot into the air. The other ones will be demoted to lifting gearboxes/subframes/axles into and out of cars, probably got about 6 or 7 jacks in the garage now just sat doing nowt ?
Aye I know that mate, but when they've been used every weekend for the past 5 years or so they start to go weak? It has no issues lifting the full frontal weight of a clio mind.
The sgs one swivels like this mateI've got a few Sealey ones and a few cheap jobbies. None have really let me down but they all struggle as time has gone on and they've had some good abuse! I prefer the Sealey low profile one I have with the swivel jacking head so you can jack the car up but not have the bar hit the fence/wall
The part circled in red swivels so you can jack up at any angle you want (I can't find the sealey variant
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Next one I get is gonna be a dual piston 3 tonne Arcan from Costco because I'm sick of farting about replacing seals and oiling them up when I try hoiking my Megane a foot into the air. The other ones will be demoted to lifting gearboxes/subframes/axles into and out of cars, probably got about 6 or 7 jacks in the garage now just sat doing nowt ?
Aye it's a lifesaver sometimes! Just means you're stuck to single piston design and another thing to eventually break ?
I f**king love a good pump! My right arm is significantly bigger than my left just from jacking up cars... ?
Nah all them one handed press ups because I'm athlete and in the peak of physical condition ? ?
www.sgs-engineering.com
That's identical to me SGS but in a different colour, mines begun do slowly drop so must need a seal replacing. Swivel head is a godsend!I've got a few Sealey ones and a few cheap jobbies. None have really let me down but they all struggle as time has gone on and they've had some good abuse! I prefer the Sealey low profile one I have with the swivel jacking head so you can jack the car up but not have the bar hit the fence/wall
The part circled in red swivels so you can jack up at any angle you want (I can't find the sealey variant
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Next one I get is gonna be a dual piston 3 tonne Arcan from Costco because I'm sick of farting about replacing seals and oiling them up when I try hoiking my Megane a foot into the air. The other ones will be demoted to lifting gearboxes/subframes/axles into and out of cars, probably got about 6 or 7 jacks in the garage now just sat doing nowt ?
www.machinemart.co.uk
www.halfords.com
...and today my ever reliable SGS jack left my Cayman on an axle stand, seals completely f***ed. I had the 107 up in the morning servicing it and replacing the front brakes, then had no hint of a problem getting the Cayman up, but when I came to bring it down the saddle was dropping as quickly as I could pump it up. Luckily I have an old rusty cheapo one that just about managed to lift it off
So I've just gone and ordered one of these; https://www.sgs-engineering.com/tjl2-2-tonne-low-profile-trolley-jack
After a quick hunt no one else gets near that price for something low-profile and high-lift, and at £29.99 it's a consumable I can live with.
It's a consumable you can live with until it drops a car on you in which case it becomes a consumable you can die with.
My Halfords one is epic, love using it. And it's not like their cheap ones.
Axle Stands & Trolley Jacks | Halfords UK
Work safely under your car knowing that it’s being supported by our axle stands, with 2 & 3 tonne options available. Essential for the home mechanic.
True, but it'll always get ya when you least expect it and either way it could still be a fooked brake disc or something. Plus that Halfords one is so nice to use with the quiet wheels, quick lift pedal etc.
Why would you be getting under a car that's being supported solely by a jack?It's a consumable you can live with until it drops a car on you in which case it becomes a consumable you can die with.
My Halfords one is epic, love using it. And it's not like their cheap ones.
Axle Stands & Trolley Jacks | Halfords UK
Work safely under your car knowing that it’s being supported by our axle stands, with 2 & 3 tonne options available. Essential for the home mechanic.
See above. I doubt many people deliberately get under cars which are on jacks but you haven't worked on cars much if you haven't ever accidentally reached too far underneath to get an axle stand that's fallen over or a spanner or something and on reflection thought that was a bit silly. And really I just wrote that because the pun was too tempting. My main concern would be dropping the car, not me lol.
