Chinese Jack ???

Interesting pictures on the first link. How does that 7 axle trailer turn? I nearly scrubbed the tyres off backing a load of gravel on 2 tonne dual axle tipper trailer into a site last year.

Pete

G'day Doug,

So, what "brand" are those crappy Chinese Jacks? I have a 6t red hydraulic jack (can't think of the brand name, but they make all kinds of auto accessories) and I'm not sure what country it was made in......probably China, as it wasn't all that expensive from memory).

But, looking at the chart of the Masada jacks, it raises (no pun intended) the issue I mentioned in another post about jacks yesterday........the height of them when they're "down" versus their lifting height capability.

Take, for example, a 315/75R16 tyre (bigger than most people use). The nominal height of the tyre from the ground to the bottom of the rim is supposed to be around 236mm (being 75% of 315mm). So, a flat tyre of this size, where the rim is sitting on the ground (with a few mm of rubber between rim and dirt I suppose), is gunna have to be raised a minimum of 236mm in order to be able to get the replacement, fully inflated tyre/wheel onto the vehicle. The chart would tend to indicate that there are only one or 2 of their jacks capable of achieving this much lift from the "down" to the "up" position. And then, you have the issue of the "down" position of the jack being too high to be able to get the jack under the jacking point of the vehicle (ie: axle tube, or under the shockie mount etc).

A more common size tyre, say 265/75R16, would still require a lift of 200mm to get the job done.

Looking at those jacks, they all seem to be single phase hydraulic action (most with a screw portion above)......but they would be doing it tough to get the height needed.

The answer? Blocks of wood and possibly a 2nd jack, so you can do the lift in 2 stages, I guess.

Hi Doug.

You got a good one!! I was in WA as part of my around Oz trip, and travelling on the Holland track on my way to Hyden I sank my 80 series into a cunningly disguised swamp while trying to skirt around a fallen tree. Took about 2 hours to dig myself out, using my high lift, and decided there and then that I wanted a truck jack that would give me a fair bit of effortless lift.

After much shopping around and being fed the same Chinese stuff someone recommended Conventry's as well. I went there and got hold of a 7 tonne Masada truck jack. Great people there at Coventrys (I was at the branch just out of Perth) and they gave me a good deal as well.

It's nice to have good gear.

Jack

Glad to see that I'm not the only jack challenged 4WD'er and I thought it was just me.

Been down the Chinese route and every time been disappointed and last time caught a bit short and sent the girl off to Coventries with orders not to buy anything under $80 or 5 tonne lift capacity.

Came back with a yellow one for $90, rating 6 tonne and half way through the first lift, blew the bottom seal - "Not Happy Jan"

So pay the dollars and buy the best would be my advice but I now use a "Kangaroo Jack" most times and have lift slots in the front bull bar and welded lift points around the back and side of vehuicle. I also have hub lifters for the jack which can be pretty usefull in sand etc.

Off topic, but in similar vein, I recall in the days of the old 55-series Landcruisers, the screw-type bottle jack provided with the vehicle would not fit under the axle if the tyre was deflated (worked fine when the tyre was up). We had to purchase after-market jacks for our work vehicles. Toyota continued to supply these jacks for some years without correcting the problem, probably right up to introduction of the 60-series.
Gerry

Hi Doug

On the weekend i had a pair fo Sidcrome needle nose plyze snap at the join the broken part hit me dead center of forard drew blood LUCKY IT WAS NOT MY EYE.

So be carefull names mean nothing anymore.

Shane

we have got a million dollar snap on floor jack at work
its buggere3d just waiting for them to replace it
ps its only 4 mth old

I have a Trolley Jack 1850kg distributed by Brendans Tools and Accessories. I cannot figure out where it was made but have had it for some years now after buying it at a REPCO sale for $50. It has jacked the G60 and GQ up and let them down gently on numerous occasions. No wuckings.

Cheers

Seeing as we are on about chinese products , have any of you got any Chinese spectacles ......???

members.westnet.com.au/dtilley/chinese.htm

i drive a bus cairns karumba the boss fits chineese made tyres and reckons they are the bees knees i told him if he put them on the steer i would refuse to drive it he has since changed his tune when he worked out he was only getting 16,000ks from a set of drive tyres so we now run mitchys. Also i got stung by a reputable australian furniture manufacture paid 4 grand for a leather lounge which i thought was made in oz 1 week later the foam started collapsing on the arms thats when i found out it was made in china not very happy Col