What Is The Best Jack To Carry In A lowered Car

wheres the picts! I like more picts..less words haha

but I usually carry a bottle jack, the original bumper jack and a small tire ramp out of wood..getting stranded when you blow an air line or something is never fun, been there!

 

A guy came by my place the other day to show me a 48 plymouth he bought last fall. In the trunk was a bumper jack,a hydraulic bumper jack,you pumped it up just like a bumper jack. the base was strange, The post part was like a peg leg that sat in a cup of the base.Nothing held it in place until you had pressure on the jack. It looked twice as dangerous as a regular bumper jack. A little off base but interesting. My car has hydraulics, I hit the switch. It has 10 inches of travel, put the jack stands underneath, lower the car and your done. The crossmember sits 1/2 inch off the ground. It makes it easyier to clean the widewhitewalls this way.

 

I have the same one and it works great!

 

that astro van sissor jack does work pretty fair.

 

can you get a bummper jack on it if so that would be low enough and get prtty high if it will scar it or something then scratch that

 

Late 80's big Buicks had a low profile scissor jack in the trunk, and it came in a nice plastic case. I use them in my low cars, just bungee the case to something in the trunk.

 

You guys Rock! I appreciate all the great suggestions. Weasel, I just got to have that Flat Jack, it is too cool! I have used those exhaust jacks before, but I will have to carry a BIG POTATO to stuff into the other side of my dual exhaust. If I go to the auto salvage (junk yard) how do I keep from bringing home another project? I like the ramp idea, my current set are made from landscape timbers and work excellent. My taper cut is probably 20 degrees, so it is easy to glide onto. Photos to come!

 

Alteredpiolt idea is best. AAA has everything you need. However, in the desert it gets a little warm sitting on the side of the road so a sissor jack from a small car will work when you have to.

 

3/4 and 1 ton chevy trucks from the 90s (perhaps now too) use a very nice gear reduction and very low scissors jack with an extension handle and a ratchet. They are made to lift a corner of a loaded truck, so they are very stout jacks. I have been using one for years to get under my Model A.

 

i have a 12 volt powered low profile scissor jack, about 2"high when lowered, Mine came from South Coast Custom in the UK, it's very controlable withe the hand switch and has been used a couple of times for body work duty, My 51 AD has not been lowered to date, but the jack has been very handy with several O/T cars such as a Lowered Westfield (Lotus 7 style) sprint car.http://www.southcoastcustom.net/

 

One really lowered car I had, I rolled it and when my buddy finally climbed out from under it, first thing he said was "wow would be pretty easy to change a tire now, wouldn't it".

 

Well Chopolds, your suggestion is the one I went with.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...on&item=390148241331&view=all&tid=98562565026

I will post pictures when I get it and try it out. I love that it comes in a case. This was very cheap compared to other suggestions, although I did come across sissors jacks with 24" lift used on campers, $75 for 4 of them with 4500# capacity each. I'll have to see how the Buick jack works out.

 

a prybar!

 

I had one of my crazy thoughts about this.... Not to hijack the thread but could it be possible to attach i.e. weld a scissor jack to a crossmeber have access to attach rod through bumber or trunk.... When you have flat screw down scissor jack white trash F1/Indy style...

I know you would have to service the jack... Grease it alot but I think this might work or am I just crazy.???



-COS

 

In my O/T daily driver (07 BMW) which sits low I carry a Harbor Freight Alum jack, small, light, and about $100. Used it for 2 years with the race car 900 lbs USAC midget then after I sold the race car it got moved over to the BMW. I have used it 4-5 times on the daily and never had a problem.

 

Well, I got my photos loaded so this is what I came up with. I bought a scissors jack off Ebay from brockscamaro. It was listed as 89 -91 Buick Lesabre, and it comes in this great case. Jack, combo 3/4" lug wrench and hubcap prybar. I must say they are an awesome Ebay seller. I got the jack two days after the auction ended. They must have a salvage yard so look them up. Here is what I got.





So, since I didn't want my first attempt using the jack on the side of the road with an actual flat tire, I backed the big boat out in the driveway to give it a try. First I slid the jack under the front looking for an obvious spot to jack from. Even though my car has 2" drop spindles and a little dial down on the torsion bars, the jack is small enough to fit under the control arm. The jack has a small recess that is a good match for the edge of the control arm.







I tell you that jack cranked up fast and smooth. You can see the nice coating of lithium grease on the screw. I don't know if the factory did that or Brockscamaro. This is a full size Chrysler with a 440 big block and a Huge chrome bumper and it weighs a ton, er ton and a half. Now on to try the rear.

 

I thought I'd try it as if I was broke down so I went in front of the rear tire close to the leaf spring. My car has factory fender skirts so sometimes it works better to let the springs hang down to get the tire out. You can see that whoa baby, the jack is bending sideways. This ain't going to work.



Let it back down and start over. Lets put it under the axle and see how that goes.



Well it cranked it right up. Nice and easy, just like the front end. Although, a little slow because the handle could crash into the quarter panel while turning the screw. So I switched to a ratchet & socket to crank it back down.

Summary: Well I will probably carry one of my short jackstands if I go on a long trip so I can support the frame once it is up in the air. I will carry a ground cover and this neat 3 legged flashlight with adjustable head. That should make the flat changing managable. Hope I never need it.

 

I go around without one. Guess I'm just one jack off.

 

I called AAA from Mount Lasen to fix a flat on my motor home. Even with a membership cost $450

 

Oh yea, thought I'd touch base on what started this post. Carpeting the trunk. FYI, I purchased some black amplifier carpet off Ebay because it was cheap. Turns out it is just like the stuff carpeting the trunk of new cars. No backing to speak of, but pretty strong none the less. I recently remodeled our ba*****t with laminate flooring and used a quiet pad with vapor barrior. I had some left over and used it in the trunk. It has a thin jute side and a thick plastic covering. I laid the pad down and cut it to size. It's the blue stuff over the axle hump. The carpet is 4 ft. wide. Me and two others can be in the trunk at the same time if my **** is out of there. I spray glued the carpet to the plastic side of the quiet pad and it makes a semi-rigid carpet pad. The old cracked plastic original trunk liner always was damp underneath. I guess the jute allows for a little air circulation.

 

I'll carry a real jack when the time comes, some of them are very cheap now.

 

I double the deal on the TriC jack. In a deuce roadster with no room it's doen't need much space. Super Low, Very well built, Expensive!

 

i like the factory jack from the 1/2 ton 88 to 98 chevy pick ups.

more heavy duty then most new car ones and low.