any recommendations on a taller bottle jack?

[sandcruiser]

Like Cruiserdrew said: welding something on top of the LC jack could make a cradle and add an inch of height if you do it right.

 

[alia176]

Agree. LR guys worship thes things, and yet they still leak and the hydraulics are unreliable. With the Toy screw jack, there is basically nothing to go wrong, and if they get hard to turn, they can be rebuilt in about 15 minutes.

You can use the Toyota jack as a jack stand, the LR one, not so much.

Ali-If you like that cradle so much, you could weld one on the Toyota jack for almost no effort.

So, you must really hate the hydraulic rams inside your floor jack too? They leak and the hydraulics are unreliable About the most worthless argument I've seen yet.

Like I said, I like pumping a hydraulic jack vs screwing a mechanical jack. This is purely subjective.

 

[Marco7]

Sears also sells a hydraulic bottle jack that will lift the axle high enough to remove stock wheels/tires, with about <2" clearance.

 

[sandcruiser]

my floor jack doesn't get thrown around in the back of a dusty, sometimes wet, always moving truck. It sits, quietly, in a the orientation for which it was designed.

hydraulics < mechanical on something that that is likely to see neglect and abuse.

having said that: I have a hydraulic bottle jack that is rated for something like 8 tons, and lives in my storage drawer. hasn't failed me yet, but I would be willing to bet that out of 100 hydraulic jacks and 100 mechanical ones... given the same abuse, the hydraulics would fail first.

 

[Cruiserdrew]

So, you must really hate the hydraulic rams inside your floor jack too? They leak and the hydraulics are unreliable About the most worthless argument I've seen yet.

Like I said, I like pumping a hydraulic jack vs screwing a mechanical jack. This is purely subjective.

Well you can pump your jack all you like my bro...

I would not get under my truck supported by just a floor jack for exactly the reasons you mention.

I have used Toyota bottle jacks as jack stands in an emergency.

 

[cruiserdan]

Let's think about this for a moment shall we?


A British-made device that relies on oil seals, correct?


How good could it possibly be?



By the way, it's difficult to get mechanical worm gears to leak out of a housing.......

 

[Tools R Us]

Let's think about this for a moment shall we?


A British-made device that relies on oil seals, correct?


How good could it possibly be?



By the way, it's difficult to get mechanical worm gear to leak out of a housing.......

Exactly!

As I see it, the other screw jack advantages are, longer stroke and will work at all angles. I see them as a trail tool, port-a-power. Have used them to straighten bent arms, leaf springs, tie rods, slide axles/one rig end sideways, etc. IMHO a great trail tool.

 

[SR.GRINGO]

I carry a 20 ton bottle jack and it handles 315's no problem. You can get a cheap one from Northern Tool for $35.

 

[BillRiley]

What size tire are you running? My stock bottle jack works and I'm running 35"s.

 

[KevinNY]

Let's think about this for a moment shall we?


A British-made device that relies on oil seals, correct?


How good could it possibly be?



By the way, it's difficult to get mechanical worm gears to leak out of a housing.......

Actually they are made in Italy.

 

[cruiserdan]

Italian shoes are the bomb.

Italian wine is the bomb.

Italian food is the bomb.

Italian cars, although way fast any way more sexy, leak just as fast as British cars do....

 

[alia176]

Actually they are made in Italy.

LOL, that maybe the ONLY item in a LR that works consistently and w/o leaking

 

[spressomon]

So, you must really hate the hydraulic rams inside your floor jack too? They leak and the hydraulics are unreliable About the most worthless argument I've seen yet.

Like I said, I like pumping a hydraulic jack vs screwing a mechanical jack. This is purely subjective.

Hmmm..."pumping" versus "screwing"....I don't want to see you do either bud

 

[KRAZIKRAKER]

How does the stock toyota jack come apart ? Have had my 93 for about 9yrs now used the jack for spares - how does it get maintained ? Where would I look for that info ? Never even thought to tear it down and maintain the thing - I count on the damn thing - guess I should make sure she works HUH ?:bang:

 

[alia176]

Hmmm..."pumping" versus "screwing"....I don't want to see you do either bud

You just HAD to go there, didn't you?

 

[jmvar]

Bringing this one back from the dead because I am curious.

I started thinking about this the other day, what if I get a flat and need to use the stock jack, will it be able to lift the axle high enough with 33's?

What is the tallest tire that can be used and still have the stock jack be functional?

 

[Tools R Us]

Bringing this one back from the dead because I am curious.

I started thinking about this the other day, what if I get a flat and need to use the stock jack, will it be able to lift the axle high enough with 33's?

Yes, it worked fine on my 295's.

What is the tallest tire that can be used and still have the stock jack be functional?

Don't know? The biggest that I have done is my 37" tire. It's a double extension design, so has a bunch of travel for it's compact size. Mine isn't handy, maybe some can crank one up and post the extended length/travel?