Bottle Jacks?

I am thinking of getting a hydrualic bottle jack for my Fronty but what lift height do I need?

Cheers!

Is it to carry round with you in the truck of just for general fettling on the drive?

You would be better off with a 2ton trolley jack, you can pick one up for about £16. There alot safer and they come in nice boxes for storage.

Regards Bobster

You need to decide what lift and what size tyres you may decide to put on the vehicle in the future. That will give you the chassis height off the floor, no point getting one that will lift it now, but not in the future if you put big tyres and a lift on.

My Halfords bottle jack rides in the car with me and does most things, its the larger one of the 2 they make I think its a 4t jobby. If I need extra height I have some box section I sit it on, after all it has about 2ft of movement its original height isnt as important.

The Fronty weighs in under 2t, add all the stuff you may have in, anything 3t plus will easily lift one side, your not likely to want to lift the whole car on one jack.

I carry a 3ton swl bottle jack from Halfords, does well for emergencies and helps out when I need two jacks for various suspension jobs.

The Halfords one is what i'm looking at getting

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_241395_langId_-1_categoryId_165727

I suspect that's the one I have in my car too...
Performed quite admirably the last time it was called upon, although how it will fare now I've bodylifted the car and fitted some slightly larger tyres remains to be seen. There's always a couple of blocks in the boot also, just in case.

Another option for you is this 5T one with a lift height of over 16" and it fits in the compartment on a swb if removed from it case.
http://www.cromwell.co.uk/KEN5035860K
If your interested I can do these for £16.00 inc VAT + £5 P&P - £21.00
You can contact me @ Cromwell on 020 8477 4120

Regards
Paul

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The Halfords 3t Bottle Jack has never let me down - also have a 2t trolley jack for any driveway repairs

It doesnt matter if you have a body lift with a bottle jack when changing wheels, you jack up the axel :wink:

That feller fits in the cubby the original wnet in. Will do wheels etc no probs, I only recently got a trolley jack as my 2 4tonners have done all my lifts and diff swaps.

I have this one for driveway stuff. It works very nicely and copes quite happily with my 2" lift and 31" tyres...

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165727

I've 6tonner like this one http://www.tractorsupply.com/jacks-stan ... ck-0116445 think mine is from Truckmaster or something similar and a 2ton for extra help, but I alway get the axle stands under when i jack her up for any thing more than changing a wheel.