SeisMec
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Just wondering why no tool manufacturer has thought to include any sort of jack in their 18v eco-systems - not even a battery operated bottle jack.
Any theories?
Any theories?
Battery Powered Jack - dumb idea?
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TonyJ
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I made one myself. Well basically lol. I attached an old 1/2 drive socket to a screw type bottle jack and I use my 1/2 dewalt impact to turn it with. I use it more than my aluminum floor jack on smaller jobs
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kbeefy
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weld a socket or nut to a scissor jack, works great
RTM
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We had an old generic-ish scissors jack with a hex nut on the end, drilled through for the on the road use handle. Pulled off the handle, and we put a appropriate socket on the impact driver, and away we went. Fast and easy up and down. Worked on 3 of 4 cars back then I think (early 80s), so mostly imports, didn't work on the family wagon.
Of course our impact wasn't cordless back then.
Of course our impact wasn't cordless back then.
cm cm
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Battery powered jacks are only realistic in racing, where a clean job of prepping the car includes making sure the battery is topped off, and then carrying an extra just in case. You can talk all you want about modern LION batteries being able to hold a charge for years, blah blah blah. It’s just not realistic for how often they get used. Not to mention countless other reasons.
Just because you have an idea, doesn’t make it a good one.
Just because you have an idea, doesn’t make it a good one.
Thanks for all the replies to what was simply an idle, off-the-cuff question. I'm not in the market for such a jack, am just curious why no 18v OEM has one in their line-up. DogDog's liability guess seems plausable, though every jack I've ever bought new came supplied with skad of legal disclaimers.
I use a scissors jack 18v 1/2" drill for light stuff and have had my eye open for a screw type bottle jack (more stable, but less lift height) for over a year - though I haven't been actively looking for one.
The idea popped into my head the morning after stringing 150+ feet of line to a 12 ton air operated hydraulic bottle jack under an F800 - former tree service truck - large 3 section boom crane, outriggers and a dump bed. Too big a job for any scissors jack or screw type bottle jack I've ever seen.
What I pictured in my head was an electrically operated hydraulic bottle jack, but left my post non-specific so that things like Luciferi's $1200 AGM (ouch) suggestion might turn up.
I wasn't thinking about a jack you put in the trunk of the car and forget. Just a highly portable, powered bottle jack - kept in the shop - that did not require umbilical power. If my battery eco-system had such an animal it would be on my wish list. If it were 6 ton, it would be on my buy list.
I use a scissors jack 18v 1/2" drill for light stuff and have had my eye open for a screw type bottle jack (more stable, but less lift height) for over a year - though I haven't been actively looking for one.
The idea popped into my head the morning after stringing 150+ feet of line to a 12 ton air operated hydraulic bottle jack under an F800 - former tree service truck - large 3 section boom crane, outriggers and a dump bed. Too big a job for any scissors jack or screw type bottle jack I've ever seen.
What I pictured in my head was an electrically operated hydraulic bottle jack, but left my post non-specific so that things like Luciferi's $1200 AGM (ouch) suggestion might turn up.
I wasn't thinking about a jack you put in the trunk of the car and forget. Just a highly portable, powered bottle jack - kept in the shop - that did not require umbilical power. If my battery eco-system had such an animal it would be on my wish list. If it were 6 ton, it would be on my buy list.