I just read this thread and have a few observations:
1. I've had a Costco membership for 10 years, but RARELY shop there, due to so much of it being bulk. We rarel lkeave without spending 3, 4 or $500. Regardless of whether you need it or save a bit buing in bulk, I don't want to drop that kinda change every time I go in! I use it about 1 or 2X per year - for really great deals on something I really need.
2. I have to lift my jack fairly often - to get it from shop to garage, to take it out to the curb, to take it too a buds place....and 100lbs is HEAVY!
3. I wouldn't want a jack with a fixed pad. I switch between rubber pad, a metal one and also have a door holding dolly I made that fits the hole.
4. Has anyone mentioned putting a roll-bar pad or pool-noodle on the handle to protect your car? Essential!
5. Someone mentioned that this jack swaed when lifting something heavy....that'd scare me!! I've NEVE Rseen m Craftsman jack flex - even under Duramax Diesels!
i just read your post and have a few observations too:
1. if you RARELY shop at Costco, why in the world have you been paying for a membership for 10 yrs? you can just sign up when there is actually something you want rather than keep a membership for 10yrs that you almost never use. furthermore, you have strange shopping habits or perhaps an impulse control problem with your wallet if every time you shop at Costco you end up spending $300-$500. certainly not everything is sold in bulk at Costco; they certainly aren't selling these floor jacks by the pallet. there are enough variety of products to make a costco membership useful and beneficial without throwing $300+ on every shopping trip.
2. if you need a floor jack that you're going to carry with you to the track, to your buddy's, or where ever, you should consider an aluminium one, not this steel one. this one works great rolling around the floor in a garage; i don't think anyone considers it to be highly portable.
3. the rubber pad on this jack comes off. you can replace it with whatever suites you. you can always fabricate any kind of adapter as you please.
4. not sure what you're calling a roll-bar pad or pool handle, but if you're talking about the padding around the handle so that if it hits the car it doesn't damage the finish of the car,... well, it's there. See pictures in 1st post. so if that's what you're talking about, i don't get your point here? if not, i'm curious what you mean...
5. i don't know who someone is, or under what circumstances they saw what and I certainly don't know what "swaed" means.
I mean no disrespect, but your post of "observations" comes off rather negative and unhelpful with unsubstantiated points and can only make me conclude you've woken up on the wrong side of your bed and decided to thread **** here?
