direct lift Pro-Jack 3500 work with Bendpak HD9-ST???

[danieldolin]

Just curious if anyone has or knows if the Direct Lift Pro-Jack 3500 or Atlas RJ-35 is compatible with the Bendpak HD9-ST lift?

http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TPPROJACK-3500
http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Atlas-RJ-35-Sliding-Jack-p/xh-projack35.htm

I do not plan to do a lot of wheel off work when I get my lift, but if I can ave a sliding jack like this for only a few hundred more than just purchasing a jack tray I will do it. Seems to have all the right features other than it is manual and not air powered. The lift points slide in and out and has manual locks for the car to sit on when raised.

Anyone use this jack?

 

[ket-tek]

The issues being if you look at the pics of them you'll see that they sit over the top of the runways. Those slick/smooth decked diamond plate runways in the pics are easy for it to slide on, but your not gonna move it on a BP, the rough textured coating on the runways are pretty extreme. So it may hang between them, but you ain't sliding it anywhere.

I haven't used one personally, but the demo video they have to Fast Forward it while the guy is pumping it with no car on it, it'd be even longer with a car on there.. It seems that they didn't install any nylon sliders on the vertical portions of the angle iron, so that you could spread the arms up against the sides of the runways. You see how the guy has to use two hands spread apart when sliding it to keep it square to the runways. I also assume those are little thumb screws on the side to tighten on the sliding arms, but they don't mention it in the video. I am just not too keen on the way it sits on there with not much to stop a vehicle from cocking it outta square between the ramps if you get to pounding/pulling/prying on a vehicle, the BP channel system will not allow this to happen. I can't imagine wasting the time and space with this thing, especially if you're already getting a Bendpak lift.

I can say there is probably a good chance you may start doing a bit more work on the lift than you expect once you have such a great tool at your disposal. But if you really think you aren't gonna do much at all then I wouldn't get a scissor jack at all now, just get an air bag jack and solid jack plate, you can use the air bag in the center for pumpkins/crossmebmbers on the plate, and still use it on the runways to pick up the sides of the car or on the ground else than the lift, it's more versatilaty for less money. And hold out for a real BP RJ-45 if you find you are gonna start doing more down the road.

 

[danieldolin]

My concern is the BP RJ-45 has a minimum height of 4.5" and my car has a listed 4" ground clearance... Not convinced it would even work.

 

[glntom]

The issues being if you look at the pics of them you'll see that they sit over the top of the runways. Those slick/smooth decked diamond plate runways in the pics are easy for it to slide on, but your not gonna move it on a BP, the rough textured coating on the runways are pretty extreme. So it may hang between them, but you ain't sliding it anywhere.

I haven't used one personally, but the demo video they have to Fast Forward it while the guy is pumping it with no car on it, it'd be even longer with a car on there.. It seems that they didn't install any nylon sliders on the vertical portions of the angle iron, so that you could spread the arms up against the sides of the runways. You see how the guy has to use two hands spread apart when sliding it to keep it square to the runways. I also assume those are little thumb screws on the side to tighten on the sliding arms, but they don't mention it in the video. I am just not too keen on the way it sits on there with not much to stop a vehicle from cocking it outta square between the ramps if you get to pounding/pulling/prying on a vehicle, the BP channel system will not allow this to happen. I can't imagine wasting the time and space with this thing, especially if you're already getting a Bendpak lift.

I can say there is probably a good chance you may start doing a bit more work on the lift than you expect once you have such a great tool at your disposal. But if you really think you aren't gonna do much at all then I wouldn't get a scissor jack at all now, just get an air bag jack and solid jack plate, you can use the air bag in the center for pumpkins/crossmebmbers on the plate, and still use it on the runways to pick up the sides of the car or on the ground else than the lift, it's more versatilaty for less money. And hold out for a real BP RJ-45 if you find you are gonna start doing more down the road.

I have the ProJack with my ProPark8, once the sliding arms are adjusted and tightened the "cocking" out of square is not an issue. It was worth the money in my opinion, I have found it to be easily and quickly moved.
My 86 corvette(lowered) easily clears it when pulling on and off the lift.
I certainly don't consider it a waste of MY time, space or money, esp. since it was HALF the cost of a RJ-45.
If I used the lift and jack everyday for a living, I might have a different opinion, but for "hobby" use the jack fills the bill for me.

 

[JerseyJim]

I have the ProJack with my ProPark8, once the sliding arms are adjusted and tightened the "cocking" out of square is not an issue. It was worth the money in my opinion, I have found it to be easily and quickly moved.
My 86 corvette(lowered) easily clears it when pulling on and off the lift.
I certainly don't consider it a waste of MY time, space or money, esp. since it was HALF the cost of a RJ-45.
If I used the lift and jack everyday for a living, I might have a different opinion, but for "hobby" use the jack fills the bill for me.

Totally agree! Can't speak for using it with a BendPak lift. But on a ProPark lift this jack slides easy and works like a charm.

 

[smooth72]

My concern is the BP RJ-45 has a minimum height of 4.5" and my car has a listed 4" ground clearance... Not convinced it would even work.

I have used mine on both my c6 lowered vette and my caymen s. It is a tight fit but works great. I have the direct pro 8+. I plan on getting another jack to be able to use on both ends.

 

[ket-tek]

My concern is the BP RJ-45 has a minimum height of 4.5" and my car has a listed 4" ground clearance... Not convinced it would even work.

The ones I bought were the previous nylon slide version. The newer ones with the roller are a bit lower. But here's a pic to help visualize height off the deck. I do much more lifting by the center bar than I do with the lift pads, so they are usually off and gives a bit more clearance.

 

[ket-tek]

To the others please do share your positive experiences with the other manual jacks, like the poster is asking for. It's one of the those things though that if cost is the driving factor then explore it, if the cost is not the biggest factor then it is worth going powered.

But do keep in mind this OP is saying he is going to by a BP lift, so the bias is based on if he is getting a BP then the best bet is to just hold out and get the BP jack. I believe it when you guys say it slides well on a slick decked lift like in the video, but I can tell you that jack nor any accessory is gonna slide like that on the top surface of a BP runway because of the extreme texture. And even if you could manage to slide it the nylon slider blocks are gonna get destroyed in just a few uses.

 

[AndysMBgarage]

Ket-tek beat me to the punch.

I have a Bendpak HD9ST with the RJ45 jacking beam [on rollers] and I just put a tape measure on the height.

They are now only about 3.3inch/87mm higher than the runways.

IMO any nylon pad that gets dragged over a Bendpak runway will get torn to bits after a couple weeks. Then you'll wish you did save some more cash and get the RJ45.

The solid weight of the Bendpak RJ45 needs rollers and IMO anthing I have on my hoist getting lifted needs to be by something solid.

Cheers,

 

[danieldolin]

For those that have the BP RJ-45, how much air does it use? One of my other concerns, besides cost vs. use amount, is that I only have a very small compressor (1.5) gallon tank that I was going to try to squeeze by w/o buying a bigger one. I know this should be enough to run the air locks on the HD-9ST, but will it also be enough to run the RJ-45?

 

[danieldolin]

maybe I will just get the jack tray and a couple of these or similar hydraulic scissor jacks (car is too low for bottle jacks)...

 

[rburke65]

Who makes or where to buy the red jack pictured above? Thanks.

 

[danieldolin]

Who makes or where to buy the red jack pictured above? Thanks.

It is made by a company called Torin... avaible multiple places online and in stores, but on Amazon it is about $50 with free shipping. 1.5 ton capacity.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BFH8J0/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[ket-tek]

I use a variation of different jacks for different tasks. The RJ-45 works great because it's soo fast, and so solid. But I sometimes also use an airbag jack on the runway or sliding tray, a piston bottle jack is rarely short enough unless I'm working on a truck.

The red one you posted above would work fine on the plate or runway.

I also got a couple oem scissor jacks out of the trunks of a couple cars from the u-pull-it junkyard after a reading a post here last year from someone else that had done it. Like the poster had done I removed the handles and welded on a hex nut so that I can use an impact to run it up and down instead of turning the awkward floppy handles that come with them. It super fast and you can find alot of them that go quite low. Like $3 each..

They come in handy sometimes to lift the car enough to get a bigger bottle jack under it if you need to go even higher.

 

[buzz4041]

I have 2 of the DL 3500's with my lift. The jacks themselves work great on the surface of the Direct lift runway's. I am not familiar with the texture of the BP runway's so I can not help you there. If you get a 4 post this style of jack is a big plus over using any sort of bottle jack IMO. So much easier and safer.

 

[BMW Rider]

Dragging up an old thread here, but I came across it a couple days ago when I was searching for bridge jack options for my HD9. I looked at the Bendpak RJ-45, but just didn't want to spend the $1400 for it considering I only need it for occasional lifting. After reading this thread, I searched online for the Lift pro jack and discovered there is a dealer very close to me. I called them and they said they had the jacks but were not sure if it would work for sure on my BendPak lift. I had an idea though that I could make it work, so I went ahead and bought one for just a bit more than half the cost of the BendPak unit.

Here is how I modified it to fit. The Bendpak jack rolls on the lower rail lip with rollers that are spring mounted so that it pushes down onto a solid block for stability when jacking. I just added spring mounted rollers to the Lift Pro. I turned the rollers myself, the rest of the setup was all built from on hand scraps. The springs were cut from a pair of old motorcycle fork springs. I originally though valve springs might work, but didn't have any on hand, so i went with what I did have. I didn't see any need for the slider pads anymore, so I left them off. The original brackets just support the jack when lifting.

 

[c39er]

A little bit Ot but Some of those welds sure look globby on the rolling jack!
The chinese children welding hopefully had a welding helmet.
Just sayin!!