Floor Jack and Jack stands

[mercracing]

I appreciate everyone’s input. I think I will be ok with 4, six ton stands. I don’t know how much a CJ7 weighs, but I doubt it’s that much.

 

[M635_Guy]

While i wont tell you not to get a HF jack, as I have a high lift version and its been acceptable, I will dissent about the HF jackstands.

They have had recall after recall on their jack stands. Spend the money and get some nice Esco pin type jack stands, Hein warner, or US Jack if you want american made.

Your life is worth it.

That is the wonderful thing about being taught to read. We don't need to experience death personally or the death of friends and family as we can read about others mishaps.

I don't know a single person killed in an auto accident by being ejected but I can read the multitude of cases its happened.

One can go to google and simply search for yet another HF jackstand recall

It would probably help if you had the actual facts. Here's what I've assembled as I had a set of the recalled part numbers and wanted to know what the deal was:

• There was a small number of stands that had very poorly-cast posts. In various sites and forums I found five or six unique posts/videos with the faulty stands. That of course doesn't mean there weren't others, but given how much web-chatter was going on I would have expected a lot more to emerge if there were a large number of bad ones out there.
• HF issued a recall immediately
• During the hubub, one pic emerged of a jack stand that had split at the weld. It was under a huge old Buick or something similar, partially off the pavement and was sitting on a tar road, not concrete. I'm not a jackstand engineer, but it seemed pretty obvious that stand was being used incorrectly - not set correctly, not sitting on a proper surface and uneven with the other side of the axle.
• The internet went wild. I didn't see a second example of that failure.
• HF decided to open the window so anyone who had any HF jack stand could return it for a store credit or cash if they had the receipt. This was entirely voluntary on their part. As far as I can tell, there was no CPSC action on that second 'issue'.
• HF redesigned essentially all of their stands with gussets, etc. and re-introduced most of them under the Dayton naming.
• AFAIK, they're still honoring the "any of our stands" return offer, though I think a store credit is the only option.

What funny is I'd used my recalled stands extensively, and of course they had no issues - their posts were fine. When I got the replacement set of Pro Lift stands, they'd clearly come from the exact same factory, though they weren't as cleanly made as my recalled Pittsburgh stands.

I’m quite familiar with the recalls, to the point that one of my sets of HF stands is a replacement for the recall.

I use them all the time, as do quite literally millions of others. They are fine.

Exactly.

These days I'd bet HF sells more jack stands than any other retailer not Amazon, and they are nicely-made products.

 

[zendriver]

I used to attend endless numbers of estate auctions, and very many of them had jackstands that look like they were made out of pie plate.. We know the ones we had them too.

They looked like they were used, but not deformed

Imo The whole Harbor freight recall was just a mass media frenzy fuel by hate and paranoia, just like the endless ones. We thrive in today..

Sure was a lot of fun though

 

[Buckaroo5]

Our Costco has an all steel, low profile Arcane 3 Ton floor jack for $140. Don't have the specs but I bought a 3.25 Ton Arcane there maybe 10 years ago for $100 - it has sufficient lift height form my Tundra and 4Runner.

 

[GirlnAgarage]

Daytona 6T jack stands and the Badlands Offroad floor jack.

That's the combo I use under my 3/4 and 1T trucks(7-8k lb) trucks out here in the dirt. The flat cornered feet of the 6T stands are a design I like. They dig in/sink less when you get weight on them, and the concept seems less likely to tip.

Also, Blue is the best color.

 

[Wubicon]

If the floor you're going to be working on is rough, I've seen these jacks around with big wheels on them. Might be nice

My garage floor isan't even all that bad and I hate it when my floor jack get's stuck in the cracks. I hate it even more when my stool or creeper gets stuck, though.

 

[JSS]

That is the wonderful thing about being taught to read. We don't need to experience death personally or the death of friends and family as we can read about others mishaps.

I don't know a single person killed in an auto accident by being ejected but I can read the multitude of cases its happened.

One can go to google and simply search for yet another HF jackstand recall

Even the American manufacturers. My diesel truck shop had 2 Walker jack stands brake (8 or 10 ton, don’t recall). My mechanic had the ratchet off one tooth, side to side. Put the truck down on the stands and bang, down the truck goes. The problem is “cast” vs “forged”. Walker never responded to my concern, returned the stands, went with full steel with pins. No one hurt.

 

[Renegade1LI]

I just bought a set of 3 ton, I like the safety pin & bonus they came in blue. Waiting for the 6 ton to go on sale, good excuse to replace some old cheapies.