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- Aug 24, 2005
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- Concord, NC
Need a floor jack capable of lifting my tow rig, 2005 CCSB Ram 2500 diesel 4x4. Any recommendations or ones to stay away from?
I always use jack stands, and if the wheels are off, I slide them under the frame too in case the jack stands fail.I have an arcan 3 or 3 1/2 ton from northern tool. Had it about 4 years and it has no problem lifting my trucks. Its not a quick rise model. I never liked the old quick rise I had before this one. It took more effort to lift stuff.
And I'm anal about using jack stands. Remeber any time your at risk of that 7k pound truck falling on you to use them.
Sears 3.5 ton jack here. I cannot remember how long i have had it. Maybe 10 years or more. It has the quick lift feature which i really like. It can lift the front end of my CTD Ram which weighes 4,000 lbs. It recently started leaking down slowly with a load on it.
The cylinders aren't hard to rebuild. The Harbor Freight O-Ring kits will usually have all you need. I've done a couple.