Good Deal on Torin 3 ton floor jack ($80 new)

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If anyone else has had the same great idea as me, to buy a floor jack off Craigslist, you've certainly realized how overpriced they are, new or used. I happened to be in Tractor Supply without my wife last week, so I took about an hour and just walked around the store, looking at all kinds of stuff I didn't know they had and I didn't know I needed. Then, when I got to the "automotive" section, I did find something I need!
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/big-red-3-ton-garage-service-jack#BVRRWidgetID
Torin Big Red 3 Ton Garage Service Jack

  • Lifting capacity: 3 Ton
  • Lifting range from 5.2 in. to 19.6 in.
  • Safety valve to prevent from overloading
  • High lift height
  • Large saddle
  • Heavy-duty casters
  • 100% factory tested


The reviews at Tractor Supply are spotty, but are a lot better at Northern Tool. Also, the same jack sells for $140 at Northern:
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200306432_200306432

I've got a slightly older version of the same jack, and have been very happy with it. Hopefully this helps somebody out.
 
I think I have the older version too (all red with a foot/fast pump lever thingy I removed). I think I paid full 99.99 at TSC a few years ago. Its been a good jack I guess, no real complaints.
 
I've got that same jack, a couple years old. It lifts the front of the dodge well but it does leak down in a few hours now. But...they pretty much all do.
 
Honestly... I had a Torin. Thought the HF jack was better. I ended up breaking the Torin by trying to use it on an uneven surface. :rolleyes: The chassis on the HF jack was actually stiffer.
 
This is the one I'd go with for $80. http://www.harborfreight.com/Low-Pr...zIjoiNzkuOTkiLCJwcm9kdWN0X2lk IjoiODA0NyJ9

Construction and component quality between the HF and the TSC stuff is about the same these days. The HF unit has a greater lifting range, and the rapid pump feature is really nice. I've got an older aluminum hybrid jack with it. Somebody gave it to me because it was leaking. a few hours, some o-rings, and some jack oil later and I've got a killer lightweight jack that can handle a 1/2 ton truck with ease. If I needed something more from a jack, I'd be looking at the Arcans from Northern. Killer looking jacks for under $200.
 
Torin has gone to complete shit.
I bought their cherry picker from TSC.
The first one wouldnt pump out of the box, Im guessing no oil but I returned it.
The second one broke 2 of the 6 caters off the first time I used it, they sent me 6 replacements.
One of those broke the first time I used it.
So I drilled the base out to put some real casters on the damn thin and no more broken casters.
But lifting a 6bt with it bent the arm. And no not the extender arm the main outer arm that the extender slides in.


fawking POS went to the landfill.
 
I need to get a second jack, my dad has a low-profile HF one that is great. Only time it gets used is when I am over there working on something, but it works awesome.

My jack is a Northern Tool one I bought like 8 years ago. I use it ALL the time, probably have pumped and dropped it thousands of times now. Just for a test I pumped it all the way up under my Trans Am and left the car sitting on it for a week and it didn't drop 1/4" over the week.
 
Hurley said:
sheesh. did it have a transmission bolted to it?
Click to expand...
no

BTW to be on topic...HUGE fan of the 5hernia inducing Harbo Freight orange behemoth
 
I don't think they're orange anymore... :(
 
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