NFortin1966

Rnlcomp, I'm sure that you'll love them. They take a little time to set them up, and they are heavy, but once you get the hang of it, it's not a problem. What I do with mine is I leave them set up all the time, I have them pushed together right next to each other, that way all I have to do is drive over them, grab a positioning handle and slide them out to the proper position and I'm set. I don't have a garage, so I built a cover for them to protect them from the weather. The only things that gets brought inside after use is the pump, blocks and the handles, the frames and the long hoses stay out under the cover.
As I mentioned above, I have the 12v DC version, which I customized a little, the pump comes with two posts to attach jumper cables. I removed these posts and purchased a jumper cable setup for tow trucks. It has a quick connect plug on one side, the kind that you would find on forklifts, and regular clamps on the other end like normal jumper cables and is 30 feet long. So if the vehicle that I will be working on does not have a battery, I can be parked behind it and use my trucks battery. I permanently attached one side of the quick connect plug to the pump frame.
I do recommend that you use the Teflon tape on all threaded joints and NEVER raise the frames individually or without any weight on them. I've had my Quickjack for three years now and have had zero problems with it.

RLXXI

I bought the 110v version. I have no need to use them any where other than here at home. While I do have a couple rolls of teflon tape, the fitting assortment came with a roll as well.

I am curious why you say don't lift without any weight on them. The video they have shows them doing just that to bleed air out upon initial setup.

I've been using hydraulic lifts my entire professional life. It's a closed system, no load operation should not be an issue.
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NFortin1966

I should have said Never raise the lift all the way without weight on them.. They even mention this in one of their videos.

RLXXI

Yeah I saw that warning in the set up instructions. I received the other frame this morning to my surprise. Fedex apologized they had put it on the wrong truck. Got it all hooked up and purged the air out, they work just fine and I did fully extend them a few times despite the warning with no issues.

Question, did you thread the lube points to accept grease zerks on your set? I'm thinking about doing it to mine.


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NFortin1966

No I have not installed zerks on my set. Thought about it when I got them but never got around to doing it.

[F2C]MaDMaXX

So for jack stands, my truck is a smidge under 6000lbs, so can i safely use 3 ton jack stands? I'm looking to get them from Amazon (reasons) any recommendations?

pahntr760

Yes 2 each 3 ton jacks could, in theory, hold a 12000 load between them. (6000lbs X 2)

I like the Hein-Warner 6 ton set on Amazon.

[F2C]MaDMaXX

They look pretty solid - very weird how the 3 ton pair are the same price as the 6 ton pair.