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agree with statement above. the factory jack is useless imo, however it is designed properly to support the truck while you're changing a tire - ONLY IF YOU DO IT EXACTLY AS THE ENGINEERS ENVISIONED....

 

I used my jack to remove all 4 of my winter tires recently in my driveway which is not perfectly level. I believe I did block the tires so it wouldn't move. Used a drill to power the jack and it held perfect on all 4 corners. Similar jack in my civic and I have changed the tires many times there too, never an issue. I wouldn't have even thought of this before reading this thread.

 

I got a floor jack that I keep in the bed of the truck. I have stopped and helped a few people with flats. You still have to black the tires, but man is it fast.

I always block and lock when changing a tire. I had a friend who died when a jack slid off and crushed his head, leaving a wife and child. It's not worth even trying with the cheap jacks they have in almost every new car. I purchase one that actually works, and keep wheel chocks with me.

Maybe it's over kill, but you don't lose a friend and it not hit home with you.

 

This and did you have any of the wheels blocked?

 

Engineers? Looks like emergency jacks were designed by pre schoolers lol. Seriously, why can't they include something more safe and stronger

 

As my service adviser told me... "That's what your Ford roadside assistance is for." (He was referring to a different potential failure but his point was... meh... don't worry about your car/truck... you can always have it towed.) Um, what? This is WHY Honda and Toyota sell cars/trucks here.... That's not to say either of those Asian manufacturers have BETTER jacks.... just that they might have a better attitude about it.

 

I will never use a scissor jack again, almost lost both legs when the jack gave out the the truck and went down on the rotor on my 07 ram I had.

 

Have had two flats on my 2012 Screw already. More then I have had in the last 10 years.

I used Ford road service one time and AAA the other time. I will not change a tire myself.

 

This jack is fine for emergency, you should never work under a truck with this jack supporting it, NEVER. In fact, you should never work under it with only jacks of any kind supporting it!

I did use it once but I put it under the axel since I can't lift my truck by the frame with my air bags. I put the jack parallel to the truck and it worked good for that kind of jack. Just make sure you have parking brakes apply and the truck is on park. Chuck wheels is also a good idea.

 

+1 on the bottle jack. You got to love hydraulics.