Trolley Jacks and bottle Jacks - Australia

[Lynn Eades]

Lionel, You can buy a 3.5 ton trolley jack that is reasonably small. They have a reasonable lift,and good enough to lift one end of your vehicle or a corner.
You need to buy jack stands at the same time, and use them.
The bottle jack needs to be capable of lifting a loaded vehicle. I'd look for one that has a decent top on it, so that safely catches the axle, and with a decent base for stability. I would also recommend a decent sized block of wood for under it.

[hrpearce]

Lionel, I Don't know about trolley jacks but for a bottle jack I would say 10 ton is the minimum and if you are planning on carting a load at all go for a 20 ton.

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Lionel, I Don't know about trolley jacks but for a bottle jack I would say 10 ton is the minimum and if you are planning on carting a load at all go for a 20 ton.

Thanks Rob

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Lionel, You can buy a 3.5 ton trolley jack that is reasonably small. They have a reasonable lift,and good enough to lift one end of your vehicle or a corner.
You need to buy jack stands at the same time, and use them.
The bottle jack needs to be capable of lifting a loaded vehicle. I'd look for one that has a decent top on it, so that safely catches the axle, and with a decent base for stability. I would also recommend a decent sized block of wood for under it.

Hello Lynn,

Thank you for your reply - I already have the jack stands thank you and a range of different sizes of blocks of wood!

Kind Regards
Lionel