jack Q - truck newb coming from a long line of cars

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Hey all, I've worked on cars upon cars upon cars over the years.

What do most people use as a garage jack for their truck? High lifting floor jack? Bottle jack? What is a good range of lift for a stock vehicle?

Just want to have something I can get a corner or axle-end up to do susp./tires/brakes, etc.

tia
Trevor

 

[2Greys]

Floor jack should be fine.
Never use a hilift as a routine jack.they should only be used for recovery purposes.

 

[aweber]

You are going to need one of these for when you are on trail runs:

So that is a good place to start. They are dangerous though for the truck falling off the jack, etc so in a garage setting a hi lift floor jack would be the best, followed by a bottle jack.

 

[Kunker]

I'd say all of the above, and a couple of each, but mostly cause I've been spoiled by options in the past.

Floor jack is my go-to for everything in the shop, use the bottle jack as well for aligning pieces on the floor jack for re-install (ie. transfer case). Have the hi-lift for trail runs, haven't used it yet.

 

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Thanks boys - wasn't sure if a run-of-the-mill floor jack was going to work. Would ~18-20" full extension be ok? Or is that too little to get enough droop??

Worse comes to worse I could always drop a square of 2x10" on it to get an inch extra, depending on what the jack point is.

I appreciate the replies so far.

 

[trixter192]

20" is fine for a stocker. you can further extend it with a piece of 4x4 wood if needed.

 

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Picking up a new jack soon, but for anyone looking for a new one, there is a Michelin 3.5T for $105 at crappy tire today.

I might have a look, but I had the 2 T model years ago and the damn seals failed within the first couple years.