Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "$20 vs $2000 Car Jacks" video.

  1. I collect truck pantograph jacks for many tasks and the best are hex drive because you can run them up and down with a cordless impact. I barely use my floor jack any more. Having more than one means I can toss cribbing (I use 4x4 and 6x6 wooden blocks drilled for rope handle like an aircraft chock) under the second after maxing out the first.
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  2. I use wooden cribbing to capture lifting progress first responder style so whatever I lift does not depend on the jack. I fell out of love dragging heavy jacks so I switch to an air bag jack which is ideal because I already own CO2 cylinders for MIG welding and "power tank" style uses. I also made a bag jack from an 18-wheeler suspension air bag to lift heavier stuff like forty-foot shipping containers when placing them. Of course I have pantograph jacks (truck versions preferred) with nuts welded on so I can use my impact gun, Hi-Lift jacks I no longer use much, and so called "railroad" jacks (Simplex only because I consider other latches dangerous) including a chain grab manual telepone pole placer with a chain grab on top. The moral here is one can never have too great a variety because that makes less common lifts easy. I gave away my conventional jack stands long ago as they're far too dangerous for my liking while cribbing and scrap rims can support most any vehicle safely. Self-service yards use (typically one vertical rim nested in a horizontal rim) rims to support their vehicles for good reasons.
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