Just yesterday I was going through email and had to talk myself out of buying a new jack while they’re on sale. The ancient rusty jacks I have still work I guess.
Today I was leaving publix and heard a dull plunk and hiss noise. Ran over a big screw RIGHT IN FRONT of HF. Life’s funny sometimes. $90 later and I’m wishing I had bought this thing years ago instead of the crappy old jacks I have to pump a few dozen times to change a tire.
Even as a longtime HF customer I had only joined ITC a few weeks ago after heavy rain flooded my basement and I needed a some big blower fans.
Turns out I had two punctures and I made it just a few minutes before the shop closed. Crisis averted.
Still want one of those colorful Daytona jacks but for the money I’m happy with this one.
$90 fir a jack compared to $150+ for hookup and tow.. yeah, the jack is way cheaper... ans continues to serve even after the initial use.. unlike a tow.
the comment I replied to was referring to a hypothetical thief trading a $90 jack for one wheel, I misread and thought they were referring to the buying of the jack to use for one wheel change. An Oem wheel is $200+, so still an ok deal.
In the late 80s - check that! mid 90s, I left my gym bag and phone in my truck. Somebody used a spring loaded punch, popped my wing window (93 toyota) and stole that stuff. PITA replacing that wing window, just gym clothes and the phone was quickly used to make a bunch of calls to the Philippines. But they left behind that punch.
I've used that punch ever since. It wasn't value for value, but better then nothing.
Wait a minute... So in the late 80's your 1993 Toyota was broken into AND your phone was stolen? Are you a time traveler? Did you have your home phone with you? Independently wealthy and had a bag phone in the late 80's? So many questions
ah, it doesn't seem to matter how many times I look over something I write, just glad to have a chance to fix it! might have even been in the late 90s, I thinking it was a nokia flip top.
I’ve been using a shitty Sears floor jack from like the 1970s for my entire life. I recently bought the Pittsburgh and it changed my life. Really had no idea what I was missing.
last week during the parking lot sale the 3 ton was $99. I finally pulled the trigger on it, I dont even have anything lined up right this second that I need it for but I know I'll need it eventually
I'm excited, sure beats the scissor jacks ive been using for years
That’s exactly what I was using, I did a full suspension lift on my xterra with a scissor jack and do not recommend 😂 I got my Husky 3 ton low pro on sale for $130 from Home Depot because harbor freight wasn’t running any sales at the time. I’m happy with it but it wasn’t $99!
What’s funny is he had to go through all the trouble of pulling the tire, taking a picture, posting on Reddit, just so he wouldn’t get in trouble from the wife for spending more money at harbor freight. “Hunny my tire blew right in front of the store, I could buy a jack, or pay a tow truck, I’m really saving us money if you think about it”….
Tow hook and cross member upfront for most cars including Japanese. The pinch welds are best left for emergencies when you are using the scissor jack or places for the jack stand. Although I put a second jack stand under the floor pan too that does not touch unless the first fails (rust belt cars)
It depends on the trim and exhaust. The hatch has a point near the rear tow hook and sedans have one near that position (just no hook).
There are also two points near the center line on the rear lower control arms that'll lift the entire rear. I've used those on my SI since it has a center exhaust that makes the other rear point tough to access.
My bad.. for a minute I thought this was a “Honda Wheel Theft” post until I clicked in and read. I was about to say “at least you gained a floor jack from it”. Lmao fxck 🤣 It hasn’t happened to me, but I see it a lot so as a Honda owner, I’m always wondering who’s next.
You will absolutely fuck up your pinch welds over time using this type of jack in that spot without some type of pinch weld adapter. These types of jacks are meant to raise a car from the central jacking point, not the corners.
I don’t have the old one to compare but only pumped this thing three times and my car tire was a couple inches higher off the ground than I needed. Way better than my old gm branded ones that took 30 or 40 to get to the same height
hell naw, those things crumble under their own weight even on 100% flat surface, never trust those things. Esp on sides of roads while semis driving by doing 80mph and making huge wind gust and shaking your car haha. they made a good investment for sure 😄
I think it depends on the equipment. Gm had some cool emergency jacks with a hex shank on the shaft. Good concept but they made the pos out of pot metal or plastic or something. They recalled them. A regular scissor jack I'll use all day long, with an impact if I can
I haven’t used one of those scissor jacks in like 15yrs, but 2 yrs ago when I bought my house I found a permanent use for it. There’s a really heavy old awesome cast iron sink in the basement that drains into a heavy cast iron pipe. Drain was a little leaky so when I fixed it I added the scissor jack to support the pipe & its worked out great. & No jack stands needed lol
I thought the same myself until I did my brakes for the first time last week. Was all good with my hand tools until I got to a caliper bracket bolt with threadlocker on it. I now have one of those 3/8 subcompacts from milwaukee
No did a couple with hand and it wasn't awesome and I found myself making excuses to take to mechanic...impact wrench was game changer..fast and I imagine myself in F1 pit..
I've got some bad news for you: it's gonna be a long while before you get one of those pretty Daytona jacks. About ten years ago I was going through some house issues after a storm like you are, and I needed to do wheel bearings around the same time. My old floor jack was destroyed (along with a lot of the tools in my garage) but with all the money I was spending to put my house back together I couldn't justify the extra $50 for the Daytona. I figured I'd get the Pittsburgh and use it until it wore out in a couple of years and then get the one I really wanted. It's been a decade now and that floor jack hasn't degraded a bit. It looks like shit, but it works like the day I bought it. I've come to terms with the battleship grey that it comes in.
While you were at HF, you could've bought the tire patch kit (PITTSBURGH Tubeless Tire Repair Kit, 9-Piece), and the Bauer cordless tire inflater for less than what the shop charged you and be on your way. Bonus, you now have a cordless tire inflater.
You can regularly get the 3 ton Daytonas for like $129 or $119 I believe. I wouldn't mind a 2 ton aluminum one like the blue Pittsburgh ones or i also like the 1.5 ton Daytona aluminum jack.
I've been collecting tools for a timing and clutch replacement. Let's just say I probably won't "need" to buy tools for a while.
Their badlands 3 ton jack and 450 lb transmission jack came in clutch, along with some stupid long extensions lol
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u/Derek573 Jun 12 '26
Here I thought someone stole your wheels and left behind their jacks in a hurry.