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ian harvey

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I need a new low-height trolley jack and thought I'd share this little bargain with you. For just over £30 including postage and VAT SGS Engineering have a 2 tonne 89mm high (low) jack. The reviews are all good. I did buy a fancy looking lightweight thing a few years ago and it is very fragile, bits fall off and it leaks badly. The skip beckons.

The new one is far from fancy but just look at that price.
 
Hi Ian,

Have you actually bought this jack yet? I have been looking @ these on the net as i need one for my Boxter and i wondered what you think?

Regards Steve
 
ian harvey said:
I need a new low-height trolley jack and thought I'd share this little bargain with you. For just over £30 including postage and VAT SGS Engineering have a 2 tonne 89mm high (low) jack. The reviews are all good. I did buy a fancy looking lightweight thing a few years ago and it is very fragile, bits fall off and it leaks badly. The skip beckons.
The new one is far from fancy but just look at that price.
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Hi Ian.
I bought a similar one from Lidl 4 years ago and when I posted news of it on this forum I was criticised.
However it's still working and doesn't leak and no bits have fallen off :)
I bought a hockey puck to use as a cushion between the jack and the car.
 
Evening gents,

It is ordered, I'll post my thoughts once I've used it. The hockey puck is a good idea, David, it will certainly need something.
 
I'd be very careful about using a hockey puck on a trolley jack unless it's sculpted to fit into the cup on the jack and also into the jacking point. I speak from bitter experience as I suspect it was a factor in dropping my 968 off the jack and axle stands last year. My SCS low entry jack has an insert in the jack cup with a rubber top, something my "normal" trolley jack does not have. My suspicion is that the puck, not fitted into the jack cup or having a top that fits into the jacking point, simply provides a pivot point - and as I discovered jacking the nearside with the offside already on axle stands, things can go badly wrong.
 
I have the SGS 1.5 tonne aluminium racing jack. It appears to be a nicely made, decent quality bit of kit for a very reasonable price. It's ideal for taking to the track, but the bigger one would make sense for the home garage. I have no reason to believe their standard jacks aren't just as good - and appear very good value.

 
Thanks gents,

i will heed the warning regarding the puck - I'd already thought that the engineers at work will be able to come up with something a little more suitable.
 
No problem with hockey puck here -it's fine once the weight is on and fits onto the rubber insert on both lightweight and heavy duty trolley jacks.
 
I was using a hockey puck on a Sealy jack, the puck did not fit between the lugs of the jack cup nor did it have a top shaped to fit into the hole in the jacking point.Can't be sure that this contributed to the problem, but it seems very likely. It's certainly something I will not use again on that jack!

The SGS low entry jack has its own rubber pad (removable) fitted into the jack cup.
 
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