The one I am replacing is a craftsman. I inherited it from my FIL. I bet this thing is 50 yrs. old, weighs a ton. It worked fine until a few months ago. Now it leaks down very quickly.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Another vote for the HF floor jacks. Have both the alum and an older steel. They make many different ones, so go in and actually look over the models to get the beefier models. Also have several of their bottle jacks, and also like them, except for the cheesy handles.

I like to carry a floor jack when towing a boat. My floor jack works great but heavy and a pain to lift into and secure in the Yukon XL. I may need to look into the HF aluminum jack.

How many of you carry a floor jack when Towing?

Padraig

My father and I both own the harbor freight alum jack. It gets my vote for a low price homeowner jack.

I also carry the HF alum jack in my truck at all times with an 18V Dewalt impact. Have used it lots of times on the side of the road on my trailer tires and changing tires for stranded motorists that have no clue. Turns a half hour job into a 3 minute job.

If you do so for the trailer, there are many products that make it real easy if you have more than 1 axle.

Here's one, of again, many:
https://images.etrailer.com/static/i...ck-am3620.webm

And here's another.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYt7VdLld4

I do. And because of the weight of the steel one I had been loading into the truck for trailing, I bought the alum one. My back thanks me for that. You can carry the alum one with a single hand using the handles on the side. And that's the 3 ton unit!

Also keep a 30" breaker bar and a 13/16 deep socket next to the jack. Oh, and at home, put anti-seize on the lug studs thread. Will make the tire change go a lot easier down the road.

That looks interesting, have you tried It?

Padraig

Works every time. You can also ride up over a curb in an emergency to accomplish the same thing.

I haven't had good luck with the harbor freight steel jacks. Had 2 that would leak down over night right from new. I have an aluminum harbor freight that seems to work ok. I also had one of the big old green steel craftsman jacks that lasted about 30 years. Still have it actually