I had blocks of wood in back of truck I made that did the same. Now I have single axle trailers. So, I have a jack.

I love my vintage American Made "Auto Specialties" jack. Was made in St. Joseph Michigan . Its a beast. Nothing you would wanna haul around with you, but for the garage, its awesome. Love the long handle, the release on the handle, and the monster footprint. I used to cringe using those tiny floor jacks, where you physically have to get most of your body under the truck , to operate it. I've seen cars and trucks slip off jacks. I'd rather not be under the bumper when that happens. This jack is older than me, but still works like a champ.

On long trips I carry a double ram bottle Jack. It takes up less room, is lighter, cheaper and will lift more.

I keep a bottle jack, and small floor jack in the truck for towing. I don't like trying to lift the entire boat with a bottle jack in the event of a flat tire. Much easier to stick a floor jack under the axle, and lift only the axle.

I've had a Harbor Freight jack drop by Corvette Z06 with no warning. Thank god I was being safe and it had jack stands on all corners, as well as nobody was under it.

No Harbor Freight for me. Cheap jacks are not worth the price. They may have other models that are good but I'm not taking chances again.

I've had a Craftsman aluminum for about 10 years and it has been good. Starting to show its age a little now but still good.

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I have 2 ton low profile harbor freight job that has been awesome. I also have a light weight aluminum job for road trips

Those ads are too good :)

OTC has a lifetime warranty. Had problems with Craftsman and there's no way i'm using a HF jack. The only thing i get from HF cannot hurt me.

You would not believe what my OTC has done. Many, well over a couple of dozen, cars/trucks used to slide down the ramp trucks with the OTC holding the frt or rear of car/truck up and it's wheels letting the vehicle roll down the ramp. Amazing !

When you have a vehicle on a lift and everything you try to remove from it ust breaks, and days to get parts, you need the lift for other vehicles. Creativity and a little craziness get's the job done. LOL.