Trolley and jack stand weight limits

Ellie · Post by **Ellie** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:54 am

Hi there, Foolishly I went to my local auto shop to buy a trolley jack and some stands expecting there to be one size fits all. Is there a recommended weight bearing for jacks and stands? I was thinking the 2000kgtrolley jack was overkill so was looking at 1400kg and figured I ought to get appropriate stands to hold the weight once up in the air. There is a variety of these in weight bearing and design, any feedback would be great.

Cheers
Mike

divace73 · Post by **divace73** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:13 am

Ellie wrote:Hi there, Foolishly I went to my local auto shop to buy a trolley jack and some stands expecting there to be one size fits all. Is there a recommended weight bearing for jacks and stands? I was thinking the 2000kgtrolley jack was overkill so was looking at 1400kg and figured I ought to get appropriate stands to hold the weight once up in the air. There is a variety of these in weight bearing and design, any feedback would be great.

Cheers
Mike

our cars weight a little over 1000kg, the the 1400kg jack is fine, just check on it practicality, as my car is lowered I coudn't fit a normal trolley jack under the cross member.
I actuaclly bought an alumunium 1.5T from Cosco here in Australia that thus far has been great.

Ellie · Post by **Ellie** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:10 pm

Thanks for that, yes the clearance may be the determining factor as it is pretty tight under there. I need to get that clutch cable off again and want to give myself room to move this time.

divace73 · Post by **divace73** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:28 pm

Hey Mike

I didn't realise your were an Aussie, do you have Cosco up there in Brissy?

Ellie · Post by **Ellie** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:48 pm

No I think they are only in ACT, VIc and NSW. The main Auto supply shops in Brissy are supercheap and Repco. I like the gallery you have put together, that is one nice spider you have there.

divace73 · Post by **divace73** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:37 pm

Hey Mike

Just spotted you response, thanks for your kind words. I can get one from Cosco here in NSW for you but just imagine freight would be quite a bit, the 1.5T aluminium jack I got was about $180 or do and is an Arco or Arcan brand (something like that??)
You know anyone driving from Syd to Bris at all?

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