Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Shackeng on 20 June 2013, 09:14:17
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Does anyone have any experience of these? Looks quite useful for old farts like me. :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-CAR-JACK-1-5-TON-1500kg-12VOLT-REMOTE-CONTROL-CIGARETTE-LIGHTER-POWERED-/390600947431
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i presume it has some manual stop and reverse button? :y
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A friend of mine has one - it works alright although it's tediously slow to get anywhere (obviously it has to be massively geared down to get the torque required to lift a car).. I can't imagine replacing a good quality trolley jack with one, though.
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Surely a miggy weighs more than that can lift?
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They go up to 2 Ton, but a 1.5 should be OK for a wheel change. It just looks handy for touring. :y
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:y :y :y
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They go up to 2 Ton, but a 1.5 should be OK for a wheel change. It just looks handy for touring. :y
I wonder if it'll lift high enough,fair bit of suspension travel on a mig before the wheel clears the ground ???
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how about a normal sissor jack and a cordless drill?
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how about a normal sissor jack and a cordless drill?
Could work I suppose, but this is purpose built, and I suspect that a cordless drill would struggle to lift with a scissor jack. :-\
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They go up to 2 Ton, but a 1.5 should be OK for a wheel change. It just looks handy for touring. :y
I wonder if it'll lift high enough,fair bit of suspension travel on a mig before the wheel clears the ground ???
Good point, they go from 110 up to 350mm. Anyone know what we need on the fronts? :-\ I think the jacking beam is about 150 so a block of wood would help.
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Does anyone have any experience of these? Looks quite useful for old farts like me. :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-CAR-JACK-1-5-TON-1500kg-12VOLT-REMOTE-CONTROL-CIGARETTE-LIGHTER-POWERED-/390600947431
I read the advert that it is suitable for cars that weigh less than 1.5 tonnes. I would have thought you would want the 2 tonne model with an Omega.
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Does anyone have any experience of these? Looks quite useful for old farts like me. :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-CAR-JACK-1-5-TON-1500kg-12VOLT-REMOTE-CONTROL-CIGARETTE-LIGHTER-POWERED-/390600947431
I read the advert that it is suitable for cars that weigh less than 1.5 tonnes. I would have thought you would want the 2 tonne model with an Omega.
If it's just for wheel changes it would be fine, only lifting 1/4 of 1.7 tonnes.
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Does anyone have any experience of these? Looks quite useful for old farts like me. :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-CAR-JACK-1-5-TON-1500kg-12VOLT-REMOTE-CONTROL-CIGARETTE-LIGHTER-POWERED-/390600947431
I read the advert that it is suitable for cars that weigh less than 1.5 tonnes. I would have thought you would want the 2 tonne model with an Omega.
If it's just for wheel changes it would be fine, only lifting 1/4 of 1.7 tonnes.
From the advert:
"PLEASE BE SURE THAT THE CAR YOU INTEND TO LIFT IS LESS THAN 1500 kilograms TO AVOID OVERLOADING AND DAMAGING THE JACK."
This suggests to me that the advert is a little misleading and it cannot lift much more than 375kg or 25% of 1,500kg.
Personally, I would want to be in on a motorway or the backend of beyond, pouring with rain, with a puncture to find that this jack was not man enough to lift the car to change the wheel. If I was spending £59.99 I would spend the extra £10 for the 2 tonne.
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Does anyone have any experience of these? Looks quite useful for old farts like me. :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-CAR-JACK-1-5-TON-1500kg-12VOLT-REMOTE-CONTROL-CIGARETTE-LIGHTER-POWERED-/390600947431
I read the advert that it is suitable for cars that weigh less than 1.5 tonnes. I would have thought you would want the 2 tonne model with an Omega.
If it's just for wheel changes it would be fine, only lifting 1/4 of 1.7 tonnes.
From the advert:
"PLEASE BE SURE THAT THE CAR YOU INTEND TO LIFT IS LESS THAN 1500 kilograms TO AVOID OVERLOADING AND DAMAGING THE JACK."
This suggests to me that the advert is a little misleading and it cannot lift much more than 375kg or 25% of 1,500kg.
Personally, I would want to be in on a motorway or the backend of beyond, pouring with rain, with a puncture to find that this jack was not man enough to lift the car to change the wheel. If I was spending £59.99 I would spend the extra £10 for the 2 tonne.
Agreed, I had already decided, if I get one, to get the bigger one. :y :y :y
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why not look for a scissor jack that has a 17mm hexdrive(same as the wheel nuts for convienience) and a cheap, long-handled ratchet. which would also be useful for loosening the wheelnuts.
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why not look for a scissor jack that has a 17mm hexdrive(same as the wheel nuts for convienience) and a cheap, long-handled ratchet. which would also be useful for loosening the wheelnuts.
I'm too lazy. ::)
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those jacks are rubbish IMO--on way to work one morning and a guy had flat on his Astra-jack fell-he was fubar'd-I used my small trolley jack to lift his car-he gave me £20--nice one--I did wheel for him too :y scissor jacks are the work of satan >:(
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those jacks are rubbish IMO--on way to work one morning and a guy had flat on his Astra-jack fell-he was fubar'd-I used my small trolley jack to lift his car-he gave me £20--nice one--I did wheel for him too :y scissor jacks are the work of satan >:(
Unfortunately that's what you get with most cars! ???