My friends and I are looking to buy a new floor jack to get some work done on my garage! I drive a 2006 Ford F150.

There are a lot of options online and not sure which one would fit best for my car.

Which one would you recommend? I was looking at a list of best floor jacks an not sure which one would be best.

https://floorjackscenter.com/best-floor-jacks


Suggestions?

 

I bought a floor jack from Sears in 1974 for $175, $869.99 in 2017 dollars. It was a great jack. It had a 21" lift and would lift the same distance in one pump loaded or unloaded. It lasted more than 30 years before the seals failed. I still have it but haven't rebuilt it. I replaced it with a "Michelin" jack bought at Sams club for $60 about 10 years ago. It has a high lift and will go up quickly unloaded but takes many pumps to get a car up. It is still working but isn't in the same class as the commercial duty jack I bought from Sears in 1974. i also bought a cheap floor jack for my son as a present from Advance or Autozone. It didn't have a high lift and took many pumps to jack up anything and it didn't last that long. So, if you want a really good jack buy a commercial duty jack. But, a cheaper one like my "Michelin" jack will probably do the job.

Look at the lift range, price, construction, and height of the jack if you have a really low vehicle you may want to use it on.

 

https://www.harborfreight.com/catalo...&q=Floor+Jacks

I bought an inexpensive one at Harbor Freight several years ago and it has served me well.

 

I don't know about Harbor Freight floor jacks. But, they sell lift tables for motorcycles and the jack that does the lifting fails quickly because of the foot pump design that stresses the seal. Anyhow, from what I understand, parts for the jack are unavailable.

 

I have that same "Michelin" Jack and it works great and it gets good use more than a few times a year.

If I were to buy a jack today, I would buy the "Daytona" at Harbor Freight for $200 minus any harbor freight coupons you can come up with. It is the same as a Snap On FJ1200 jack that sells for $600.
https://www.harborfreight.com/automo...uty-63183.html

Dont forget that a Jack is important, but MORE important (seriously) is jack stands. When you work on vehicles, you use a jack to raise the vehicle to be securely supported on jack stands. The jack is not safe enough to work under. You also need wheel chocks.

 

I have a Craftsman 3 ton that's been great for 30+ years and three aluminum 1.5 or2 ton racing jacks from HF as well as a low clearance 3 ton from HF that all have been great, the smller aluminum RJs hang on my wall near by mt work on cars / bike area ........ I use 3 ton on trucks and generally smaller ones just one car wheel at a time.


Never get my "personal body parts " under any jacked veh part without stands in place, see results a few times .

 

I Too have the cheap ATV-BIKE lift .... it has "safety locks and a suitable piece of 2x4 will lock it in UP position.

 

I always use jack stands. I purchased those from HF too.

 

Wish everyone did .... but I "know" not all will. No seals to blow out under pressure.

 

I have a craftsman 3 ton steel. Purchased around 2008
I have a low profile 2 ton aluminum from Lowes. Purchased around 2013

 

I picked up a 3 Ton Blackjack from Costco, that and some 6 Ton stands have been perfect for my 04