Bottle Jacks

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Landie_Man

Landie_Man

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I use a 4-tonne bottle jack, which slipped the other day while changing a wheel. I didnt have chocks, and had to lift from the leaf springs. I got the wheel off no probs, but the truck slipped into its handbrake notch right at the wrong minuite causing it to topple off the jack, Yes I did have to jack on the second from last leaf in the middle as the jack was too tall.

The RAC guy said that they are too tall for jacking on the leaf spring and are crap because of the poor surface area on them. How true is this?
 
GET yersel a cheap trolley jack,(i know they is no good for workin under)bear with me jack +handle +wheel brace+locking wheelnut key,,,,make yourself a wooden box for all items,keep in back of landy ,,,,,flat tyre get box out,crack nut ,kneel on box if road wet,jack up change wheel ect,now if you have put a pair of gloves in the box you did,nt even get your hands dirty ,over a period of time i do it to all my motors its dead handy..............dave
 
It was the no chocks bit that caused the falling off the jack bit. Nothing wrong with bottle jacks I wouldn't be without my disco one.
 
What Hughesy said ... nothing to do with the jack that the Landy fell off, that's purely an operators fault for not securing it properly.

Having said that .. my Disco's bottle jack is ace ... has got me out of the ****e in the woods as well as changing a caravan wheel, three 'other peoples' wheels and for spreading axles when changing springs!!

Dunno what it's like for changing a Disco wheel yet ... ;)
 
Worked with a bloke, right pain in the rear he was cos would not do anything not compliant with H&S, anything over 25Kg had to have a crane etc.
One day no show, on second day still no show and we were all called into crew room. Was told he would not be back as he was killed working under his car with just the jack, knowing what he was like at work none of us could believe it but it sure taught me a lesson.
Now have axle stands or if at the side of the road do the wheel trick as nickh75 said.
 
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