Bargain bottle jack

I was looking in an LR mag and saw a 4 ton bottle jack that got a good write up....a Draper 4 ton rrp £16.61.
Bottom line is I bought a 6 ton bottle jack made by Draper for £15.90 delivered to the door from Amazon.
It arrived today... I went for the 6 ton rather than the 4 ton as I dont have standard wheels and the extra height was a plus.. 17 inch against 14.7 without any platform.
Looks like a great bit of kit for the money.....any thoughts about a 'cradle' for the top? I think a 1 foot square 3/4 inch ply should be good for the base?

Link?

Tried that... but Amazon recognises me. When I tried posting the link I could order buy another with one click on the link. Dont fancy taking the chance of a dozen arriving next week.

Amazon.co.uk and search draper bottle jack...... Draper 39056 Hydraulic Bottle Jack (6 Tonne)

[ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-39056-Hydraulic-Bottle-Tonne/dp/B0001K9U96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=diy&qid=1283812437&sr=8-1]Draper 39056 Hydraulic Bottle Jack (6 Tonne): Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools[/ame]

Cheers.... I am ****e on links and stuff

Know this is an old thread but thanks, helped me decide on a 6ton over the 4ton (for the extra height) as i have found alot of sites especially amazon don't state the max height.
Proper sick of carrying about and getting the farm jack out every time i need to change a tyre!

On mine have welded a strong c shaped steel cup to fit around the axle.

Great post this and still relevant, amazon still selling the 6 tonne variant for 20 quid...

Draper 39056 6-Tonne Hydraulic Bottle Jack http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0001K9U96

Ordered it today.

MrJC, what did you do about the top "cradle"?

RichW

My recommendation is to buy a disco bottle jack of eBay. They already have the cradle.

sp00k said:

My recommendation is to buy a disco bottle jack of eBay. They already have the cradle.

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Mercedes Sprinter bottle jacks have the same. They are a 2.6 ton stage ram and go pretty high. They seem to sell for less on fleabay also.

I've got a 2 stage sprinter one and it works really well.

I had to use it the other day swaping bits of exhaust and I checked its max and min heights. 25cm min to 57cm max, which is higher than my axle stands go.