who can fit a regular jack under the car?

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BlackSapphireZ

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 Woodstock, MD
not talking about low clearance jack but i have a regular car jack that is fairly low(2 1/2ton capacity) and it would not go under the car where the jacking point is. i always have to drive the car up on a little piece of wood to get enough clearance...

and i have sport suspension(maybe this is why?)
 
I have to take the little piece off of mine to get it to fit. I'll post pics in a bit.

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It's a Craftsman 3 ton.
 
There is only about 5" from the ground to the jacking points with sport suspension...
 
that jack is bigger than one i have...oops u already stated its a 3 ton jack

yea i have smaller one...which would be slightly lower but still just curious what others are doing
 
The Sears 2 1/2 ton should work fine, but most 3 ton and above will not unless you get a low profile one.

I got one of these:

http://www.tooltopia.com/index.asp?Page ... odID=11737

on sale for $199 delivered a couple of years ago and it will slide under almost anything.

The US General from Harbor Freight fits quite nicely as well.
 
Got this jack on sale for $139 as I recall a few year back at a local auto parts store...
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I end up doing the same (reversing the car up on to blocks of wood) in order to get a jack under my car, but that's only since I got the H&Rs...
 
I bought a low rise jack at costco for 65.00 works well. Black something was the brand.............


Dustin
 
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