Picking A Floor Jack

[Bill Pritchard]

I had a Walker (the muffler people) hydraulic floor jack (it was actually made by Lincoln) since the mid 1970s. Always worked great. Well, several years ago the seals in the hyd cylinder finally gave out. I found a place in Phoenix that rebuilds them, and it was stupid money. So I went out and bought a Chinese jack from Sears. Every time I used it I was not happy. It worked, but didn't have the same ease of mobility and smooth operation like my 'old friend'. So guess what....I took my old friend to the place in Phoenix and told them "I don't care what it costs, I want it fixed". Of course my wife loves it when she hears me tell people that Also told them I DO NOT want it painted....I want all the 'battle scars' left the way they are. Well, they did a great job fixing it and it works as good as it ever did, but I was disappointed that they painted it Oh well, I got over that quickly.

[muscle_collector]

ive got a Lincoln ive had for 40 years. still works great. always been indoors. hate to think what it would cost new today. but for my everyday ones and they usually stay outside in the weather, I have been using the harbor freight 3 ton ones. they are used a lot and the two I have now, one is around 10 years old other one is around 5 years old. both still work good.