what jack to buy/use

[pcman]

ok now my fj40 didnt come with a jack and my trolley jack wont go high enough to change the tyre so im wondering what type of jack most ppl use or reccomend i been looking on ebay and found this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30862&item=2476801382&rd=1 but dunno if there any good

anyone got some ideas

[bj42turbo]

I have brought something from this guy before the quality is not high but not crap either

[Eddywelder]

hi lift is the way to go....have had many uses with mine so far cost me about $140 brand new and is about 4 and a half feet long did my body lift with it as well as some of the other conversions that I have done recently.
I made some brackets and is mounted across the front on top of the chassis rails.

[4sum4]

I just carry a big block of wood also good for using in sand and mud

[Bluey]

only thing with hi-lift is it wont lift wheel until suspension reaches full droop. for tyre changes and alot of other jobs i use bottle jack, its a supatool 20,000 kg jobbie and has screw out top. this had highest lift available (plus screw out thread) of whole range.




cheers
Lance

[dumbdunce]

I reckon you can't go past the factory toyota screw bottle jack, they are 2 stage so have twice the lift of similar size hydraylic jack, work under water/mud/snow etc, and are almost free from wreckers. someone on here will have a couple lying around to almost give away.

hiace vans and lots of toyota commercials have the same jack.

[MYTTUF]

A Hi Lift is the way to go as it not only lifts it can be used as a winch if you realy need it to. It's slow but it works.
To overcome "the wheel dropping down and not coming off the ground till suss droops" problem you get a chain and some shackles and link the axle to the chassis before you start jacking. This can easily be done as a permanent fixture with hooks on the axle and chassis or just done with shackles when you need them.
The easiest kind of jacking plate is found in the kitchen in the form of a chopping board, the white ones are the best and come in a perfect size.

[Bluey]

The easiest kind of jacking plate is found in the kitchen in the form of a chopping board, the white ones are the best and come in a perfect size.

so these little boards will do as jacking plates? if so can scrap the idea of getting piece of steel cut up, too bloody heavy esp compared to plastic

[Fieldsy]

I dont like steel ones coz steel on steel slips. I normaly use a wood one but I recon I will try the chooping board. good tip MYTTUF

[spazbot]

Steel plate is good as you got a portable bbq hotplate with you aswell

[MYTTUF]

Chopping boards pass at scruitineering with events too!