How Do You Get It Up??

**supersportjim** · #1 07-20-2008, 10:17 PM

Your truck that is. What are you guys and some gals using to lift up your trucks? I use my 12ton bottle jack, its a PITA but my 2ton floor jack just wont do it. I would like to pick up a bigger floor jack sometime in the near future.. -

2500HeavyDuty · #2 07-20-2008, 10:22 PM

3 ton jack with 3 good wheels and 24 inches of lift -

**supersportjim** · #3 07-21-2008, 06:13 PM

so out of the 31 people who looked at this thread only two of us at least rotate our tires.. c'mon bombers post em up -

wildbill · #4 07-21-2008, 06:16 PM

I let Wal-Mart do mine! Have a lifetime balance and rotation and I didn't buy the tires from them.

If I had to do it myself, go and borrow a 20ton floor jack. -

**01quadcab** · #5 07-21-2008, 06:57 PM

get mine done for free where I get all my tire work done. one thing I don't have to take care of on my truck rest of it is done by myself as I am a tight wad.. -

**Red_Rattler** · #6 07-21-2008, 07:05 PM

Works great! Just use it to get it up to the jackstands... No problem for it though...

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**06 DIESEL** · #7 07-21-2008, 07:09 PM

A 10 ton lift that is in the garage 350' from my front door.

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**redneckbuckeye** · #8 07-21-2008, 07:12 PM

Form reading the thread title I tought you were asking about advice on wether to use Viagra or Cialis of which I have no experience, but when I am rotating my tires I use a floor jack and jack stands. -

**BigDiesel359** · #9 07-21-2008, 08:24 PM

3.5ton service jack, or a selection of bottle jacks, or my engine crane if need to move something...the old wood floor is getting....experienced though.. -

Uncle Bubba · #10 07-21-2008, 09:07 PM

I keep a 12 ton bottle jack in the truck for the truck and trailers both. Once you put bigger tires or the lifts on these trucks normal jacks are worthless. Wish I could find a good heave screw type jack though. These hydraulic jacks just aren't dependable enough to trust when your not around a shop. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. -

hydroshok · #11 07-30-2008, 06:58 PM

I use a 3.5 ton floor jack I bought at Sears for $99 on sale. It came with two jack stands and a creeper. I basically lift the rear at the diff, put the jack stands under the rear axle, one on each side, and lift the front one tire at a time. It takes a while, but it beats sitting around waiting while I am paying someone to do it. I don't know how things work were you guys are, but I could easily spend two hours to get something like that done because mechanics move like molasses in January up here. I look at it this way: I could sit around for two hours or more and pay for it, or I could use my jack and be done in under an hour for free. -

**JS2TZU** · #12 07-30-2008, 10:17 PM

I use a forklift. I just center it up where it won touch anything and lift it up on all 4s -

**LOGANSTANFORTH** · #13 07-31-2008, 09:46 AM

im looking at an Ari-Hetra lift when i build my shop......they are awesome and they can support 15K pounds per lift leg, and are fully portable......i use them to pick up 5 ton trucks, LMTV's, M915's and HMMWV's with ease........http://www.ari-hetra.com/Mobile-Lifts/ -

**Johnny Cetane** · #14 07-31-2008, 09:52 AM

3 ton floor jack and jackstands. I put a stand under each front corner and then lift the rear right at the pumpkin.

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**Red_Rattler** · #15 07-31-2008, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by LOGANSTANFORTH

im looking at an Ari-Hetra lift when i build my shop......they are awesome and they can support 15K pounds per lift leg, and are fully portable......i use them to pick up 5 ton trucks, LMTV's, M915's and HMMWV's with ease........ARI-HETRA

Only 38 grand for four! Thats a steal of a deal

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