air bag jacks

[jniolon]

Any one have any experience with the air bag jacks ...good or bad ?? for a hundred bucks it beats 2x12'stacked up to get jack clearance

john

 

[sotxbill]

couple of thoughts.... the bags can wiggle could make load unstable, especially if on a slope where the bag would lean over. Rubber would rot out after 10 years???

 

[Rag-packer]

Never seen one but I think they could be handy. Depends on how much there rated for and lift range.

 

[Janicholson]

I agree with Sotxbill. Vertical stability is sure non existent. Solid chocking of wheels would be needed as
well as stands after lifting. Air cylinder jacks from the past had that covered. Jim

 

[Dan in North Houston]

I've never seen one before, but a quick internet search shows they have some telescoping metal sections, like a collapsible drinking cup, that gives it stability.
Only downside I see is that it is must be at full extension to get that stability.

 

[jniolon]

I want to try this for my truck,,, it is too low in the front to get a floor jack under the crossmember... I'd want to initially lift the cross member with the air bag to get the floor jack under it then do the actual lift with the floor jack. I'm tired of having to drive it up on stacked up 2x12s

I don't get under nuthin without sturdy jack stands or wheel cribs.

thanks
john

 

[Mule Meat]

Look at low profile floor jacks. Have a couple at the shop just for low cars. You will most likely have more clearance with a low profile jack than you would with an air bag.

 

[glennster]

we use the air bag jacks at my body shop when setting a vehicle up on the frame machine. they are fast and reasonably stable. have you
looked at a low profile hydraulic floor jack? harbor freight has some decent ones reasonably priced.

 

[DoubleO7]

How about a set of hydraulic lift ramps??

 

[caterpillar guy]

If they are as good as an air bag for lifting like the axle bags on trucks they would lift in the 10,000 range. I would question the ability to lift anything without tipping over as it went up. Might work on something already solid braced for sideways and lateral movement. Otherwise you can keep it. Watch an air bag in a semitrailer once and you would not even consider one.

 

[RedMF40]

No experience with those jacks, so this isn't going to be helpful. The topic reminded me of when I was a kid going to school in a big city overseas. Traffic was a mess, illegal parking was rampant. Cars would be wedged in bumper-to-bumper, no way to get a tow truck in there.

The police or tow people would come with a big, well-used airbag, slide it under the car, pump it up then put dollies under the wheels. Then they'd just push the car out into the street where the truck could get to it. The whole operation was very fast.

Next step was for the owner to retrieve their car from the impound lot. Gerrit

 

[ldj]

(quoted from post at 09:55:45 03/03/22) No experience with those jacks, so this isn't going to be helpful. The topic reminded me of when I was a kid going to school in a big city overseas. Traffic was a mess, illegal parking was rampant. Cars would be wedged in bumper-to-bumper, no way to get a tow truck in there.

The police or tow people would come with a big, well-used airbag, slide it under the car, pump it up then put dollies under the wheels. Then they'd just push the car out into the street where the truck could get to it. The whole operation was very fast.

Next step was for the owner to retrieve their car from the impound lot. Gerrit

I remember a few years ago is saw advertised air bag that used car exhaust to inflate the bag.

 

[old-9]

That is a sweet set of ramps. I have never seen those before. joe

 

[hd6gtom]

We had several we used under combines with blown out tires.
They worked good but they are were very unstable. I always put
blocks under them as the machine was jacked up. But we never
had an opportunity to use them on cement, always on dirt.