I'm looking to buy a new jack and jack stands for my truck.

What do you all use? 3 ton? 4 ton? Is 4 ton just over kill?

Regular vs bottle jack?

What about those polypropylene ramps? Are those safe?

Thanks!

 

I use an old Walker 1.5 ton floor jack for home. Bought in '76 all, steel construction. I think my jack stands are 6 ton cap. I don't really trust any China thing to work under the truck or cars.


I do use a China Alltrade 1.5 ton aluminum floor jack for travel and trailering. Just for tire changes IF necessary.


The only place I use a bottle jack is on my engine puller. It's an 8 ton long ram. My uncle had a car shift on him using just a short bottle jack and ended up very fortunate to only break his wrist.


I have old Sears steel ramps and much prefer them over the plastic. I need to anchor them so they won't slide as I to drive up them.

 

The entire truck weighs about 3 tons, so using a 3 ton stand on each corner is more than enough, since each stand is only holding a percentage of the total weight.

 

4 ton floor jack and 4 ton jack stands. The ramps work well-get the heaviest ones you can find. You're going to be under the vehicle jerking and pulling on things. What do you want holding it up?