floor jack

[Longroof79]

I have been using the steel HF 3-ton jack the past few years after my second (Craftsman) jack crapped out. It's been a nice reliable jack. I still have my first jack which is almost 40 yrs old. It's a Walker 1.5 ton, which looks just like the Hein-Warner jack that Jared shows in the pic. It needs to be rebuilt, which I've had on the backburner for years.
The parts are available on Ebay, but it requires a few special tools, or tool to disassemble the hydraulic cylinder or ram.

Does anyone recommend a good company That rebuilds jacks?

 

[Texas82GP]

I have been using the steel HF 3-ton jack the past few years after my second (Craftsman) jack crapped out. It's been a nice reliable jack. I still have my first jack which is almost 40 yrs old. It's a Walker 1.5 ton, which looks just like the Hein-Warner jack that Jared shows in the pic. It needs to be rebuilt, which I've had on the backburner for years.
The parts are available on Ebay, but it requires a few special tools, or tool to disassemble the hydraulic cylinder or ram.

Does anyone recommend a good company That rebuilds jacks?

Jack, between Dad and I, we've had some old jacks (floor and bottle) repaired by a shop down in Houston. A Hein-Warner is worth having fixed but shipping is cost prohibitive so I'd look for somebody local to fix it for you, if you don't do it yourself.

When I bought my Hein-Warner, I thought I was buying something the size of the JF jack next to it. Then, one week night a FedEx Freight pup tractor trailer showed up on my street. The jack was on a small skid and was delivered using a liftgate and pallet jack.🤣

 

[Longroof79]

Jack, between Dad and I, we've had some old jacks (floor and bottle) repaired by a shop down in Houston. A Hein-Warner is worth having fixed but shipping is cost prohibitive so I'd look for somebody local to fix it for you, if you don't do it yourself.

When I bought my Hein-Warner, I thought I was buying something the size of the JF jack next to it. Then, one week night a FedEx Freight pup tractor trailer showed up on my street. The jack was on a small skid and was delivered using a liftgate and pallet jack.🤣

Jared,
I know that particular type jack had been sold by different companies like Hein-Warner, Walker, Black Hawk, etc. Mine is also metallic blue with yellow trim.
I refuse to get rid of it because it's a quality made piece made in the USA. I believe I can disassemble the hydraulic portion from the chassis to send off to be refurbed. That would certainly take some weight off the shipment and naturally, shipping costs. The Craftsman jack I had was an impulse buy. My Walker died while I was rebuilding the frontend of my wagon. The Craftsman jack was a Chinese POS which lasted for awhile and helped get my frontend back together. I ended up scrapping it.
I bought the HF jack mainly because it was cheap and I needed a jack ASAP.

 

[Texas82GP]

Jared,
I know that particular type jack had been sold by different companies like Hein-Warner, Walker, Black Jack, etc. Mine is also metallic blue with yellow trim.
I refuse to get rid of it because it's a quality made piece made in the USA. I believe I can disassemble the hydraulic portion from the chassis to send off to be refurbed. That would certainly take some weight off the shipment and naturally, shipping costs. The Craftsman jack I had was an impulse buy. My Walker died while I was rebuilding the frontend of my wagon. The Craftsman jack was a Chinese POS which lasted for awhile and helped get my frontend back together. I ended up scrapping it.
I bought the HF jack mainly because it was cheap and I needed a jack ASAP.

Yeah, I have a few of the HF jacks. They are a good value but I don't really like buying stuff made in China. My late mother bought me a 3-ton Craftsman floor jack around 20 years ago. It was Chineaseaum and it's service life was disappointing. I'll bet I got rid of it 8-10 years ago. Nothing special. Just a stop gap like the HF jacks, unfortunately. The Hein-warner will outlast me, I expect.

 

[84 W40]

So far I had no issues with my jacks other than there heavy and old but reliable.
The green one was given to me by my uncle when i started to work on cars at a young age. Its a sears and was made in 1963.
Orange jack i purchased back in 1990.
I have used HF jacks and they did there job. What i dont like about any new jack is the saddle. Its seems like there getting smaller and smaller, whats up with that.

 

[Streetbu]

So far I had no issues with my jacks other than there heavy and old but reliable.
The green one was given to me by my uncle when i started to work on cars at a young age. Its a sears and was made in 1963.
Orange jack i purchased back in 1990.
I have used HF jacks and they did there job. What i dont like about any new jack is the saddle. Its seems like there getting smaller and smaller, whats up with that.
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Pretty sure that green one is a Blackhawk. They are desirable and easily rebuildable...

 

[Jakefromstatefarm]

Side not on the topic of floor jacks,

If you ever feel like an idiot for doing something on a car and then realized later that it wasn't the brightest idea, just remember in 2020 and 2021 trailblazer's from GM they came with a plastic jack. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago... You guessed it, recall.. the recall states to destroy/trash the jack and return the vehicle to the customer and they will receive another notice when a new style jack is available. Until then no jack in the new vehicle unless owner provided.

 

[melloelky]

come and take mine,it's works well and is too heavy..there's no louder sound than that jack running across the floor..

 

[Texas82GP]

So far I had no issues with my jacks other than there heavy and old but reliable.
The green one was given to me by my uncle when i started to work on cars at a young age. Its a sears and was made in 1963.
Orange jack i purchased back in 1990.
I have used HF jacks and they did there job. What i dont like about any new jack is the saddle. Its seems like there getting smaller and smaller, whats up with that.
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Dad has one just like the green one. He had it rebuilt locally.

 

[84 W40]

Pretty sure that green one is a Blackhawk. They are desirable and easily rebuildable...

It does say Sears on the label with model and serial number. It could be a clone of a Blackhawk