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[cal844]

I use a scissor jack with 100mm closed size and that can lift the wheel to 2x tyre depth.

I found a really short scissor jack, around 8 or 9 inches long, for 3 quid at a car boot sale (remember those, before the pandemic....) and got a folding handle on ebay for around a fiver.

It closes to around 3 inches (75mm) but will get the wheel off the ground fully extended - being so short it fits in a little tool bag I carry for most journeys, with the minimum journey tool kit (tool box for longer trips - a topic in itself on here I think)

Depends what you're planning to do at the side of the road (I wouldn't want to do too much other than change a wheel unless I had to and so wouldn't carry anything bigger/heavier most of the time)
Maybe on a really long trip I would have one of those aluminium/alloy trolley jacks with low entry (haven't done a really long trip but I was planning to go to the IMM this year......

Do you want to carry something as well as a standard jack or instead of ?

I bought a 2 tonne scissor jack from Ebay, then welded a 100 mm length of 50x50 box section that I cut one side out of.


https://www.ebay.co....30AAOSwGhVfGAXo

Something like this but with a 50 mm c section welded on top specifically to prevent the jack from slipping as much as a trolley jack could.

Im intrigued to see your jack?

I will post a few images soon

[I hate Brian]

Nice one Cal, this is the SGS one I was looking at ?

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[GraemeC]

But at 125mm at its lowest, and only 225mm fully extended, it might not have the lifting range you need.

 

Plus it is 8kg - imagine that flying round in your boot!!

Edited by GraemeC, 22 October 2020 - 03:10 PM.

[Dusky]

But at 125mm at its lowest, and only 225mm fully extended, it might not have the lifting range you need.

Plus it is 8kg - imagine that flying round in your boot!!

Try looking in the 158-310 mm range. They fit just under the subframes. even with a flat