US made floor jack

[davesl708]

Hopefully it is the last jack you will ever buy.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Hopefully it is the last jack you will ever buy.

I'm hoping so Dave

 

[Happy Gilmore]

After a month riding around in the back of my truck on a pallet and snow finally melting, I took the Milwaukee Model 40 off the pallet. Man is this baby a sight to behold and it is rugged!

 

[stingray1]

Looks good,hope it serves you well for many years.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Had to put new front tires on the 4630 today, and I used the new Milwaukee jack, man is it awesome!

 

[3930dave]

Got the email yesterday from Milwaukee that the Model 40 is built and ready to ship. I called them shortly after with payment info and it should be shipping out next Tuesday. It took 4 months, hopefully it's worth the wait. The woman I spoke with told me they only build 50 Model 40s at a time, which is why it's such a wait. I'm looking forward to getting a quality US made floor Jack!

Bespoke floor jacks ?

I gotta quit hanging out in threads like this.... too dangerous to my bank account ! :laughing:

Congratulations Hap, that looks like a great jack. I've never regretted buying quality.

Rgds, D.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Bespoke floor jacks ? I gotta quit hanging out in threads like this.... too dangerous to my bank account ! :laughing: Congratulations Hap, that looks like a great jack. I've never regretted buying quality. Rgds, D.

Thanks Dave, and yes, TBN in general can be dangerous to the bank account, but like you I don't mind spending the money on a quality product, especially US made.

 

[paine]

Had to put new front tires on the 4630 today, and I used the new Milwaukee jack, man is it awesome!



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Very nice unit! Not many people realize that it would be much more expensive to replace many Chinese jack over the year then to just buy one well made American jack. I feel this way about everything I buy, I would rather save up a little longer and get a tool or anything for that matter that will last a lifetime.

I am looking at Milwaukee jack and also U.S. Jack CO. I am leaning towards Milwaukee, is it still treating you well and have you pushed it to its weight limit at all?

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Very nice unit! Not many people realize that it would be much more expensive to replace many Chinese jack over the year then to just buy one well made American jack. I feel this way about everything I buy, I would rather save up a little longer and get a tool or anything for that matter that will last a lifetime. I am looking at Milwaukee jack and also U.S. Jack CO. I am leaning towards Milwaukee, is it still treating you well and have you pushed it to its weight limit at all?

It's awesome, definite quality! I haven't needed to push its limit as of yet. I have several "U.S. Jack" bottle jacks, also a great jack, but they don't make floor jacks.

 

[CGK]

U.S. Jack does sell US made floor jacks. They are a old Weaver design, very good jacks and are sold to the DOD...

 

[KiwiBro]

Good on you for paying more for locally produced quality. There by the grace of every forward-thinking, patriotic consumer, goes local manufacturing. Good onya.

Here, we don't have too many local manufacturers left, and most of my tools I prefer to buy second hand at auctions, etc. Take spanner and socket sets for example. Good new ones these days can be horrendous $, but great ones from yesteryear are sold for bugger-all $ by people who wouldn't know quality if it bit them in the backside. They are usually selling off Grandad's tools after he passes away, or the like, and it never seems to dawn on many of them how the tools have outlasted their Grandad, because they are quality tools. Meanwhile, in their garage is a shiny set of new Chinese crap tools that will be in the landfill within 5 years.

 

[Scooby074]

U.S. Jack does sell US made floor jacks. They are a old Weaver design, very good jacks and are sold to the DOD...

Do they sell a "Normal" short floor jack that is made in USA? In their catalog all they show are long jacks starting at 4 ton being made in USA? Maybe its special order to DOD?http://www.usjack.com/products/24 page FLOOR JACKS.pdf

 

[CGK]

Do they sell a "Normal" short floor jack that is made in USA? In their catalog all they show are long jacks starting at 4 ton being made in USA? Maybe its special order to DOD?http://www.usjack.com/products/24 page FLOOR JACKS.pdf

Just the long frame jacks.

 

[Mace Canute]

Good on you for paying more for locally produced quality. There by the grace of every forward-thinking, patriotic consumer, goes local manufacturing. Good onya.

Here, we don't have too many local manufacturers left, and most of my tools I prefer to buy second hand at auctions, etc. Take spanner and socket sets for example. Good new ones these days can be horrendous $, but great ones from yesteryear are sold for bugger-all $ by people who wouldn't know quality if it bit them in the backside. They are usually selling off Grandad's tools after he passes away, or the like, and it never seems to dawn on many of them how the tools have outlasted their Grandad, because they are quality tools. Meanwhile, in their garage is a shiny set of new Chinese crap tools that will be in the landfill within 5 years.

I've read one guy's post about how he was gifted a brand name high quality socket set from a neighbour. Seems the neighbour saw one of those cheap Chinese made multicoloured socket sets and was so impressed by all the shiny colours he bought it and decided he didn't need his old set which he had inherited.

 

[paine]

Good on you for paying more for locally produced quality. There by the grace of every forward-thinking, patriotic consumer, goes local manufacturing. Good onya. Here, we don't have too many local manufacturers left, and most of my tools I prefer to buy second hand at auctions, etc. Take spanner and socket sets for example. Good new ones these days can be horrendous $, but great ones from yesteryear are sold for bugger-all $ by people who wouldn't know quality if it bit them in the backside. They are usually selling off Grandad's tools after he passes away, or the like, and it never seems to dawn on many of them how the tools have outlasted their Grandad, because they are quality tools. Meanwhile, in their garage is a shiny set of new Chinese crap tools that will be in the landfill within 5 years.

What he said!

I get sick when I go into a store and look at the tool section these days. Even craftsmen is now mostly Chinese made junk. I have spend a ton of money on the tool trucks just because most of their stuff is still USA made!