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FloorJack - Gregory OConnor - 12-03-2006 03:38
I have a rolling 2 1/2 ton floor jack phobia. several years ago I
bought a cheepo jack and used it to lift 1/2 of a 3 1/2 ton skidsteer.
pumping the jack hydrolic fluid to fill the cylinder it felt spongey
and the load would lift only little. As I attempted to pull the jack
back out from under the tractor, I got hit in the face by the 3 pound
round metal load cup that is Loosly fitted on the long arm end of the
jack. I was lucky to only have a broken cheekbone, 16 stiches and a
black eye. It turns out the spongeyness was air in the cylinder and I
was compressing the air to over 3,000 psi. Remember to purge the air if
you feel the same lifting problem.
GregoryO'Connor