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[Heatwave]

A good majority of us have had the sears jack (myself included) and a similar majority have had their scare with the sears and replaced it with a J&S or Pitbull or some other brand of higher quality.

You keep using it with your SEUC and you will join the ranks sooner or later, hopefully before you have a horror story to share with us.

Can you share more details on your "scare"? The Sears jack I have has a similar rating on the hydraulic jack (1500lbs). It has a locking mechanism that provides positive locking at 11 3/4in, 14 1/4in and 16 1/2 in. The lowering mechanism has always provided a nicely controlled and slow lowering mechanism. A "T" handle allows for easy movement of the dolly.

I'm just trying to understand what benefits a J&S or other more expensive motorcycle jack provides that the sears doesn't oferr.

[Twolanerider]

Can you share more details on your "scare"? The Sears jack I have has a similar rating on the hydraulic jack (1500lbs). It has a locking mechanism that provides positive locking at 11 3/4in, 14 1/4in and 16 1/2 in. The lowering mechanism has always provided a nicely controlled and slow lowering mechanism. A "T" handle allows for easy movement of the dolly.

I'm just trying to understand what benefits a J&S or other more expensive motorcycle jack provides that the sears doesn't oferr.

Might make sure it's an apples to apples comparison also.  A friend has the steel Craftsman jack.  It gets used frequently and I've used it while doing things with him three or four times.  I never had any particular complaint about it nor has he.

Craftsman also has an aluminum motorcycle jack.  When it was first released several here tried one.  Several complained of it having a good bit of flex to it.  Just not stiff enough to breed much confidence in its use.

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Might make sure it's an apples to apples comparison also.  A friend has the steel Craftsman jack.  It gets used frequently and I've used it while doing things with him three or four times.  I never had any particular complaint about it nor has he.

Craftsman also has an aluminum motorcycle jack.  When it was first released several here tried one.  Several complained of it having a good bit of flex to it.  Just not stiff enough to breed much confidence in its use.

My Sears jack is model # 50190 and it appears to be of all steel contruction. I've never seen any flexing with either my Fatboy or Ultra and I've been using the jack for about 7 yrs. Its also never given me any problems whatsoever (unlike the bike it lifts). But based on the feedback here I'll be looking more closely when lifting in the future.