Anyone modified the humble scissor jack handle?

[slim_boy_fat]

Man after my own heart, I have three sheds full of rubbish

That's just plain greedy.

 

[colnerov]

Man after my own heart, I have three sheds full of rubbish

They're not rubbish, they're 'treasures'.

 

[Cobbler]

Man after my own heart, I have three sheds full of rubbish

That's shedding the rubbish!

 

[wookie]

Man after my own heart, I have three sheds full of rubbish

It's not rubbish...

Repeat after me "It's stuff that'll come in for something one day"

 

[Seadog]

Could you make an adaptor which would allow you to use a ratchet?

Like this, you mean?

 

[Migmac]

It's not rubbish...

Repeat after me "It's stuff that'll come in for something one day"

I've been saying that for the last fifteen years.

 

[wookie]

I've been saying that for the last fifteen years.

And if you throw it out the following week you'll find a use for it...

 

[Ton-up]

Scissor jacks from Movano vans have a hex like that as standard. You get a long extension and ratchet as well.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Like this, you mean?


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Aye, exactly like that.

 

[bigegg]

Man after my own heart, I have three sheds full of rubbish

I have a girlfriend called "Wendy six-sheds"
God, I love her...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I have a girlfriend called "Wendy six-sheds"
God, I love her...

Verging on too much information.

 

[bigegg]

Verging on too much information.

No.
She just has six sheds in her garden...
All full of sh. 1. Tee Eee

 

[CompoSimmonite]

One of my jacks has an old socket welded on so there is a 1/2" square hole and all sorts of socket extensions, speed brace, etc can be used.

 

[colnerov]

One of my jacks has an old socket welded on so there is a 1/2" square hole and all sorts of socket extensions, speed brace, etc can be used.

We've gone full circle now, the OP couldn't work a speed brace.

 

[GW8IZR]

You could probably chop the last couple of inches off the original handle and stick that in a battery drill.

 

[Turbo]

After a couple of close calls using standard car jacks I always carry a small trolley jack in my car.

 

[anjum]

More important to modify the scissor jack for stability rather than speed IMO!!
More nerve racking thinking about the car falling off the jack when you are taking off or putting the wheel back on.
The smaller trolley jacks make me nervous as well!

 

[wookie]

Personally I prefer a bottle jack, they don't take up much room, and are less effort.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Personally I prefer a bottle jack, they don't take up much room, and are less effort.

If you can find one which'll go under the jacking point on a modern car with a flat tyre.

 

[wookie]

If you can find one which'll go under the jacking point on a modern car with a flat tyre.

You've got a point, I think the shortest one I've got one is about 7" at minimum height and I think it came from a Ford Iveco Cargo.

I always keep a short piece of 4x2 in the boot, works as a wheel chock, can be driven up onto to raise the car to get a decent jack under or can go under a jack if the ground is soft to stop it sinking in....