Three ton should be OK. No harm going for fives.
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Originally Posted by Gumby
I think anyone who doesn't/didn't remembers and used the GM [lean master] bumper jack takes more modern stuff for granted.
it was all anyone had [only the repair shop on the corner had hydrolic jacks the size of a VW] and was always great fun when you put that hook into a rusty bumper slot, you were relieved that it didn't just cut the slot longer or rip the bumper off, when the tire finally starts to come off the ground, the car shifts 2-3in for a nice safety lean, had to then re do it, and pre lean the jack, so when it moved again, it was now straight up and down. I dunno how we survived those days.]
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Remembering jacking up my '69 Pontiac on a hill watching it lean ever backward as I frantically hung the spare before armageddon struck
Nice description of the wonderful world of bumper jacks. Oh how I miss thee ....
not!