For those without original jack, what are you carrying in your truck?

[fartblossom]

Need to buy jack for truck. Been running without one for a year, time to be smart and buy something. Scissor jack off ebay? Bottle jack? Something else? What do you guys recommend? I've got a 2WD longbed, 1"-3" lowering springs.

Thanks in advance.

[Gmc.guy]

I have a small Michelin floor jack. It's compact and safer Works real good and they are a decent price

[Stocker]

Bottle jack, I think it's a 6-ton. Not ideal but should work in a pinch. Never needed one yet (knock wood).

[cypressbog]

I don't have a jack or a spare. Had a flat last year and walked home and loaded a floor jack and a spare in my daily driver and got it changed out that way.

[summitflier]

4 ton bottle jack.

[Grumpy old man]

AAA and State farm road service . Why carry a spare and Jack when theres cell service ? And free towing .

[BlackedOut67shorty]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

AAA and State farm road service . Why carry a spare and Jack when theres cell service ? And free towing .

I got AAA as well but id have the luck of getting a flat with no reception, wont catch me without a spare or jack having as many tire issues as i had lol.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

AAA and State farm road service . Why carry a spare and Jack when theres cell service ? And free towing .

That's OK if you're always on paved, numbered highways. With good cell coverage. But some of us end up on unnamed dirt roads where road service will not go. Not to mention spotty or nonexistent cell service. Anyway, I'd rather be self-sufficient than rely on someone else. Just my two cents...

[kcsa75]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

AAA and State farm road service . Why carry a spare and Jack when theres cell service ? And free towing .

Originally Posted by cypressbog

I don't have a jack or a spare. Had a flat last year and walked home and loaded a floor jack and a spare in my daily driver and got it changed out that way.

Count me as a member of this club. I may have a bottle jack under the seat but I don't carry a spare. I don't venture too far from the house with the '72, so if anything happens I'll deal with it.

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by Stocker

That's OK if you're always on paved, numbered highways. With good cell coverage. But some of us end up on unnamed dirt roads where road service will not go. Not to mention spotty or nonexistent cell service. Anyway, I'd rather be self-sufficient than rely on someone else. Just my two cents...

Self sufficient ? You've never met anyone more self sufficient than me ! You have a job ? Boss hands you a check on Friday ? Your not self sufficient . I'm not spending years and untold sums of cash building a custom truck to tote around a spare and tools . That's just my .02 opinion .

[Wide Open]

Haha you really are grumpy

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by Wide Open

Haha you really are grumpy

Haha , Don't poke the bear ! Hahaha.

[Gmc.guy]

Originally Posted by Stocker

That's OK if you're always on paved, numbered highways. With good cell coverage. But some of us end up on unnamed dirt roads where road service will not go. Not to mention spotty or nonexistent cell service. Anyway, I'd rather be self-sufficient than rely on someone else. Just my two cents...

^ I agree. I'll take 15 minutes and change a tire before I'll wait hours for someone else to do it for me. My time is worth way more than that. I always carry tools and if I go more than a few hundred Km's I throw a second spare in too. I get a new trucks for work every few years that come with roadside assistance and never used it

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

You have a job ? Boss hands you a check on Friday ? Your not self sufficient .

Nope, nope, and nope.

Originally Posted by Wide Open

Haha you really are grumpy

Yep!

[Jason Banks]

I used to carry a bottle jack, until my latest truck that came with the factory jack and all the pieces that go with it. I have a spare...with a tire from the 80's....but I don't carry it. I also have AAA and State Farm roadside assistance....

One time my wife got a flat and was waiting on Mercedes to come change it... She told me she had a flat, but didn't tell me where she was. Turns out I drove within a block of her and didn't know it. She waited another 45 minutes for them to come do what I could have stopped and done in minutes.

[jeffahart]

Get a scissor or screw jack. You don't need to bother with a hydraulic if you don't load the bed. But you will probably get a lower profile with a scissor. I have the original jack and it works fine. I also have a couple 4x4 blocks tossed in the bed of my pickup. But I'm lifted not lowered.

[In The Ten Ring]

I don't think the "modern man" should change his own tire. Like, I just use my iphone, and a tow truck comes. It's OK if I have to wait an hour for that.

(LOL). *I actually know a guy that does just that. He's one of my closest friends, but he shuns any sort of repair work. Yes, I asked him if his "natural equipment" was attached to his body.

My truck still has the original jack. My dad said he used it only once to help some other guy. My truck still has the original spare tire!

I would much prefer a wheeled (hydraulic trolley) jack but I have no space to put it.

I've had three flat tires in my life on my daily driver and I changed each flat and was on my way in 10 minutes or less. I have changed tires for several women stranded on the road and I even helped a police officer change his tire once. Very few people check their spare tire pressure. I check that on my daily driver (Honda Accord) every 6,000 miles, when I do a tire rotation. I carry two screw jacks in my car but in winter I carry a trolley jack for when I need to put on tire chains. Jacking up each front wheel has cut the time down to 15 minutes for putting on both chains.

[jeffahart]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

Self sufficient ? You've never met anyone more self sufficient than me ! You have a job ? Boss hands you a check on Friday ? Your not self sufficient . I'm not spending years and untold sums of cash building a custom truck to tote around a spare and tools . That's just my .02 opinion .

I'm feeling small and envious, I mean, you really got it going on here on the forum. I mean wow, you are so.... big.... the big guy!

[Stocker]

^^^

[joeydurango]

You mean there are people that don't carry spare tires and tools? No offense Grumpy or anyone else, I just have always figured that if you drive (especially an older vehicle), you have the basics covered. I mean, I carry some spare parts. Sometimes I just assume too much, and you know what that means...

I use a bottle jack, carry jack stands, and keep my spare aired up. And I've got enough tools on board to fix almost anything...

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Ha!........I just scored the original set-up just to have it. Will I carry a spare tire? Probably not, though I'm not sure AAA carries spare tires?

Dog gone it, I wish I hadn't thrown away a perfectly good in-bed spare tire carrier "I'll never add this to the rebuild" ". Whoops....That was long ago. Today I'd sure like the option.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

Will I carry a spare tire? Probably not, though I'm not sure AAA carries spare tires?

Nope, they will install your spare for you..... but they can't possibly carry one of every type & size.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by Stocker

Nope, they will install your spare for you..... but they can't possibly carry one of every type & size.

That's what I'd expect. Thanks. I take things too literally, and a post "implied" otherwise. I guess a spare tire on a blanket is in order for any distances. Bet my spare tire carrier is rusted out by now, buried 30' deep at the dump. Maybe scrapped, melted and became a shopping cart. Oh to spare tire carrier.

[leddzepp]

Originally Posted by Stocker

Nope, nope, and nope.

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Really ? Stocker takes a swipe at an old man for "not being self sufficient " enough to carry a Jack and change tires on the side of the road and you encourage him ? All I've done in here is offer opinions and advice after hands on building muscle cars and trucks all my life and selling some parts cheap . I have a few parts / interior deals to finish in the next few days and after that you won't have to tolerate this Grumpy old man anymore . Sad . Go kick your father for calling road service .