Comments on: Craftsman’s Miniature Racing Jack

By: Teacher

Teacher — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:10:13 +0000

Dano, you might have gotten mad, but considering some of the lawsuits I see being filed and won, Sears probably wants to tell people that so they have some protection when some moron really tries to raise a car with one of these and gets hurt.

By: Sweetalker

Sweetalker — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:52:20 +0000

This is the same jack that comes with a Husky brand jack and jackstands at home depot for 159. I have lifter 185lbs with mine, and it gave in under 235. The threads pulled out of the aluminum.

By: Stuart Deutsch

Stuart Deutsch — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:28:59 +0000

Thanks for the photos, Dano. By the way, your home office looks very nice and cleancut!

The jack really doesn’t look out of place on your desk at all.

By: Dano

Dano — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:42:43 +0000

Well, I jacked up a few things around the house. So far, the max payload I tried was a 15 lbs frozen turkey.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22211495@N05/sets/72157603562416142/

By: Dano

Dano — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:01:55 +0000

I have this thing. I bought it about 2 years ago. I can’t believe the kid clerk told me “you know this can’t be used on cars right? ” I wanted to curse him out but I just said, “yeah ok”. I think it fits in with the Craftsman tool chest I have in my home office.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17901468?hilite=

I’m going to give it a test when I get home and see what it could lift. I never thought about actually using it to jack anything up.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:14:38 +0000

Seriously? $25 for this unusable piece of junk?

I thought this was *tool*monger, not *tchotchke*monger. Save electrons and cover actual tools and not crap like this.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:16:59 +0000

I wonder how much it holds. Add a brick on top, and it might lift the rear wheel of a small motorcycle off the ground just enough to lube the chain or remove the tire. Hmm….. I think I’ll pick one up and try it out.

By: Nold Dog

Nold Dog — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:50:38 +0000

Maybe for a Mini Cooper??

By: Old Donn

Old Donn — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:06:36 +0000

Don’t know about the rest of you, I don’t have the money or space to buy toys.

By: Another Day Ruined » Mini Model Racing Jack

Another Day Ruined » Mini Model Racing Jack — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:09:58 +0000

[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOn my last trip to Sears, I spotted the above mini model racing jack - a working model of Craftsman’s full-size version. Although this mini jack is only intended for display, customers have reported using it to lift various object such … [...]