Harbor Frieght lift is 80 bucks, Sears Red is 80 bucks, Sears Yellow is 150 bucks, tell me why I should not get the Harbor Freight lift.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2792

 

I'm pretty much a believer in "you get what you pay for" and I'm thinking I'm gonna bite the bullet and get a J&S just to be safe than sorry.

 

I have the Sears lift and I really like it. No better way to clean your bike, than to put it up on the lift.

 

I have a yellow jack. Works great. Has the safety latch and all that. It still makes me nervous when the bike is on it. If I had it to do over again, I would spend more time researching the J&S jack and what makes it so stable. Maybe I'm just worried about nothing. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

There's just something about being able to jack your bike up, remove the front or back wheel, without the bike being strapped down, and not worry about stability. You can do that with a J&S. My bike lives on the jack. When it's not being ridden, it's elevated. It's nice not having to worry about it. I started out with a lesser jack. Wish I would've known before wasting the money.

 

There's something to be said about not wanting to strap your bike down, no matter how stable you think the lift is. **** happens.

If you have the money for the J&S, go for it - it's a very nice lift. You're putting a very expensive bike on that lift, so, the price is easily justified.

I have the harbor freight jack. I've never gone into a coma or had anything else bad happen as a result of having to deal with the arduous task of placing 4 straps on the bike. When I took the front end off, nothing happened to the bike - and it sat like that in the garage for a couple of days.

 

I have the HF jack and use the sears red at a friends house. The HF is a much better jack. More stable, stronger safety locks, collapses lower and has a little more room under it to maneuver drain buckets. Besides the two expensives ones (pit bull and j&s) it is probably the best jack you can buy for under $375.

 

can't, son and I have had one for 2yrs and they both still work great. and yes it looks just like the Sears $80 one.

We got ours when HF had and sale plus and $10 coupon, ended up $42,

both of the $80 have a foot release instead of turning a screw like a bottle jack.
It will come down fast compared to one with a screw, its hard to control the decent.

I ended up drilling a 5/16 hole through the foot release lever, then drill and tap (1/4-20) the jack frame right below the hole I drilled in the lever, then put a 3 1/2" bolt in it and now use a wrench to slowly turn the bolt to lower the bike. It now works great and I can control the decent rate.

 

I just got my J&S unpacked and tried it for the first time. 5 minutes to assemble and under the bike it goes. I LOVE this jack. I could roll it around no problem or lock it down so it wouldn't roll. My logic is that it took me over 25 years to get this bike, I have over $20,000 in it, I'm not going to skimp on a jack to stabilize it, plus it is a piece of cake to use.

 

I have the H F jack. Got it on sale a few years ago. I strap down the bikes and use the swing out stabilizers and it seems pretty secure. A little difficult to get all the way down sometimes, catches on the last safety slot. Also, need to make sure bike is balanced or might tilt if a wheel is removed.