On long trips - especially if I am going to be out in the bush country,
I always take two stock Vanagon jacks, several pieces of wood, 2x6 size,
and a couple of jack stands. If need be, I can lift the front end or the
back end completely off the ground - and be safe by using the jack
stands. The stock screw jacks are slow, but the get the job done without
any strain on my ligaments and joints. I absolutely HATE mechanical
scissors jacks.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> what's wrong with the stock jack ??
> - other than it's slow ?
> I find them so 'basically all right' I have one stock vanagon jack I keep
> around just for when I need to quickly jack up just one wheel on a
> vanagon
> out in the yard.
> I carry scissor types as an extra or back up on trips.
> Bottle jacks don't go low enough, and the cheap ones leak after a while.
>
> for what you want for a 'flat tire jack'...............something that
> is a
> dedicated fit to the vehicle, , can go from quite low to pretty high,
> doesn't weight a lot, and doesn't take up a lot of space, the  stock
> vanagon
> jack and its matching jacking points are hard to beat.  It's a Much
> better
> system than many cars use.
>
> are you sure you have the right jack for your vanagon ? .........like a
> 'real vanagon jack' ?  As stock equipment jacks go, they're all right, if
> not even better than that.
> It's a good idea  to carry one wheel chock too, and a 10 inch squire of
> thick plywood, for jacking on soft surfaces.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M'obeechi" <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:09 PM
> Subject: Bottle Jack
>
>
> Does anyone use these instead of the stock jack?
>
> I hate the stock jack, Hi-Lift is too big for me (non-syncro), and I
> tried
> that scissor jack Bus Depot sold me, and I didn't care for that either...
>
>