I have one of those also, from Harbor Freight.  Had mine for about 6-7
years, originally bought and used it with my racecar at the track..and used
it hard.  Nice, especially for the price.  Love the lightness of it.
Mine is a bit touchy with the 'lowering' function.  Turn the handle to lower
the vehicle but it's difficult to control a 'very slow letdown'  Can be
done, but you must develop a 'touch' for it or else it sticks, sticks.
sticks and then..."whoosh!" down she goes quickly.  Also not quite up to the
task of lifting the Vanagon's whole front or back like I did with my P-car
racer...Again, can be done carefully, but it stresses the capacity of the
jack a bit more than I like.  Nice wheels under the jack, too and the handle
makes a good 'cheater bar".
  Don Hanson

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:

> Benn Ogling at that $169 aluminum floor jack in the Tire Rack
> website?  I bought one last June while I was there and I haven't been
> disappointed with it so far.  Yes, it is made in China, but most of
> us use our jacks occasionally, not 10 hours a day.  It's pluses are
> that it will get under really low vehicles(not a concern of Vanagon
> folk, but most of us own another vehicle for backup), it only weighs
> 50#, the handle is long, but comes apart into two pieces for
> travel.  I intend to take it on long trips as the lift platform
> raises very quickly and the cheapo Larin jack I bought for this
> purpose doesn't cut it anymore.  End of report.
>
> DM&FS
>