What's best floor jack for Dynas?
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No! "The Porkchopper" ! LOL
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"Investment" is one of those overused words by those who don't really understand it. e.g car sales people like to say "your investment" when they refer to your new car. Investment is only when you gain profits by what you spent. Your nice jack loses value by every ding and scratch it gets. If you decided to sell it you'd lose money.
You could say you Saved money by buying one quality tool, one time.
Which takes us back to the point I was trying to make.
Look at it this way. A Nikon D5 camera is rated for 400,000 shutter counts, meaning after taking as many photos the shutter may fail. It costs over $7500. A Nikon D750 is rated for 150,000 shutter counts and costs $1500.
Now, let's say someone went to a photography website and asked: What's the best Nikon camera for taking FX format pictures?
To me, the best answer would be something like this: How many pictures will you be taking? Do you use a lot of manual settings in the camera that's available only on certain models? Whats your work flow?
If it was a Jack, I would ask: Do you need it to be fast, Do you need to move the bike after it's up? How many times a months or a year do you expect to use it?
Would you recommend the D5 camera to a guy who does photography while on vacation or as a hobby? Would he be making an investment?
Now, think about your "BS" comment in your previous post.
You could say you Saved money by buying one quality tool, one time.
Which takes us back to the point I was trying to make.
Look at it this way. A Nikon D5 camera is rated for 400,000 shutter counts, meaning after taking as many photos the shutter may fail. It costs over $7500. A Nikon D750 is rated for 150,000 shutter counts and costs $1500.
Now, let's say someone went to a photography website and asked: What's the best Nikon camera for taking FX format pictures?
To me, the best answer would be something like this: How many pictures will you be taking? Do you use a lot of manual settings in the camera that's available only on certain models? Whats your work flow?
If it was a Jack, I would ask: Do you need it to be fast, Do you need to move the bike after it's up? How many times a months or a year do you expect to use it?
Would you recommend the D5 camera to a guy who does photography while on vacation or as a hobby? Would he be making an investment?
Now, think about your "BS" comment in your previous post.
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I purposely avoided this thread because j&s would have come up almost immediately...but, the thread kept popping up at the top for days... so i had to see why. Good lord. I've been missing out on comedy.
the Fear Lift (modded sear/hft/etc) is not the best lol. Whenever i lift the dyna, i have to spend, at least, a 1/2 to ensure that i've gotten it right. Then another 10 minutes putting jack stands under the frame to be sure the bike is good if the load shifts... another 5-10 minutes for ratchet straps... because i dont want the bike jumping off the lift.....
with a j&s... all that could probably be done in 10 minutes. Should have went j&s long ago...
look at the retod-ed lift situation here:
the Fear Lift (modded sear/hft/etc) is not the best lol. Whenever i lift the dyna, i have to spend, at least, a 1/2 to ensure that i've gotten it right. Then another 10 minutes putting jack stands under the frame to be sure the bike is good if the load shifts... another 5-10 minutes for ratchet straps... because i dont want the bike jumping off the lift.....
with a j&s... all that could probably be done in 10 minutes. Should have went j&s long ago...
look at the retod-ed lift situation here:
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It's why we work
When you get in to doing mods and spinning wrenches on a Dyna a good lift like the J&S is invaluable to have. The J&S is so simple to use I keep my Wide Glide on it all the time, if I'm not riding it, she's on the lift.
There were a few too many pucker moments in the past working on my Dyna's while they were on cheap lifts, a good lift is peace of mind and makes many tasks we all like to do easier.
Cvaria coined the term for the cheap lifts: 'fear lift'...
There were a few too many pucker moments in the past working on my Dyna's while they were on cheap lifts, a good lift is peace of mind and makes many tasks we all like to do easier.
Cvaria coined the term for the cheap lifts: 'fear lift'...
