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Originally Posted by B58 parts
Are you asking if you can lift the entire X5 from one central point, all four wheels? Lol. Think about center of gravity and balance on an x and y-axis. I don't think any car and floor jack has ever done that, and if anyone ever tried, something bad or really bad happened.
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No, at most I would swap two front wheels and two back wheels (staggered setup) - I am not that young anymore and I don't work on my vehicles to change oil and stuff - there is an indie and dealers for that. Last week my wife's SUV had a flat and I got there before Geico but unfortunately I did not have any good jack (except the widow maker from my vehicle). I used that carefully and changed her tire (I had a spare for her car). That got me thinking that it would be good to have a proper jack that I could use both in my home garage and throw in the back of the car for emergencies. Therefore I was thinking of Aluminum Floor Jacks - the lightest one that I could get away with. Unlike many on this forum, I don't routinely work on my car so the Jack would be used perhaps twice a year in my garage to rotate tires with the help of jack stands. I looked at the big Daytona Jack but it's an overkill for my situation, takes up space and will offer no portability. Still undecided
I saw this image in one of the reviews on HF website. The big, long reach Daytona jacks are on the top and I am leaning towards the blue Aluminum 3 ton Pittsburgh Jack in the middle. Its actually a bit more expensive than the Daytona long reach but better suited for my limited garage space and perhaps more portable?
