make a little wooden ramp that you can drive up on giving you enough ground clearance to put jack under.

 

Or you can buy a racing jack.

but the wood thing would be the simplest

 

Wood ramp for sure.

 

Floor jack/racing jack... The bottle jack takes forever unless you're an ogre!!

On my old Benz it was too low for the floor jack, I just pulled it up on 2x4s to get that extra inch


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If you want something to keep in the truck, then the next thing would be to find a scissor jack.
something for the garage, then a low profile "racing jack".

 

Thanks for the ideas. I have a wooden ramp for my M3 that will serve double duty I guess!!!

 

Rhino Ramps

My L is very low also and I bought a heavy duty low profile hydraulic floor jack that works great.

If you don't want to spend the money for a good jack, the best cheap alternative is get a set of Rhino Ramps. They are under $50, easy to move around and easy to drive on to. They give you plenty of room to slide under the truck for oil changes. See here: http://www.amazon.com/Blitz-11903-Rhino-Ramp-8000/dp/B000AMMN9O

 

Low profile race jack for the win. Two 2x4's screwed together to form a small ramp works great too. Reminds me of my mini trucking days. Always had blocks of wood in the bed for when I'd get stuck on railroad tracks or for when the rear tire would go off of the pavement at a spotlight or stop sign and just spin. LOL

 

My truck is real low in the front and the stock bottle jack will not fit under the frame. What is everyone using to replace the factory jack???

Thanks,
-Mark

AAA, don't carry a jack or a spare.

Race jack in the garage.

 

same here, got a can of fix-a-flat just incase

 

Yea, last weekend purchased my second L. On the way home I found myself in East Eygpt, Florida at dusk. I had a tire blowout on the rear. No biggie. I pull over and look behind the seat to get the jack. Hmm no console back here????(my last L was an '02) No worries, open the owners manual to find out oh, its under the seat... Look under the seat no f'ing jack. A few choice words fly out. Pick up my phone and call USAA my insurance company for Road side Asst. Guy shows up throws a jack under the L. Then says, hey I need the spare tire hoist key. More explatives fly. No f'ing key. So at this point its completely dark. I have him take me to Wally world. Home of the greatest tool rental on the planet.

I purchase a jack, lug wrench, hacksaw and some vice grips, oh and a yoga mat to lay on.

Walk out to the parking lot jack up the truck and proceed to cut the hoist. Not so much, with crap tools and no room to work. About this time a good person stop as he sees me swearing everything in the book.

He and I spend the next hour 1/16th of a turn at a time lowering the spare enough to get it loose from the hoist.

Spare goes on and I make an eternal friend. Thanks ensues and I hit the road 3 1/2 hours later.

I get on the web once a home to find out the f'ing damn lock pops out with a screwdriver. My wife loses it as I am swearing so bad a sailor would blush.

I walk outside and pop the f'ing lock out of the hoist and throw it and break out the swearing to no end.

I return to the Wally world tool rental to return the tools and get my deposit back. Thanks, Walmart for superior service in Florida...

Lessons learned...

1. Always look for the jack
2. Always insure that the lug wrench is there
3. Internet access is great, iPhones included
4. You don't need the spare tire lock key, just a pair of vice grips and a screwdriver
5. Locks are to keep honest people honest!
6. Buy beer in Florida, GA doesn't sell on Sunday(God Squad)
7. Lightning's do nice healthy burnouts on the Long Trail factory spare
8. Make sure your spare always has good air pressure
9. The Lightning looks like PWT with spare on, so beware of the looks you will get on the road.

10. Walmart is good for something other than the Walmartians emails...

$200 spent @ Walmart on God knows what. $10.99 for a 12 pack of Bud Light. Vice grips, screwdriver and duct tape...priceless!!!

No wonder my wife thinks I'm a lunatic.

 

:laughing25

 

Rhino ramps are good if you aren't too low. I cannot just drive up on them without the front fascia wanting to catch. Need to also build up some 2x4s to make your way up on them, and even doing it that way, the ramps like to slide.

Low profile jack is key.

 

My truck is pretty low in the front and I use this jack. Its craftsman and its aluminum so its fairly light.

http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10...om/shc/s/p_10155_12602_00950239000P?keyword=jack&prdNo=9&blockNo=9&blockType=L9

 

Ive got the same one and it worked great until i dropped the front down another inch. Now i have to use a scissor jack to lift the body up and then i can slide in the craftsman, what a pain in the balls:smt021

 

I can't find a low profile jack that will fit under my front fascia. I use a small one ton bottle jack under the frame at the jack point behind the front tires to lift it up about an inch or so and then I can slide a low profile jack under the front. you can buy the bottle jack at harbour freight for like 7 bucks.

 

i use a big red brand 3.5 ton low lift hi rise jack... it goes down to around 3.25 inches and lifts to over 22" i can get it under the front of my LX and everything else i have tried to lift with it. its heavy as **** though

 

Why you going under the front, why not go through the side right behind the front wheels?

 

I wasnt going through the front. I used a friends jack today for testing purposes, and I have very little clearance to get the stock bottle under the truck even on the side. If the tire was flat I would be able to get it under at all, looks like the wood ramp and bottle is the ticket for on the road emergencies.

 

I have very little clearance to get the stock bottle under the truck even on the side.

Your truck is still pretty high then.

 

Low-Profile jack from Harbor Freight FTW. Although when I have my 16" race wheels on, even that won't fit under the damn truck, so ya might as well just make some 2x4s too..

 

Could've bought the 1.5 ton cheaper one, but I love this 2-ton dual piston racing jack:

Local Harbor Freight had them on sale for $159, and I also used one of their 20% off coupons... I think it cost me like $130? Best money I ever spent. BTW, currently on sale at $179 (reg $219). Looks better every day LOL.

 

I've got the same one and it fits under my truck from any angle (any my L is pretty low)

 

Iditched my usless Bottle Jack and bought a Torin Scissor Jack from Northern Tool http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200305251_200305251. Placed it inside a Ridgid Large Heavy Duty Big-mouth Tool Bag http://www.amazon.com/Ridgid-Large-Heavy-Duty-Big-mouth/dp/B001TNU97G and bungeed it to my bed extender. The Scissor Jack isn’t a small light weight item, so those concerned about saving weight and space wouldn’t be interested.