Just wondering about the tiny jack underneath my seat being strong enough to change spare tire in the middle of nowhere. Anybody ever have to use it?

 

Are you trying to lift the whole truck?????or just one wheel, I would be suprised if one wheel will have that much weight on it, if it does you are way overloaded

 

I usually carry a hydraulic in my tool box. (Just a thought. It's easier to get at!)

 

I mean't 7000 as the total weight of truck . Sorry for not being specific. I was just wondering if the stock jack could safely and reliably lift the diesel front end of my 7000lb truck. When I use my 4000lb hydrauliuc floor jack to do work on truck in garage it seems like I'm taxing it , so I was just wondering if the stock jack would be depenable somewhere else not near my garage. Thanks.

 

I had to use mine early last month when I picked up someone's 6" long 1/4" drive extension in my 3 day old left front tire.
The stock jack is definately slower than my 3 1/2 ton floor jack, but it seemed to be very stabile when the truck was lifted.

Ed

 

I hear ya Alltork, I guess it would pick it up but boy I know what you mean. I would want to get what ever I was doing done as quick as I could if I did use it that is for sure.

 

I wondered what happened to that extension

 

Ya, I used it. First off, I must say that is a great place under the pass seat to store it--very easy to get to. My ol chev had it burried under the back seat.

Anyway, I was hauling a double axle trailer with wood when a tire blew. So it was a modest load. I was a bit worried about the tires before I left, my buddy that I borrowed it from assured me that the tires were good. Right! So I left the spare on top of the wood and put in a 6x6 block of wood.

the jack is very slow. The block of wood was a must, probably saved and hour worth of cranking . It seemed sturdy enough, but I felt better not having it extended all the way because of the block. Well, don't know if that helps, but I'd say it is ok in an emergency.