by ChrisP Mon 12 May 2014, 9:55 pm
Trolley jacks are great in the garage, but heavy on the road. With a bottle jack you get the hydraulic bit to do the lifting, but not the bulk. I bought a cheap 2 tonne one from screwfix. Since the wheels add height, a bottle jack can slip under a smaller gap. It raised my 4/5 high enough to list the wheel off the ground. As well as wheel changing, I used mine to lift one side on a sloping pitch enough to slip some wood under the wheel so that when I let it off the jack the Dandy was level. Always useful to have some plywood off cuts to give a solid base to list off. Handy for the Dandy legs as well.