Which is the Strongest Car Jack? Hydraulic Press Test!

Do not try this at home!! or at any where else!!

Music Thor's Hammer-Ethan Meixell

[terrortorn]

A safety margin of two tons for a scissor jack designed to jack up only one corner of domestic cars weighing about two tons in total is an excellent safety margin.

[divabhawana]

1# CAR JACK 1:40
2# CAR JACK 2:58
3# CAR JACK 4:41
4# CAR JACK 7:07

[austinwilbanks]

Generally the rule is 2x the sticker amount. 2 ton = 4 ton before failure...etc so that 4.4 ton scissor jack is actually very good!

[deathwish]

Don't work under any vehicle using any jack. Use the jack for its intended purpose, lifting the vehicle, than use jack stands to keep it in place. If you have an unknown hydrolic leak, you can be trapped or killed.

[brunsy]

bottle jack is going to be your safest jack, linear failure that drops straight down, the scissor jacks and the cheap floor jacks will shift the load when they fail, increasing the chance of an injury.

[DoctorLodi]

For non-building applications I think a margin of safety of 2 is pretty standard (buildings are usually higher), so I wouldn’t call the jacks particularly unsafe on that front. The floor jack is probably actually the safest of the hydraulics because it’s less likely to kick out.

That said, it’s ALWAYS dangerous to go under a car supported only by a jack. You should always block the wheels and use jack stands!

[brunocorrea]

Great footage here, very useful for me, made me less afraid, lol.
But one thing to take in consideration: these failures happened with the jacks correctly placed. If they were sitting in an uneven surface or angled while loading the car's weight, they could bent more easily or just tip over. So be careful while positioning them

[cyrilio]

You forgot one that gets used all the time: 4 bricks
The ones they use when stealing your rims.

[HAKJOBSautomotive]

Return the last one to the store and tell them you put it under your Honda and this happened 😂😂😂

[Teamoneilrally]

You're doing a service to humanity, thanks from the USA!

[blower]

The strongest car jack is the Anti version of your hydraulic press from an alternate reality....where they have the Hydraulic Lift Channel, and they lift very heavy things and people ooooh and ahhhh at the mighty hydraulic lift.

[joerozier]

Those damn Hooodralics... can’t trust em 😂🤣

[calyodelphi]

It's not so much the weight capacity of the jacks that concerns me. It's their horizontal stability. Bottle jacks have really small bases, so they can just tip over super easily. Hydraulic floor jacks have casters that let them roll forward as the vehicle lifts, so the jack can shift its position without tipping over.

[CallOfDuals]

Me: I'm gonna go out with my mate Draulics
Mum: who Draulics?

[MP_mafia]

this was the best integration of a VPN sponsorship I've seen!

[metlica]

-Pin is too thich it wont break first
*SNAP*
:D

[puellanivis]

“There is not much mechanical that can fail here, so probably the hydraulics should be the only thing to fail.”
The cylinder lift _itself_ has a mechanical failure before the hydrolics.

[Slippindisc]

8000 lbs for the scissor jack isn’t very good? What are you working on, up armor humvees?

[aadkliklaminaat]

I like how he says "public". "Pooplick" 09:34

[AirborneVet]

VPN IS LIKE JACK STAND FOR YOUR INTERNET - my new favorite quote.