While you may get by with one floor jack, having 3 in the shop for different tasks make more sense. We reached out to Harbor Freight to as for 2 DAYTONA jacks and one BADLAND off-road jack. #sponsored We have the 3-ton DAYTONA Heavy Duty Jack in metallic purple, we have the all-aluminum (mostly) DAYTONA low profile 1.5-ton floor jack, and the BADLAND 3-ton Off-Road Jack. #harborfreight #tools #shoplife
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I'm sorry I didn't see you there I was Just polishing my Jack we think there are three types of Floor jack that every automotive shop Needs now you may get by with just one Floor jack or one type of floor jack but We think these three would Aid in the Different types of light cars and trucks That you may be working on so what Better place to go for floor jacks than To Harbor Freight because you can get All three at the same location at least Most of the locations carry these model Jacks you may have to shop around or get One shipped to you now Harbor Freight Did provide these Jacks for us we did Not go out and buy these they provided These so they are somewhat sponsoring This video by providing the Jacks now Let's dig into each three of these Jacks I think you can kind of see where we're Going with this uh by what you're Looking at here we have a light duty and Very lowprofile Jack we have the a large Service Jack for lifting up you know all That you need to and then we kind of Have the off-road style Jack as well Let's take a closer look I guess we'll Call this one the Purple People Eater It's definitely a deep purple in fact a Deep purple metallic and this is the Daytona 3 ton Superduty high performance Floor jack and it's got what they call Their rapid pump system uh and you
Actually have a dual pump design we'll Show that to you here on the back also One of the things they claim is a Magnetic filtration system I don't know The details on it but I'm assuming it's Got a magnet in it and anytime there's Any uh metal from Seals and uh the uh Internal workings of the pump as they Start to wear I'm assuming that magnet Attracts that keeping that metal from Circulating through the fluid and Through the actual hydraulic system now This thing is built like a tank as it Should be it needs to lift 3 tons which Is 6,000 lb by the way if you take 3 * 2,000 it's 2,000 lb per ton yeah that's Simple math 6,000 lb anyway so it needs To be beefy and it is I believe this Thing weighs in at like 104 lb so it's Definitely not for the light at heart But it is built very very well one of The things I really liked about this and This may seem very simplistic but if you Look on these front wheels right here we Have a grease zerk fitting right there So you can actually Grease the front Wheels they're not rubber they are solid Steel uh and I would imagine it's Probably just a bushing in there however You can grease that so you that squeak Squeak squeak all the time when you're Pulling your jack around well on this One if it starts doing that then grease It up and you're good to go so a lot
More fluid motion this is pretty much an All steel design uh some of the others Are built out of aluminum this one is Not I believe it looks like quarter inch Plate see if we can't measure that Without uh hurting our paint there yeah So 0.258 so I would call that quarter inch Or they're close to it now the minimum Height on this I believe they claim uh 3 And 3/4 in but let's go ahead and check That so we'll move this down to there Yeah I would say so so 3.76 in at the Lowest height and we get a two-piece Steel handle this is not an aluminum Handle it's steel but it's going to go Together very easily The back wheels are just casters again They're solid steel design no uh no Grease fittings on those wouldn't expect To it be hard to get to but anyway they Do roll quite well allows you to Maneuver that around even though this Thing is 104 lb installing the handle is Easy basically you may have to turn it a Little bit to make sure that this meshes With the Internal fitting in there and then it's Just going to slip in you you see that Little detent right there that popped Out as I slid it in so it's going to Slide in without effort to pull it back Out pull this pin out and slide it up so Again going in snaps right into place
And we can see right here this dual pump Design so we have dual Pistons right Here that's actually pumping the Fluid and we'll go ahead and close this Off and now we'll see This rise quite Rapidly so it looks like less than five Pumps to the top and I believe this is Supposed to be a little more than 23 yeah so I got right at 23 maybe 23 And a 16th maybe 23 and an eigh which I think The what they claim maybe the top of These little teeth right here uh but Regardless we're right at a little over 23 on the max height and by the way even On the back side of this we see that Complete boxed in design here giving us More strength and rigidity especially With with this arm all the way up so It's going to what this is going to do Is keep this from actually flexing and Twisting so we're all the way down Handles tight one full pump Two 3 4 so about four and a half a little less Than four and a half pumps to the Top now in addition to the grease zerk Fittings on the front wheels we also Have a zerk fitting here which is going To grease this pinion right here where This arm actually pivots on keeping that Nice and smooth if we look here on the
Rear we have a grease fitting here and Another grease fitting right there for Again greasing these pinion points right Here as well which that is for the Actual handle motion and pumping the Pistons there this Jack comes with a Three-year warranty and you can pick This up uh for about $300 right now I'm Seeing it at 2 $89.99 or $290 now we're flipping things around Compared to the other one that weighed Down at 104 lbs this weighs in at only 36 lb so much lighter Jack here made of Mostly aluminum and fact the the side Plates here are made out of 7/16 in Aluminum so let's check that Out so yeah it looks like uh the side Plates here on the lifting mechanism and The side plates on the jack are right Under a/ in which would be 7/16 we also Get a very low profile design let's see If we can get somewhere here for a Measurement and we can do That both on the plate there so at 2.4 In but this also comes out so we can get Even Lower And looking that just over 2 in so not Even 2.1 in on that lowest Setting now obviously we have a step up Here in the Jack so this is not going to Slide way under a vehicle but most of The time when you're dealing with those Lowprofile vehicles uh like a lot of
Your Europeans or when people are Lowering typically you're lifting from The pinch welds on the side of the car Anyway you're not going all the way Under uh to the uh to the you know rear End chunk or something like that or You're just trying to get into the side Of the vehicle get it lifted up get it On jack stands whatever you need to do So this is a perfect Jack for that also Typically you're dealing with those Lighter vehicles and not needing a 3ton Jack so that 1 and 1/2 ton that's going To lift that 3,000 lb again we're doing That simple math 2,000 lb a ton 1.5 * 2,000 there you go 3,000 voila that's How that Works two-piece aluminum handle here Nice knurling here on one end but we do Have a steel insert right here at the End of the Handle by the way very easy to move this Around that is going to slide down and This you actually have a screw in knob Here that goes into that Groove that Holds that handle in so you don't just Pull this out when you're ready to pull The handle out just unscrew that a few Turns pull out the handle and you're Good but this is steel down here so it's Not going to wear like aluminum would so I'm glad to see they put with just a Roll pin that steel insert it's not Going to wear away and then again screw
That in lock that down get a door piston Design Here let's take a Look we'll see how many pumps One Two 3 Four yep so about four and a a little More than four and A2 with a Max height Of 16 and 1/4 in looks like yeah about 16 and a/4 for the max Height again the great thing about this Jack it weighs in at only 36 lb so easy To carry around wouldn't say easy but Much easier than any other Jack and we Get that very low profile design and by The way looks quite nice as well the Machining here on the side just looks Kind of cool get swivel casters here on The back they seem to be aluminum and Here on the front we have a single Machined wheel here on the front You're going to get a 90-day warranty on This and it's going to cost you about $280 and as you can see this Jack here Is built for the outdoors or at least uh Built a little more rugged than the Other floor jacks that you typically see Uh this is the only floor jack of the Three that you have to partially Somewhat assemble other than just Installing the handle and it's really Not that you have to assemble anything You do have to put the wheels on which
By the way that's a pretty cool feature I'll show you here in just one minute But this is the Badlands 3 ton off-road Jack so again 3 tons 6,000 lb just want To be very clear on how much load you Can put on this Jack so it should be Absolutely plenty for any of your Off-roading trucks or vehicles to be Able to Jack the front end up or the Back end up or or one of the corners uh Also the large wheels these are solid Wheels uh that are going to be able to Bear the weight as well as be able to Roll around not just on the concrete but Through your your gravel and dirt and Other places as well even Rock uneven Surfaces going to handle that well uh This weighs in not quite as heavy as the The Big Jack but at about um 70 lb I Believe 72 lb I believe is the exact uh Weight on this or or thereabouts um so Pretty heavy not just you're not going To sling it around like the 36 lb all Aluminum Jack uh but you are going to be Able to pick this up we got an Integrated handle right there kind of a Soft flexible rubber handle and by the Way this Jack uh meets asme and pasc Standards as well so as I mentioned These wheels will be off when you get The Jack let me uh just run one off real Quick I wanted to show you this so you Get a large locking nut which by the way That looks
Stainless and washer Here slide that Off sealed bearings in there so it rolls Very nicely you see this stepped axle Here and this axle if you notice goes All the way through so solid steel axle All the way across on the front and back Let's get this back On that washer goes on the Outside and 19 Mm and it rolls very Well and we have the Dual piston design Here as well and also the handle easily Goes in and on this one it doesn't just Pull out you will actually thread that In to lock the handle into place and Just like on the front we have a solid Axle going all the way through you see It right there in front of this plate Here going all the way across this Providing that additional stability and Strength and you see this locking pin Right here what this does if it's if It's up it's actually uh freeing up this Handle here so it will move uh but You'll see this little groove right here And what that's for if we flip that down Now when we come down you'll hear it Click there it goes and so what that Enables you to do is now use the handle To lift this up on the back wheels and Steer this around wherever you need To now at the minimum uh spacing here I Really can't go all the way through here
To the bottom so we'll have to get an Idea or either take their word for it But looks like a about six a little more Than 6 in and what they're claiming is 6 And 1/4 in so I believe it's 6 and 1/4 In as far as minimum lift so that's how Much clearance you need to actually Slide that under as well as if you have Lifted Vehicles then this comes with it As well and so you find the holes in There and you can thread these Down and then you can actually pull this Pin lift this Up and now you've got a minimum height Of about 14 in a little less than 14 In this can be used if you want to but You don't have to and by the way the Allen wrench right here if you want to Tighten those down and leave them on There is actually on board the Jack Which is pretty Cool and then Max height all the way up With the extension is 29 looks like Right at 29 in maybe just a touch more Cup couple of really cool features here Number one that allen wrench I was Telling you about right here there's a Little spring on this little bolt right Here and that's where that allen wrench Slides onto so it's keeping tension on That you tuck it away back there but Again it's not flopping around it's got That spring tension on it pull it out That stays there but put it back in easy
To do so but retains that allen wrench And what you'll get you'll get this Little bracket right here with it as Well and it's going to that big hole is Going to go right over the top of that Valve adjustment which by the way you Shouldn't be touching and once you get Those screws Started cinch it Down and then This going to go right in here and not Only that not only will this clip over Here but also you see this right here is Going to thread in to right there So as you're bumping Around this is going to stay nice and Retained but it's there easy to get to To remove when you need it and the main Construction part of this Jack is Aluminum as well and I believe 7/16 There yeah so just under a/ inch thick Of aluminum plate there on the internal And external and just so you see here's A magnet here sticks there To those shafts looks like stainless Right there barely sticking to it so a Little bit of Ferris metal in there but You see here nothing at all so Definitely made of aluminum on the Bottom we get a full length skid plate On here that's not necessarily for Strength that's just for when you're Dragging this thing around it's not Actually catching somewhere on the frame
As you're dragging it over tree roots Rocks gravel that sort of thing so Really like to see that to again just Make that easier to move around the Badland 3 ton Jack's going to run you About $280 and is going to come with a 90day Warranty now listen you don't have to go For the beauty queen here they have Several different models in this 3 ton Category we do like the fact that this One is combining number one some of the Cool features and the metallic purple And the different colors as well as Still some lowprofile design the heavy Lifting the rapid pump and being nice And heavy duty with things like greased Wheels and that sort of thing also uh The lighter 36lb Jack that comes in very Handy uh when you're not working on a Heavy vehicle that you can sling this One around a lot easier than slinging The large one around and then the Off-road Jack that is great listen I've Seen tons of shops that have plenty of Concrete around with service bays and Everything else and you still see a Mechanic that's out in the yard Somewhere taking off a wheel taking off A tire jacking up a truck pulling a Transmission out it just happens all the Time dealerships uh small automotive Shops doesn't matter you still see those Cars being worked on outside of the shop
And this comes in very handy and Especially if you're off-roading this is Another very handy Jack to have built Very heavy duty and it's going to be Able to lift even sitting on the grass Or the gravel or the Rocks we've already Covered the pricing and the warranty all These you know where you can find them At Harbor Freight hey keep track of us On Instagram Facebook Twitter and even Tik Tok and if you don't mind would you Hit that like And subscribe button if You haven't done so already and by all Means if you hated our video on the Harbor Freight Jacks then let us know in The comments and by all means give us a Thumbs down have a great day and keep Smiling