My dad was actually a heavy machinery field mechanic, he worked on a lot of Hyster equipment. We lost him in 2004 to an accident, seeing the inside of that truck just brought back a lot of happy memories.
I love your appreciation for a nice tool. In my days in the coal industry I found that the mechanics who took advantage of the tool allowance to take better care than those who let the company provide.
Is it weird that I find your videos long and short really good to watch,it’s great to hear a proper working man talk I’m not a mechanic but I’m in the construction industry (scaffolder) and it’s just nice to hear a proper down to earth bloke make videos keep them coming from a supporter from England 🏴 Dan 👍👍
Automotive shop drone here. We have a 3 ton harbor freight jack we use every day. Same style as yours with the aluminum frame. We had a second harbor freight jack up until recently as well. They're really no more dangerous than any other floor jack since you should only ever use it to get the vehicle on stands.
I’ve got a rail Jack in my van for my jacking purposes and everything you said is absolutely true. Heavy. Unwieldy. Imprecise. I will be purchasing one of these toe jacks. Thanks for the video!!!
I’m a forklift tech in the pnw. I’ve never seen a toe jack on somebody’s van. 99% of the time just a normal forklift jack usually the 10K. Bottle jacks are great to fit in somewhere and put some real force on something, like you would with a port-a-power. I have both a 10K and 15k forklift jacks on my van and it works well for me. Super rare but when it won’t fit under an epj I generally get it on some wood
Man, you're so entertaining. I found your channel through your shorts about 6 months ago and I've watched everything you've made so far. Love your sense of humor and presentation.
As a retired forklift tech of 20+ years, I would have loved to have one of those toe jacks. I can see where it would be beneficial to have that. You are right those old Clark forklift jacks are heavy as hell and sometimes a pain in the ass. Love your channel and shorts.
My buddy just picked up a TEMCo Hydraulic Crimper, and it's SUPER nice. I would have no hesitation using that jack judging from their quality in using that Hydraulic Crimper.
I love hearing and learning about this stuff. As one I've the people tearing up reach trucks, order pickers, and stand up counterbalances on the daily I appreciate knowing what goes into maintaining them
Cool video. Thats the first jack like that I've seen. I can definitely understand how handy it can be. I have only seen the rotating pump assembly on some special jacks like transmission jacks. It looks like it is a well made and thought out jack.
I have several hydraulic jacks but, my two favorites (though rarely used) are screw jacks. One is a 'locomotive' jack, probably 25t. The other I think is the factory jack from a Model A Ford, with a 6 foot handle on it, so I can get WAY underneath things with low clearance.
I can’t believe how interesting your videos are, even if I don’t think I’m interested in the subject to be interested at first. So glad I subscribed. Thank you
Love your policy on showcasing tools. It follows what I consider a good tool showcase "If it doesn't what it says on the tin and it isn't a hassle to use."
If I hadn't retired almost 3 months ago, I would pass this along to the guy, outside contractor, that worked on a lot of the different walk behind powered jacks we use. Would have been a hell of a time saver! I don't know how many times I saw him having to use forklift forks to replace the load baring wheels on our 40 or so different lifts!
My work recently invested in a toe jack & roller set from Hilman. They make moving the dyno carts in & out of the cells much less of a PITA than the old method of dual pallet jacks, prybars, and brute force.
Man, you just gave me a great idea for my new side job to make my life easier! I can use a toe-jack in lifting and leveling sidewalk slabs with poly-foam. Bruh - thanks
I'm just a regular auto mechanic. Doing school, and getting field time. I will say, the shop I work at has 2 3.5 ton jacks, a pneumatic trailer jack (I never read the maximum load capacity), and a 10 ton bottle jack. Can't forget the jackstands, obviously! But I have definitely had my pain with each kind. Especially the bottle jack, with how it doesn't return down until I put my... Very small amount of weight on it to make it return back slowly. (Extra emphasis on slowly...). But I really do love this jack design. I might get one for myself, though I don't work on forklifts or anything. Especially that return spring.
This guy is worth subscribing to - he’s obviously a genuine guy and I’d guess a real humanist at heart - he may disagree, but he’d be lying. 👍 keep being the good guy dude
A nice addition I made for my bottle jack is a knurled knob for the release valve. Then I can leave the pump handle in the pump and lower it by only turning the knob. Easy to make if you have a lathe but can be done without it too.
Very usefull jack. I work on forklifts on occasion but we contract out most work to someone like you. I however work on machines and control panels daily. And that jack is used alot. I'm jealous how it rotates. I gotta look into that jack.
I know usually I don’t say much but I just wanted to say you’re doing a great job reading your comments and interacting 99% of CZcamsrs don’t do that so keep it up
2:13 I've used that jack to help lift my 93 Nissan Parhfinder rear axle housing to do a 5-link bushing job. Srill had rear of truck in jack stands, which coincidentally were the recalled ones that would drop fown do to bad pawl design. Also did a strut replacement on a 98 Chevy Prizim. The low profile helped fet under car easily. Still got the jack. Its heavy AF though.
Omg Funk have you seen the new DCF850 with a 3/8” anvil mod? It’s an entire inch shorter than the DCF923 and packs about 75% of the punch. What an incredible machine.
That 1.5 ton HF racing jack is actually a good one. I use it almost daily. Keep it maintained and it works. It's light and has the balls to lift any vehicle I work on. It's a joke tool but damn thing works
Been in the automotive field for 20odd years and have never seen one of those at all! I only use the run of the mill hydraulic jacks, I think my big one is maybe 5 tonne and then a few 2 tonne ones. I’d like to get one of the pneumatic operated large jacks one day, and one of those huge ones they use for trucks. Always have my eye open for beat to hell ones that are cheap so I can restore one.
I have one of those 1.5 aluminum Jack's. I liked it. It wasn't the most stable but for the basics it works... when it wasn't broken. Been too lazy to fix it for the past 5 years. Needs oil and an o ring lol
Great content as always....Street smart with a dry af sense of humor, my Man!!! Ive got a pair of approx 75yo railroad jacks, 60T and 100T and they will lift ANYTHING (with a solid steel 9' jack handle rod of course) Those bastards weigh prolly 150 and 180lbs respectively....yet growing up on a farm i remember watching one of the hands grab either one with one hand and sling it under an arm and just walk TF off with it.....same Cat that would palm the end of a railroad cross tie in EACH hand and walk off dragging both of them behind him....men naturally THAT strong are hard to find anymore.
I bought one for moving equipment around my shop. Jack it up and block it, put a pallet jack under it and move it. Set it on blocks and use jack to lower it. Help is never around when you need to move something that weighs 5000lbs
Everybody needs money, but please don't become one of those tool review guys like VCG Construction. This video is pretty chill and I appreciate that you are transparent about the fact it was given to you.
Def a fan of the Raymond reach trucks, the ones with the drive handle on the side is even better. It always amazes me how often the front wheels get destroyed
Been using a rail jack for 20 years. Super reliable and simple but love to try that hydraulic toe jack one day. And your right about the standard type hydraulic forklift jack sucks on almost every way especially the weight.
I go out of my way to use anything else to jack up trucks besides the stupid heavy bain of my existence jacks. Im a toyota industrial tech also by the way. I feel your pain.
I never thought I would see the day where you would be jacking it on the channel but here we are🤣🤣 Seriously, that jack does look legit. I'm tempted to look into one for myself.
We were a reasonably well equipped shop, but that's all we had rail/ trolley jacks. 80 lb's cast iron, and yes dangerous. Almost killed myself with one. The old 4X4 under the mast uprights and tilt forward to get the front off . The rail jack, one side at a time to get the rear wheel up, unless the counter weight was off.
I have almost the same version of the "harbour freight" aluminium jack and didn't have a problem yet... The 1,5t cheap as chips steel version though - that is sketchy af - bent it on it's 10th use and the cylinder is leaking etc... I guess it is still not bad for the money if you count every lift job at ~2$
I use the Aluminum 2.5 ton jack from Harbor freight for my wheel business. Believe it or not they work great, the only reason ove had them fail is the bolts rattle loose. So if you buy one, take it apart and lock-tite everything and reassemble.
I didn't even know these existed until looking through a link I received from Vevor just yesterday and one of these was in it. I was scratching my head wondering: why I would ever need one of these? Well hell, now I know!
"You never trust hydraulics, you always block it"... That's what my dad taught me.... But now I'm having flashbacks to Andrew Camarata welding the frame on his backhoe having it supported only by the hydraulics above him. You could see it sink down gradually in the video if you skipped around.
In Portugal every forklift mechanic have one of those. Their are great, besides the weight. Like you said, for whom work with warehouse forklift its almost an everuday tool.
Ooooh Buddy I've got a handful of them and they are Lifesavers. I have found over the years whatever the weight rating is on the jack you can generally triple that I successfully😂
I hope more company's send you free stuff and it will be nice gear, because they know with your honesty if its crap you might say here they need to "get ......"
Yep their great. Works in all most every situation. The drawback is is that sometimes it’s not tall enough. However, if you have oak blocks I have set things up chalk them and within regain my lifting height with the Jack on top of the blocks. I can’t stress enough. Oak is super hard or other similar hard objects should be used. One thing that you did not mention about this Jack is that it’s not meant for forklifts tho Toyota shows the similar Jack in their manual. This is an industrial Jack, which means that you can use it sideways in order to push something around. So I would imagine do I have not tried upside down the Jack should work, and just about any position that you were going to put it.
Henceforth.... He shall be called..... "Jack of All Trades" No he doesn't spend all day jacking around... Love the no nonsense attitude Vids my friend bare with my sad attempt at humor it's my actual birthday today....61 Once upon a time I have had many hats worn😁👍
i had that 1.5 ton jack from HF for over 10 years of almost daily use and she held up fine for brake jobs and small lifts on the corner of a car. great jack for a beginner and at a decent price.
Interesting content. I have not given much thought to different industries and the special types of jacks they might need. Before you had the toe jack, how would you lift the low clearance situations like the load wheels? Would you have to use another fork lift or did you have another method?
I noticed you're a Toyota forklift mechanic, ask your boss to order you a camber jack. It's this little yellow wedge with wheels that you throw under the base legs and makes quick work of changing load wheels. Being as you work for Toyota, it should be available from your parts department. I work as a Raymond tech (but as with every other forklift repair company / dealer, we deal with everything), and it's standard issued equipment for us.
Sometimes the counterweights are at an angle to the ground, so if you need to lift with the toe jack, you'll need to put some blocks under the jack, and lift it on the towing recess
"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Peter Gibbons, Office Space
My dad was actually a heavy machinery field mechanic, he worked on a lot of Hyster equipment. We lost him in 2004 to an accident, seeing the inside of that truck just brought back a lot of happy memories.
I love your appreciation for a nice tool. In my days in the coal industry I found that the mechanics who took advantage of the tool allowance to take better care than those who let the company provide.
Is it weird that I find your videos long and short really good to watch,it’s great to hear a proper working man talk I’m not a mechanic but I’m in the construction industry (scaffolder) and it’s just nice to hear a proper down to earth bloke make videos keep them coming from a supporter from England 🏴 Dan 👍👍
Love that you were transparent about you getting it for free and that you weren't just bullshitting viewers for a quick buck. Keep grinding brother
Automotive shop drone here. We have a 3 ton harbor freight jack we use every day. Same style as yours with the aluminum frame. We had a second harbor freight jack up until recently as well. They're really no more dangerous than any other floor jack since you should only ever use it to get the vehicle on stands.
They're disposable, sure you could reseal/rebuild, but for the price almost no one bothers.
I’ve got a rail Jack in my van for my jacking purposes and everything you said is absolutely true. Heavy. Unwieldy. Imprecise.
I will be purchasing one of these toe jacks. Thanks for the video!!!
I work in the container business and we use these jacks for leveling shipping containers in order to install lock boxes etc. Real useful tool!
I’m a forklift tech in the pnw. I’ve never seen a toe jack on somebody’s van. 99% of the time just a normal forklift jack usually the 10K. Bottle jacks are great to fit in somewhere and put some real force on something, like you would with a port-a-power. I have both a 10K and 15k forklift jacks on my van and it works well for me. Super rare but when it won’t fit under an epj I generally get it on some wood
Man, you're so entertaining. I found your channel through your shorts about 6 months ago and I've watched everything you've made so far. Love your sense of humor and presentation.
Same for me just this week.
We use the same jack. Great tool and when we had an issue the company repaired it free of charge
As a retired forklift tech of 20+ years, I would have loved to have one of those toe jacks. I can see where it would be beneficial to have that. You are right those old Clark forklift jacks are heavy as hell and sometimes a pain in the ass. Love your channel and shorts.
As a forklift mechanic myself I will definitely be picking one up. I just got my stool the other day, that you had on your video. It's great
I didn’t realize how many people had a use for the stool. The one I linked in that video sold out.
Thanks to you I found out about it, no more sitting on a bucket or a crate lol..
My buddy just picked up a TEMCo Hydraulic Crimper, and it's SUPER nice. I would have no hesitation using that jack judging from their quality in using that Hydraulic Crimper.
I was looking at that. I could use it for making battery cables.
@@FunkFPV exactly what we got it for. Excellent crimps. Great price 👍
I love hearing and learning about this stuff. As one I've the people tearing up reach trucks, order pickers, and stand up counterbalances on the daily I appreciate knowing what goes into maintaining them
Cool video. Thats the first jack like that I've seen. I can definitely understand how handy it can be. I have only seen the rotating pump assembly on some special jacks like transmission jacks. It looks like it is a well made and thought out jack.
Good review, very happy with your transparency about this. Great videos all around, love the narration and in person shots!! keep up the great work!!
I have several hydraulic jacks but, my two favorites (though rarely used) are screw jacks. One is a 'locomotive' jack, probably 25t. The other I think is the factory jack from a Model A Ford, with a 6 foot handle on it, so I can get WAY underneath things with low clearance.
I used these for years in heat treat, setting equipment, working on charge cars, all sorts of stuff. Fantastic tool
I can see how that small jack would be handy for working on forklifts but when working on tractors a highlift jack is your best friend
i stumbled across this channel via youtube short clips, it's very entertaining and informative !!!!
I can’t believe how interesting your videos are, even if I don’t think I’m interested in the subject to be interested at first. So glad I subscribed. Thank you
Love your policy on showcasing tools. It follows what I consider a good tool showcase "If it doesn't what it says on the tin and it isn't a hassle to use."
If I hadn't retired almost 3 months ago, I would pass this along to the guy, outside contractor, that worked on a lot of the different walk behind powered jacks we use. Would have been a hell of a time saver! I don't know how many times I saw him having to use forklift forks to replace the load baring wheels on our 40 or so different lifts!
Some forklift companies will not let you have the real jacks because they are unsafe. I have that exact jack. Had it for a few years. Very good jack.
My work recently invested in a toe jack & roller set from Hilman. They make moving the dyno carts in & out of the cells much less of a PITA than the old method of dual pallet jacks, prybars, and brute force.
Man, you just gave me a great idea for my new side job to make my life easier! I can use a toe-jack in lifting and leveling sidewalk slabs with poly-foam. Bruh - thanks
Thanks for the video! I'm a carpenter and often wondered if a jack like that existed but never saw one until now. And now I know what they are called!
Bryan from TemCo said a lot of construction guys use these for jacking up support beams.
I'm really glad I subbed to this channel. Great insight.
I'm just a regular auto mechanic. Doing school, and getting field time. I will say, the shop I work at has 2 3.5 ton jacks, a pneumatic trailer jack (I never read the maximum load capacity), and a 10 ton bottle jack. Can't forget the jackstands, obviously! But I have definitely had my pain with each kind. Especially the bottle jack, with how it doesn't return down until I put my... Very small amount of weight on it to make it return back slowly. (Extra emphasis on slowly...). But I really do love this jack design. I might get one for myself, though I don't work on forklifts or anything. Especially that return spring.
This guy is worth subscribing to - he’s obviously a genuine guy and I’d guess a real humanist at heart - he may disagree, but he’d be lying. 👍 keep being the good guy dude
A nice addition I made for my bottle jack is a knurled knob for the release valve. Then I can leave the pump handle in the pump and lower it by only turning the knob. Easy to make if you have a lathe but can be done without it too.
I have had this thing saved in my Amazon cart for a year...I think this video is gonna make me finally pull the trigger 👍
I did get mine for free but I’d be happy to buy one after using it these past weeks.
Love these videos!
Very usefull jack. I work on forklifts on occasion but we contract out most work to someone like you. I however work on machines and control panels daily. And that jack is used alot. I'm jealous how it rotates. I gotta look into that jack.
I know usually I don’t say much but I just wanted to say you’re doing a great job reading your comments and interacting 99% of CZcamsrs don’t do that so keep it up
Thanks 😊 Half the reason I do is this is to chat with cool people.
I’m a pm tech and none of are guys have one of those jacks would come in handy a few weeks ago it’s cool to see some of the stuff I do day to day
Don't need one, but I appreciate the features, especially the springs, and your honesty.
Thanks for the info.. I enjoy your content 👍🏻
2:13 I've used that jack to help lift my 93 Nissan Parhfinder rear axle housing to do a 5-link bushing job. Srill had rear of truck in jack stands, which coincidentally were the recalled ones that would drop fown do to bad pawl design. Also did a strut replacement on a 98 Chevy Prizim. The low profile helped fet under car easily. Still got the jack. Its heavy AF though.
You really lifted us up with this video
😜
I like no bullshit content, so you got a new subscriber today.
Dude, I love your style.
Handy little addition 👌
Omg Funk have you seen the new DCF850 with a 3/8” anvil mod? It’s an entire inch shorter than the DCF923 and packs about 75% of the punch. What an incredible machine.
Thank You for the great video and review. You are Awesomeness Extreme
We use those jacks for lifting underground transformers onto skates to get them into position for a crane. 1 on each corner always works.
The tool that makes a job easier is the best tool.
Cool stuff. Xcellent vid!
That 1.5 ton HF racing jack is actually a good one. I use it almost daily. Keep it maintained and it works. It's light and has the balls to lift any vehicle I work on. It's a joke tool but damn thing works
Love me some Temco products. Especially as a smart Basshead 🔊
I’ve never seen one of these. But they’re pretty awesome.
Those are great. I use them all the time on above ground truck scales. Swapping a load cell without one can be an all day ordeal
Been in the automotive field for 20odd years and have never seen one of those at all! I only use the run of the mill hydraulic jacks, I think my big one is maybe 5 tonne and then a few 2 tonne ones. I’d like to get one of the pneumatic operated large jacks one day, and one of those huge ones they use for trucks. Always have my eye open for beat to hell ones that are cheap so I can restore one.
I have one of those 1.5 aluminum Jack's. I liked it. It wasn't the most stable but for the basics it works... when it wasn't broken. Been too lazy to fix it for the past 5 years. Needs oil and an o ring lol
This dude is givin us pearls here so pay attention!!
Great content as always....Street smart with a dry af sense of humor, my Man!!!
Ive got a pair of approx 75yo railroad jacks, 60T and 100T and they will lift ANYTHING (with a solid steel 9' jack handle rod of course)
Those bastards weigh prolly 150 and 180lbs respectively....yet growing up on a farm i remember watching one of the hands grab either one with one hand and sling it under an arm and just walk TF off with it.....same Cat that would palm the end of a railroad cross tie in EACH hand and walk off dragging both of them behind him....men naturally THAT strong are hard to find anymore.
We use the blue jack at my job to jack up machines. Its heavier duty than that one but works the same.
I bought one for moving equipment around my shop. Jack it up and block it, put a pallet jack under it and move it. Set it on blocks and use jack to lower it. Help is never around when you need to move something that weighs 5000lbs
Everybody needs money, but please don't become one of those tool review guys like VCG Construction. This video is pretty chill and I appreciate that you are transparent about the fact it was given to you.
Def a fan of the Raymond reach trucks, the ones with the drive handle on the side is even better. It always amazes me how often the front wheels get destroyed
I can do 6 a week at this place. They do have 20 of them but it’s non stop sometimes.
Been using a rail jack for 20 years. Super reliable and simple but love to try that hydraulic toe jack one day. And your right about the standard type hydraulic forklift jack sucks on almost every way especially the weight.
I die a little inside every time I have to pull that out of my van.
I go out of my way to use anything else to jack up trucks besides the stupid heavy bain of my existence jacks. Im a toyota industrial tech also by the way. I feel your pain.
I never thought I would see the day where you would be jacking it on the channel but here we are🤣🤣
Seriously, that jack does look legit. I'm tempted to look into one for myself.
😂😂
Temco makes alot of great products and tools, I use their kanthal and stainless steel wire everyday...
We were a reasonably well equipped shop, but that's all we had rail/ trolley jacks. 80 lb's cast iron, and yes dangerous. Almost killed myself with one.
The old 4X4 under the mast uprights and tilt forward to get the front off . The rail jack, one side at a time to get the rear wheel up, unless the counter weight was off.
This looks a lot better than the sketchy ass railroad jack my shop keeps on hand for us to check out. I'll probably be picking one up soon.
I have almost the same version of the "harbour freight" aluminium jack and didn't have a problem yet... The 1,5t cheap as chips steel version though - that is sketchy af - bent it on it's 10th use and the cylinder is leaking etc... I guess it is still not bad for the money if you count every lift job at ~2$
It’s not bad. I had a problem at first with all the hardware falling out of it but after I LockTite everything it seems to be okay.
I bought one of the first HF aluminum jacks. I got almost 20 years out of it,, not bad for 39 bucks (back then)
Mate I’ll tell you as a mechanic who works on forks and access gear I have never seen one but I want one!
LoL, when I first saw the thumbnail I wondered what Funk would think about this product... And then I realized
Harbor Freight just recently started selling a version of that toe jack.
350K subs nice 👍🏽
Only thing I use a trolly Jack for on forklifts is to lift/lower the rear axle when removing and installing
I use the Aluminum 2.5 ton jack from Harbor freight for my wheel business. Believe it or not they work great, the only reason ove had them fail is the bolts rattle loose. So if you buy one, take it apart and lock-tite everything and reassemble.
I have used toe jack last 4 years 🤔 works great😊
Damn i love new tools
Bit late but I really want to work just one day with you for the knowledge been working on big heavy Machines for a while now big diggers and trucks
I didn't even know these existed until looking through a link I received from Vevor just yesterday and one of these was in it. I was scratching my head wondering: why I would ever need one of these? Well hell, now I know!
"You never trust hydraulics, you always block it"... That's what my dad taught me.... But now I'm having flashbacks to Andrew Camarata welding the frame on his backhoe having it supported only by the hydraulics above him. You could see it sink down gradually in the video if you skipped around.
In Portugal every forklift mechanic have one of those. Their are great, besides the weight. Like you said, for whom work with warehouse forklift its almost an everuday tool.
Ooooh Buddy I've got a handful of them and they are Lifesavers. I have found over the years whatever the weight rating is on the jack you can generally triple that I successfully😂
Great channel. Safety First.👍👍⚓⚓🇺🇲🇺🇲
Damn that thing is nice!
I have almost no use for one of those style jacks but I kinda want one now
Your Taco Bell short brought me here. Great channel man 👍🏻
I hope more company's send you free stuff and it will be nice gear, because they know with your honesty if its crap you might say here they need to "get ......"
Yep their great. Works in all most every situation. The drawback is is that sometimes it’s not tall enough. However, if you have oak blocks I have set things up chalk them and within regain my lifting height with the Jack on top of the blocks. I can’t stress enough. Oak is super hard or other similar hard objects should be used. One thing that you did not mention about this Jack is that it’s not meant for forklifts tho Toyota shows the similar Jack in their manual. This is an industrial Jack, which means that you can use it sideways in order to push something around. So I would imagine do I have not tried upside down the Jack should work, and just about any position that you were going to put it.
Thanks Funk.
I have that harbor freight jack. Works great couldn't be happier with it. Good news is I didn't buy it, it was gifted
They still make that harbor freight Jack they even have a higher end Daytona one I have the Pittsburgh one like you have.
Henceforth....
He shall be called.....
"Jack of All Trades"
No he doesn't spend all day jacking around...
Love the no nonsense attitude
Vids my friend bare with my sad attempt at humor it's my actual birthday today....61
Once upon a time I have had many hats worn😁👍
Hey happy birthday! Hope your having a good time
Hahaha kudos for the dad joke and hapoy birthday
Happy birthday 🎉 😁👍🏻
Dude. This is priceless.
i had that 1.5 ton jack from HF for over 10 years of almost daily use and she held up fine for brake jobs and small lifts on the corner of a car. great jack for a beginner and at a decent price.
I have a harbor freight. 3 ton and use it to lift my f 350 front end and it works great
Interesting content. I have not given much thought to different industries and the special types of jacks they might need.
Before you had the toe jack, how would you lift the low clearance situations like the load wheels? Would you have to use another fork lift or did you have another method?
I noticed you're a Toyota forklift mechanic, ask your boss to order you a camber jack. It's this little yellow wedge with wheels that you throw under the base legs and makes quick work of changing load wheels. Being as you work for Toyota, it should be available from your parts department. I work as a Raymond tech (but as with every other forklift repair company / dealer, we deal with everything), and it's standard issued equipment for us.
well this seams alot smarter then what my grocery stores mechanic does by rocking the equipment back and forth and sticking a milk crate under it
Toe jacks are usually associated with lathes and machines of such 👍
Sometimes the counterweights are at an angle to the ground, so if you need to lift with the toe jack, you'll need to put some blocks under the jack, and lift it on the towing recess
"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Peter Gibbons, Office Space
You would be surprised how many people use the harbor freight aluminum jacks .
Hey Funk, apparently they use these kinds of jacks for lifting railroad tracks on europe too, instead of the ratcheting one you mentioned