Article View: net.auto.tech
Article #427Re: Jacks
From: Lee R Carlson
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1985 16:41
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1985 16:41
25 lines
1452 bytes
1452 bytes
*** RAISE THIS LINE WITH YOU
R CHEAP JACK ***
> > I an thinking about buying an automotive jack--the kind with wheels
> > on it. There seem to be two qualities. The cheap ones cost about
> > $30-40 and the expensive ones about $80-120 (on sale). The expensive
> > ones are about twice as big (bigger wheels, longer, bigger cups, more
> > metal), but both are rated at 2 tons.
> >
> ... Afterall, how many times in a lifetime
> do you make a purchase as in a jack?..
After all, how many lifetimes do you have after you purchase a jack ?
Having purchase a cheap version of EVERYTHING at least once, I have
found that:
"You get what you pay for"
Pretty pithy ehh? Bit the bullet and buy the real jack.
--
-- Lee Carlson
-- Boeing Errorspace, Seattle
...{uw-beaver|fluke}!ssc-vax!carlson
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<337@ssc-vax.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!carlsonReferences:
<121@gt-cmmsr.UUCP> <285@mhuxa.UUCP>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!carlson From: carlson@ssc-vax.UUCP (Lee R Carlson) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Jacks Message-ID: <337@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:41:42 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.337 Posted: Tue Nov 5 11:41:42 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 04:49:32 EST References: <121@gt-cmmsr.UUCP> <285@mhuxa.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 25