The Roach

[Fran Blacker]

Look into small floor jacks they come in a case. Probably chinese but they'd work a few times or dig for a quality one.

 

[Black_Sheep]

Maybe an aluminum floor jack? I would figure out a secure mounting system to safely stow the jack and its handle. It would suck to have it roll around and damage a 1/4 panel.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Compact floor jack. This just an example, I'm sure there are better ones. Note carrying case.

https://www.amazon.com/DNA-MOTORING-TOOLS-00234-Hydraulic-Capacity/dp/B0BCD9JVK4/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?adgrpid=1233652391569192&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eLt71Rkf_3B1zP3UCcL6q96Iw0CzxLkC901eL3bMHSJx2wn7PchL57PSxXjEkBbPS6Sr2zmVKx8j3WTn90OLKtPogwTYNfpGtm0tcoirpOXqtbugUMuQAwHdefyUQlMnJv6hiXPTDaogtqUKvl8ye8KeYutxwC7nSu3Mp6tqJVOHI43aUiCvHHfRrsDzz0uyxR0Z7kBD6242RhqJfOF4ur7nvM677AW86IDrTe5s85pxqkDEuCBndoPX1i7xmvRlqRGSHIomehIO02mKlWfNxTe_AubmESa-7oZYK9jzd9A.ryBpoCdL5tDMwBhzT-ebjX4IhO35Waaq0PZtzs8bURo&dib_tag=se&hvadid=77103442621982&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=100765&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-77103541699567%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=20636_13426786&keywords=compact%2Bfloor%2Bjack&mcid=686e97a9aa1432e3891a5896b47764d1&qid=1738982111&sr=8-1-spons&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.9fe8cbfa-bf43-43d1-a707-3f4e65a4b666&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

 

[Charles Cook]

Forget about a jack.
Call a rollback and get that baby back to the house if there’s going to be any jacking going on. Just saying.

 

[71RRHI]

If I were taking a trip across country like Hawkrod did. I would have a jack, spare, and tools. Just cruising around and going to local cruise nights. No jack, spare, or tools.
Hagerty includes roll back road side service. But might be limited to # miles.

 

[chargervert]

I use those aluminum Harbor Freight jacks. They go on sale for 79 bucks. I have three of them,and will probably buy three more so I don't have to keep moving them from car to car.

 

[HawkRod]

If I were taking a trip across country like Hawkrod did. I would have a jack, spare, and tools. Just cruising around and going to local cruise nights. No jack, spare, or tools.
Hagerty includes roll back road side service. But might be limited to # miles.

Best I am aware of is AAA Premier. Any car I am in can be towed for up to 200 miles free. For both of my trips across country, I figured that would be enough to get me somewhere where I could fix the car. If any of you guys go on a long trip, take me along for the towing!

In 2022, I DID use the towing, although it was "only" like 60 miles. The coil went on the car and I had used my spare already. We had to get towed to the nearest small town where I could buy a coil. (I screwed up because I had a Flamethrower coil in it that used full voltage, so I had a wire shunt bypassing the ballast resistor. When that went, my spare was a standard coil, but I forgot to remove the wire shunt. Full voltage killed my spare coil in a few days, and of course it happened in the middle of nowhere...)

Anyway, enough hijacking RC's thread - although I recommend having things like a jack, tools and reasonable spare parts if you will be going any real distance...

 

[Hey-O]

Forget about a jack.
Call a rollback and get that baby back to the house if there’s going to be any jacking going on. Just saying.

X2. A phone and a wallet. There are a lot of things that can go wrong with a car and a trunk full of tools, jacks and tires aren't going to fix them all.