aircraftjacks.com

[RobertGary1]

Are these guys gone? Their website doesn’t seem to work. I have a pair of lightly used low wing jacks pn1454 but they’re about an inch too tall for my Mooney. I’m wondering if I could just replace the bottle jack part (since the base etc is pretty impressive). 
 

-Robert 

[steingar]

My airplane had to go into the shop for some kind of maintenance this year, don't recall exactly what.  I do remember that they took their time getting going, and the shop steward told. me they had to repair a Mooney that had taken a home made jack through the wing.

[Browncbr1]

Roll the plane on top of 2x4s before jacking it up.  

[BDPetersen]

A pipe(or jack handle) through the knuckle in the main gear gives a safe lift point for a trolley jack to give the 1” lift needed to get the wing jack in position. Not as elegant as a shorter jack but cheaper.

[Andy95W]

On my jacks (Alpha Aviation, but very similar design) I have to physically push the piston down into the cylinder so that it is low enough to get under the airplane.

[RobertGary1]

1 hour ago, Andy95W said:

On my jacks (Alpha Aviation, but very similar design) I have to physically push the piston down into the cylinder so that it is low enough to get under the airplane.

I tried that but it’s already bottoming out. 
 

-Robert

[RLCarter]

6 minutes ago, RobertGary1 said:

I tried that but it’s already bottoming out. 
 

-Robert

Is there enough of the piston sticking out to be cut off? One of the guys on the field cut 2+” off his jacks, then re-dimpled it for the Jack-points

[Igor_U]

Had the same problem when I bought my jacks from retiring Mooney owner at 0S9 few years ago. I would roll the plane on 2X4s before jacking up or my mechanic would slightly lift the wing with his shoulder. Then I replaced the gear pucks and that was not needed anymore.

YMMV. 

Cheers,

 

 

[RobertGary1]

1 hour ago, RLCarter said:

Is there enough of the piston sticking out to be cut off? One of the guys on the field cut 2+” off his jacks, then re-dimpled it for the Jack-points

Maybe. It would be a shame. These are really nice jacks. Not even scratched yet. And built beefy. 
 

-Robert 

[Yetti]

When you are under there placing the jack, just put your back into it.  It's enough get it up.

[pilot_jb]

I have a second person left my wing 

[kortopates]

I’ve seen a wing dented in from lifting it with a shoulder. Probably can get away with it if the lifting force is below a rib, but in the middle between them the alum is pretty thin outboard.


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