Can the Quickjack BL-7000TL lift my lifted F150? Only one on YouTube!
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2023
- Let's see if this can lift my tires off the ground! Lift starts at 16:35
I wasn't sure if this would take my 6 inch lifted F150 off the ground since the frame was already 18" high. It did! Now tire rotations are possible! Watch for my other vehicles coming soon! Fatty 
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I bought this lift hoping it will lift my 2021 F150 with a 6 inch BDS lift off the ground for tire rotations. Watch to see this amazing lift in action. As far as I know, it's the only one on youtube. Enjoy!
The sealant is likley and Anaerobic sealant, meaning it cures in the absense of oxygen. being out in the open air it won't cure and will stay liquid.
One thing that I started doing on my cars (and seems very apparent watching your truck being lifted) is to put the vehicle in neutral while it is being lifted. The reason is due to the arch inherent to the way these lifts operate. As the vehicle starts to lift, it will be pushed forward (or backward) depending on how the lift is oriented. What happens is that the Quickjack is trying to move your vehicle forward, while your parking pawl or parking brake is fighting this movement while the tires are on the ground.
On your truck with longer suspension travel, you see this "fight" happening in real-time, with your Quickjack frames sliding, as well as the chirping happening in your tires as the weight transfers more to the jacks than the wheels. By putting it in neutral, this becomes a non-issue as the wheels will just roll as needed until they come off the ground.
One VERY important thing is to only put the car in neutral and release the parking break after you just start lifting the vehicle a little. This way, some of the weight will already be on the Quickjack, and it will prevent your vehicle from rolling away uncontrollably. I also put wheel chocks a few inches in front and in back of the tires in the unlikely event that the frames lose pressure, so the car can only roll a couple inches before stopping on one of the chocks.
Thanks for this information. This makes sense and I will give it a try!
Thanks for the video. Was looking at these for my lifted Tacoma. Now I know it’ll fit my needs.
That sealer works with the lack of oxygen. It hardens right after you tighten
Anerobic
Thank you for the demonstration well done
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I bought the BL-5000SLX back in 2019 for about $1100. from Costco. For me, The QuickJack is more novelty than a workhorse, and have used the jack probably under 15 times since I purchased it. In hindsight, I should have bought the BL-7000EXT because the 5000SLX even with the rather expensive extensions comes up a bit short on My Honda & Toyota Minivans. The jack can lift the Minivans with ease, But the length from jack point to jack point comes up short. So I have to spend more time aligning the jacks along the pinch welds, But so far no issues. I'm just getting around to adding Casters to ease the movement when aligning the jacks. In contrast, It takes me half the time to just use Jack Stands on all corners although you give up some Height depending on the job at hand. ( I keep my QuickJack stored against the wall vertically and the pump /accessories in a milk crate dolly, this is due to limited space in my 2-car garage. So set up time is longer )
While I've never had an issue with QuickJack, the Lack of use can cause air pressure to decrease in the cylinders and leaky Quick Connect seals. The QuickJack is still a must-have if use them often and not just another tool that garnishes your Garage.
Get or make the frame extensions. It will make the QuickJack 2 inches higher, and also 6 inches longer, which will help with front to back stability on a long vehicle. (I have been using it on a Silverado 2500HD for 3 years with no issues.)
Thanks for commenting. For the F150, the adaptors are not quite all the way apart so they still had some room. I can see how the extensions would come in handy on a 2500 or probably the F250 also with longer frames. Thanks for watching!
About the sealant, I suspect it is the type that cures only when in absence of oxygen. So letting it air out you will never see the true result
I placed the rear adapters as far back on the frame that was possible. It was the rear most flat area on the frame. The front being the heaviest, I placed the adapters as forward as possible leaving plenty of room for the rear adapters. If the truck’s frame was more flat towards the rear, I would have placed them further back since the wider they are the better. Also above the front adapters, there is an arrow in the frame showing the lift point so that was an easy placement for the F150. Thanks for watching!
That Pegasus work bench looks pretty cool. Try a review of it.
I would swap them so that the lift cylinder/locking toggle are both on the out side.
LG188 is SUPPOSED to cures like blue thread sealer, absence of air causes the reaction. I choose standard teflon tape and call it done.
How did you determine where to place the rear truck lifting pucks...from the video it looks like the front pucks were all the way forward in the lift trays...but the rear lifting pucks don't have similar placement in the rear lift trays?
Has anyone tried lifting a RAM Cummis 6.7L Diesel MEGA Cab with a set of the 7000's yet??
Can you stack two sets of these jacks on top of each other to double the lift?
I do believe the thread sealer is anaerobic so it doesn't cure in open air.
Seems right but then why would it need 24 hours to cure according to QJ and why would it leak if used straight away? Does it create a slight film?
@@fattysgarage1754 It is very commonly used as cam-cover gaskets, etc, on European cars, such as Audi, VW, MB, etc.. It needs a cure time to 'harden' in the threads, where there is no air. I've used it time and time again working on cars, and even months later, the 'squeezed out' part will still be tacky/slick, but popping off the cam cover, the inner sealed portion would be hardened. It's weird stuff, for sure, but works a treat. lol
@@fattysgarage1754 I think it's not a product of quickjack self. They want to be sure that you give the thread sealer the time to dry and seal. Normaly you should know the producer of the thread seal product like Loctide that you know the data sheet depends temperature, drying time and for which kind sealing you can use it.
What I saw in the last minutes the Quickjack frames moved a little bit forward on the ground during the lift down. Maybe it depends on the weight of your truck. I haven't this not with my cars last weekend where I unpack and use the 7000TL the first time. The treat sealer I did not use I took the teflon tape. Quickjack changed because some ultimate customer used it in a wrong way. But if you are using it correct the fittings stay dry and you have no leaks.
A Tipp for you. You have at the end of the fittings the dust caps. If you disconnected the hoses you can put the cover around the other hose and stuck the cap on the fitting again. So you have both lines stay together and nowhere on the floor.
Yes the frames moved slightly because i put cardboard down to make them easy to move. I didn't disconnect the hoses because it was a demo to see if it would lift my truck, not working on it, but yes moving the hoses out of the way is awesome,
@@fattysgarage1754 ah ok. I looking for similar option with the rolls to move it easier on the ground.
What I mean with the dust cap is after disconnection of the hoses you can use the dust cap with the rubber band. When you bend the end of the hose back to the elbow fitting of the hydraulic zylinder that you could put the rubber band of the dust cap to put it around and the hose stay close to the frame.
Next weekend I want to check again the quickjack. I hope the weather changed again. At the moment it's to cold outside with the snow.
@@benjaminwiener9942 oh, I see good idea, thanks!
@@fattysgarage1754 it was not written somewhere but I know this art to secure with the hose from my work. There we have it so often that the hydr. hoses laying somewhere around and so you have it clean. I was looking today after one week where I lifted up my summer car and the system is complete disconnected it stays safe in the mechanic stopp with the car on it.
trying to figure out why there isnt a safety bar on the other side
How many inches does it move the truck back (or forward)? My garage is so small I only have about a foot of clearance total lengthwise after my suv is in there and I’m concerned this would shift it while raising into the wall/door…
I didn’t measure it but a foot is probably more than enough but I would open the door first. The first locking point is only a few inches. Other videos I saw said it moves about 10 inches . This seems about right.
@@fattysgarage1754 Thanks for the reply...unfortunately I can't make a purchase decision until I know this data, so I might give QJ a call. Am also curious what height the first stopping lock occurs, can't seem to find that anywhere either.
Do you notice any wear on the bottom of the quick jacks from sliding them around? I’m interested but would be on pavement for most my work. I wish they came with bearings on the bottom. I’m just concerned the scraping would lead to eventual rust etc.
I place each side on cardboard if I use it on concrete and have not had any issues and it also makes it easy to move around. If not, your concern of rust is probably valid. Thanks for watching.
It’s seems like a lot of money to spend when 75.00 you can bring it in and do a rotation….or i guess other stuff but if you dont need a tire rotation for five years then you probably aren’t too worried about brakes idk….not very high lift
I don’t take my vehicles “in” unless it’s serious warranty work only. I certainly don’t let anyone take off or put on my wheels so they can weld on my lug nuts on with 500 lb ft of torque. I have many vehicles that need tire rotations and oil changes that I use this on. It lifts about 28 inches with the suv adaptors. Having the ability to rotate tires or change wheels and tires on a 6 inch lifted truck was the only reason I needed it. The rest is because I wanted it for convenience. The jack and jack stands got old and are almost never used. It’s not a very high lift if I’m trying to lift a MRAP but there is nothing that I can’t do with it as far as the lift height is concerned. I mostly use the lower stop for all oil changes and tire rotations on normal non lifted vehicles. I put them on the wall on their racks and they stay out of the way until I need them. A 2 post lift was considered but takes up too much space and not necessary for me and takes up unnecessary floor space.
@@fattysgarage1754 that’s pretty good….. i was only looking at your comment , that’s what i was going by ….i dont have techs around here that do that but im lucky to know the people i take it to… im in a small town so
Sliding around like that is counter intuitive if I understand the point of a floor jack.
What modle would you reccomend for a 2012 Expedition EL?
The BL-7000tl should work as long as the weight is under 7000 lbs.
Would you trust it on an appx 6000lb Toyota Sequoia??
Yes, I would trust it. The capacity is well beyond 7000 pounds according to the company, but it’s not going to be recommended to exceed its rating. They have a video of them putting 15,000 pounds or more (can’t remember) on a lift to show what it can actually handle as far as downward weight. It may not lift as much though.
What flooring is that?
It’s Racedeck Toughshield. It’s held up amazingly well it is 17 years old.
@@fattysgarage1754 thank you sir!
Sure hope he makes sure the lifting cylinder is on the outside
Yes, they are. 16:30
Once every 5 yrs!?!
lol, I put less than or about 1000 miles a year on it.
still not crawling under it
I have the TL and I'd say it's ok, but only if you're lucky and get one without a defective air cylinder. If you do get one of those you're screwed - the company will 100% not stand behind their product. They'll claim the air-assist down isn't "necessary to the function of the lift". Really? So if one side has air assist down and the other doesn't, and they drop unevenly, that's safe? And then when the vehicle drops to the ground and one side of the lift goes straight to the full down position while the other... doesn't. You need to wait... and wait... and wait for it to drop with no weight on it. Quickjack will claim this "is normal operation" and that "it will get better over time". If you invest a massive amount of time trying to get them to stand behind their product they will, eventually, after burning through every once of customer goodwill, send out a new cylinder. Yay! Until you get the replacement and the freakin' air side is literally capped off. Like intentionally made unusable. That's not a fix guys. Then they'll claim that the engineers decided the down-assist wasn't necessary and that they've changed the design on future models. But I didn't buy a future model with less functionality. I bought the current model with exactly the functionality I wanted, was promised, and paid for. Whatever. Too much time wasted on it already - I've written off the entire company as another skanky marketing hack with no integrity.
I still have it in my shop, but the company worked very hard to make me regret my purchase and it low-key pisses me off every time I look at it. And honestly the setup is inconvenient enough that even when I do pull it out - warts and all - it happens very rarely. Only when I have a longer term project where I know the vehicle will be on the lift for a week or two. Definitely not for things like oil or tire changes. It's just way quicker to use a floor jack, or even ramps.
Shame on them for not having better customer service. They should definitely replace defective parts without hesitation. The air assist only works after the vehicle is on the ground and there is no weight on it. This in no way causes the lift to drop unevenly. Sounds like thats their way to deny any warranty claims on the air assist cylinders.
The question is, would you feel safe getting under the car (with the wheels off) ??? That's the million dollar question. I would not feel comfortable working under the truck (Wheels off) without supplemental backup jack stands around the pinch weld of the vehicle. Thoughts?
I also have jack stands and would use them if I was under it and felt it was necessary, wheels off would definitely justify this. Can’t be too safe. These can withstand over 15,000 pounds on top of it in the locked position. Company has a video showing this. These type of things are usually way underrated but any lift can fail if the stars align just right.
What is the ground to the very top of the pads measurement.?
About 27 inches total.
@@fattysgarage1754 thanks for the reply. Not sure that would be able to lift my wrangler. I’m like 24 inches to the frame rail. Sitting on the ground.