The Best Bottle Jacks: Let Them Do the Heavy Lifting For You

This jack from Alltrade lets you lift up to three tons, and it will do it from a height as low as 11 inches. You can lift that load to 17.25 inches off the ground or make an adjustment and go as high as 21 inches. That means it can lift nearly double its own height, impressive for any bottle jack, and enough to lift your pickup’s wheels off of the pavement.
The jack comes with a wide base to help keep it stable. It also helps make sure it doesn’t punch through your concrete floor, cut into your asphalt, or sink into softer materials if you’re making an emergency repair. This jack’s real trick, though, is that it also includes a built-in jack stand.
Even with the best jacks, you should always use a stand for safety. This jack puts the lift and the stand together along with a safety lock, and that means that your truck or SUV won’t go anywhere even if the hydraulics fail. Integrating the two also means no fighting over where the jack goes and where the stand goes.

The Torin Big Red Air Hydraulic 20 Ton Capacity Bottle Jack really offers up on power. When talking about the top heavy-duty bottle jacks, the 20 Ton Torin is definitely up there. It is built for heavyweights that other regular jacks may not have the capacity to lift. The heavy-duty steel construction ensures users enjoy the convenience of lifting heavyweight vehicles in a breeze. The 20 ton bottle jack gives users the option of operating this jack manually or pneumatically.

Operating a bottle jack pneumatically entails making use of gas or pressurized air to power the unit. This suggests a more hands-free and effective operation. So, regardless of what this bottle jack is needed for, it will definitely perform. Bottle jacks are mostly used to lift cars, trucks and trailers. However not all bottle jacks have the capacity to lift the varying weights. This bottle jack has the capacity to lift vehicles of up to 40,000 lbs. This definitely provides versatility of use; lifting other heavyweight items without stress. It’s safe to say that this would be more suitably used for commercial purposes.

The downside for most bottle jacks is that they can only lift to double their original height. It’s because that’s the longest lifting bar you can fit into the body of the jack. This 3-ton jack from Baoshishan has two hydraulic rams, one inside the other, and that lets it go even higher. When the jack isn’t in use, it’s only 6.5 inches tall. That’s enough to fit under even the lowest crossovers and most sedans.
Raise this jack to its full height with both rams extended and you add more than 7.5 inches of lift. Combine the double-ram height with the adjustable extension screw top and you get a total of 10 inches of lifting, bringing your vehicle just over 16.5 inches off of the ground. The range of motion is perfect for low vehicles that have long-travel suspension but is strong and versatile enough to lift pickup trucks as well.

This 4-ton jack is simple and to the point, just like the trucks that it will probably spend its life lifting. With a base height of 8 inches, it’s too tall for most sedans and smaller crossovers, but it’s perfect for larger SUVs and pickups. Able to lift up to 15 3/8 inches, the jack also has an adjustable extension screw that can save you some pumps on the jack handle or give you just that little bit of extra lift height you need.
The jack comes with a built-in bypass so you don’t need to worry about over-extending it when you lift. It also uses heat-treated steel in its critical stress areas to help increase strength and durability to give you years of service.

Torin leans into safety and ease of use with this bottle jack. It’s just a 2-ton jack, so it may not be enough for the heaviest trucks and SUVs, but Torin has included a built-in overload valve just in case. That means that it won’t try and lift a weight that’s too heavy and then fail when your truck is off the ground. It also comes with a bypass to make sure you don’t overextend past its max lift height.
This jack is 7 1/8 inches unextended and it goes to 13 5/8 inches at full extension. It also has an adjustable extension screw on the top for a bit more lift. Torin says this jack has a glide-action pump that is meant to take less effort from you to lift your vehicle. It also has high-quality hydraulic oil to reduce corrosion and help the jack work better at both high and low extreme temperatures. That means it is ready to work whenever you are.

This is the kind of jack you’d use if you were planning to lift a tractor (either the farm or highway variety), a heavy trailer, or even a bulldozer or maybe your house. It has a massive 40,000-pound capacity to get almost anything off of the ground. Despite that massive capacity, it is just 9 ½-inches tall when retracted, letting it fit under your heavy equipment but also letting it fit under your pickup if you don’t have another jack around.
Once in place, this jack can lift to a total of 17 3/4 inches, getting your heavy loads off of the ground. The jack has a patented bypass device to make sure you don’t try and lift too high. It is also designed to meet or exceed the ASME standard for jacks to give you more safety and peace of mind. This jack is also offered in “shorty” for lower-height applications as well as in 30 and 50-ton capacities.

The advantage bottle jacks have over regular oversized jacks are their small, versatile form. They are not only used for lifting up heavy loads and vehicles. They can also be of help moving heavy objects around and this next product on our list, the Tooluxe 31010L Low Profile Air Hydraulic Manual Bottle Jack, has been designed for prolonged durability. It features a heavy-duty steel construction with the capacity to handle up to 40,000 lbs. Its functional stout form measures 10.2×8.3×9.4 inches. This is short enough to reach under most vehicles especially cars with low bases. If you need to lift other types of machinery, equipment or heavy loads in tight places, the Tooluxe has it covered.

Users can connect the heavy-duty jack to the vehicle’s air compressor. They can achieve this by using a ¼-inch air nipple and a 48- inch rubber hose. In a case where there is no compressor, a two-piece jack handle has been provided for manual lifting. This ingenious design enables a lift of 10-1/4 inches to a maximum reach of 20 inches. It can suitably lift motorcycles, off-road vehicles and trucks when repairs or necessary changes need to be made.