18 Best 20 Ton Air Hydraulic Bottle Jack (2023 Updated)

Jack pressure release by passing right out of box Basically 40lb piece of scrap metal. First time ordering from this sight,definitely be last time as well..

Love this jack. Works great with air power. Moves quickly.

Nice jack not too heavy. The jam nut does like to back off and make the jack stop working but all in all a ok jack

Sometimes you just need a little Jack, this jack is rated at 1 to 2 tons and is nice and compact. The action is smooth much better than other small jacks I’ve used over the years. Sometimes you just need a small jack on smaller cars are for other projects what do you need a little extra lifting effort and would be good for lawn tractors.

The piston is 6 inches long fully extend it and you get another inch and a half by unscrewing the extension on the top which has a nice knurled finish for support. The base seems a little small for the length of the wall extend the base is 3 inches square with good solid steel.

The handle could be improved seems a bit sloppy and poorly made. When releasing the pressure for the jack to come down it’s a nice smooth motion and the valve to turn moves freely and smoothly in both directions.

Overall very nice little Jack.

Overall its a good jack the handle does come apart very easily and can be frustrating at some times , wish it would hold together better, maybe a little clip would be a good addition. Additionally the pressure release valve is not so good.

wish that it was a better design , maybe a 6 point or square (inverted square) would be a better design to make releasing pressure easier to use. Also a little carrying case would have been nice , since the handle is bound to get lost in the future.

Overall it does the job , no leaks.

Only issue I’ve had is the neck doesn’t like to retract. It releases and drop under load correctly but it doesn’t continue all the way down. So it is still “ filling the void” between whatever you are lifting and the ground.

Otherwise a perfectly fine bottle jack.

The bottle jack was purchased along with another 20 ton jack to jack the rear of my house up to replace floor joist. The jack worked fine. The reason for four stars instead of five is due to the high price of the jack.

Good fit and finish on product. Works as it should. Actual lift range is 9. 5-18. 750 which is the reason I purchased it. Wanted a jack that has a chance of lifting my raised Jeep TJ that was more compact than a hi-lift jack.

The reason for only a 4 star rating is there are some surface imperfections on the piston (of mine at least) which could cause early seal failure, but since it will spend most of its time just riding in the stow a way box, it should be fine.

Nice little jack for the money. Came double boxed and shipped to store quickly. Very happy with this purchase. As with all Hydraulics only time will tell how good it is. Seals always tend to be the issue.

If so they can easily be changed to a higher quality O-ring for little cost so I’m not worried.

I tried doing some fiberglass molding using “home made” release agents. No luck. Used 4 coats of PVA and it popped right out of the mold.

The jacks appear to be decent, however I am zero for four at getting them here without damage and missing parts. First shipment of two was returned. with no helpfrom FedEx, who failed to show for two schediled pickups.

I kept the last two, but do not have jack handles and both sustained shipping damage. One box was torn up and soaked with hydraulic fluid, the other box was apparently destroyed and the damaged jack repackaged by FedEx.

Got a 10% discount for the damage, but still won’t recommend purchasing until they change shipping companies. Tried to post photos, but this site wouldn’t accept them.

it does whay it should do. at least the one i got did what it was supposed to do, however mine started to leak from the air pump. it was also very slow and took a lot of air for it to move. i wouldn’t buy this again.

this jack is made to a high standard we use the product every day and the fitting staff stays the work perfect with no problems we are looking at replacing old bottle jacks with this item very impressed would recommend.

I love the sturdy feel and performance of the jack. Has held up well and works every time to pick up large loads

I had to help change out my friends tire and his box truck he didn’t have a jack so I need one for my self so I bought a heavy lift 20 ton bottle jack. it worked out great and saved the day. thank you autozone store 4740.

Purchased this jack to replace the jack in my 20 ton press which had developed two leaky seals after I was unable to acquire replacement seals for it. This jack handled the job admirably.

I have wanted this unit for many years but never wanted to spend the money on it. After my current car and truck jacks kept having issues costing me hours of time I decided it was then to buy it. I should have done it years ago.

Can not rate durability yet but it easy to use manual or air power. The return springs are fast and do their job well. If you leave the air hose connected the whole time to tank it and jack it seems to cycle every 30-60 seconds just one quick burst.

If you unplug hose which you should so you don’t trip on house and mess up jack anyway then it does not cycle and it seems to stay put. Jack seems to stay in place but I use a Jack stand with it when under vehicle.

Handle is a bit cheap, it comes apart too easy and I am not a fan of the thin pin on release screw. It may be fine put in past they tend to wear faster then other style release screws. Sometimes this happens when you loose handle.

Generally we then use a rod to pump it and a wrench or something to release which bends the thin pin. Easy fix would be to have a simple strap around bottle that will hold the handle on it when its stored and transported.

So couple flaws and a bunch of good. I would buy it again and will be happy if I can get at least 5 years out of it. The jack does come with replacement o-rings and gaskets in the box so that’s reassuring I can rebuild it maybe in 5 years if I don’t loose the parts by then lol.

Last note: Don’t forget to get extra hydraulic fluid they sell it there as well and bleed the jack before using it. Instructions are in manual and its super easy and takes only a few minutes.

I have a service truck and needed a 12 ton Jack. Never had a air jack before. Since I have large Air Compressor in my truck this was a easy purchase decision. When I used it the first time I went back and purchased a second one to put in my truck.

Often on heavy equipment and big farm equipment and Tractors. Often I need two jacks. Best purchase I ever made. Use them both all the time. Purchased them three years ago. If you have a need for a good air operated jack this is well worth HF purchase price.

Size is decent, weight is cumbersome, power is good, position of key features causes issues, texture(lack there of) on the footing on top of the pump shaft is disappointing. There should be grip on the outer edge of the footing that kisses the lift-point of the object/vehicle, and the size of that foot should be double what it is.

The valve key needs be better positioned, and it too needs to be Bigger, so that it is easier to quickly access and operate, especially if the handle is lost/destroyed. The hose trigger needs to be improved, so that user can’t so easily engage the trigger lock, especially just by chance/accident!!!!.

I bought this jack at a local store a few years ago and I used it a few times on my Civic. It clearly has more lifting ability than I need for my small car. It does have a small diameter contact area which is a problem.

The main issue is that the metal is highly sensitive to water! I had it in the bottom of my trunk for some time with a bit of standing water in there. There was significant rust but it had not seized and I cleaned it up, dried it up.

Put it in a zip lock bag on my shelf because I no longer trusted it (and I found my OEM car jack). A while later, maybe a year, I come back and dig it out while doing some spring cleaning and it’s RUSTED again! this time it is seized.

Rust everywhere. Think titanic after 20 years or so. The bottom of my trunk? No rust. The metal in this jack does not resist rust (no Zinc, etc). I would not recommend it in any sort of region where it rains at all.

I use two of these regularly to lift loaded so it trailers and heavy equipment. They’re awesome and never had an issue. The screw top extension does need to be given a light oiling every so often. I use SAE 30 weight and it works well.

These jacks have been placed in dirt, mud and rain without an issue. I did extend the air line which is a personal choice for safety and placed an inline filter directly after the air fitting to keep the jack clean from all the crap in the field.

Otherwise, no issues. Just beware, if you want this thing to really be able to lift, you gotta run it at the 120 PSI setting and that’s 120 at the jack. I also recommend 3/8 air line connectors for maximum air flow.

These jack also place a lot of weight over a small footprint so if the surface the jack is on is soft, it needs a baseplate to spread out the weight. I uses a 12 x 12 Inch plate of 1/4 inch steel and it works awesome.

I have a Toyota 4 Runner and I do most of the routine maintenance on it. In the past, I’ve used the standard floor jack like many use. It works well but is big, heavy hard to position etc. I’ve thought long and hard about an alternative and then I saw this.

It is what I imagined would do the trick. The reviews looked good so I bought one. It took a few minutes to prep and I tried it. I only had maybe 125 PSI but tried it anyway. It was perfect. 55 seconds from the moment I pressed the lever until the tire rotated freely.

The lever has a latch so you don’t have to stand there and hold it. I thought maybe I’d have to crank up the pressure, but there was no need to. It just chugged away and up it went. This thing takes up no space, isn’t too heavy and you can unscrew the center of the piston to bring it up to the frame and not waste lift distance.

I was so happy I raised and lower the vehicle about 5 times. It cut the effort to jack the car by 75%. The only thing I’ll wait to see is how long it lasts. But considering it isn’t used commercially, I’m pretty sure it will last quite a while.

The construction is good and sturdy, good quality. If you hate jacking with conventional jacks, get this, you won’t regret it.

Had several rear tire flats on tractors in very short time. After just having fixed one and finding another the next time I wanted to work, didn’t feel like laying under back of tractor operating manual jack handle again.

(getting older and lazier) went to hf and bought this jack and returned to fix tire. Only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is handle is a little flimbsier then I would like. When trying to use handle two halves like to separate easily.

I would give it a 4. 75 but that isn’t an option. Made job much much easier and was very pleased. Also quite pleased with the fact that it came with a seal kit provided. I have a few jacks sitting around that need a seal kit to still be useful but can’t find one for them.

Also already had air coupler nipple on hose, most common m style, which was quite appreciated as I didn’t think to get one while at store and only thought of when I was back on farm ready to repair tire.

I bought this jack about a week ago. I have a 12″x12″ room that was built adjacent to the house many years ago. One of the corners had sank about an inch and a quarter. I made preparations to the ground and put the jack in place.

Note: (Use a strong piece of steel plate on top of the hydraulic shaft if you plan to raise a section of your house. The shaft will wind up driving itself into the wood beam. ) It took a lot of pumps to raise the corner where it needed to be.

But it got the job done. Afterwards I read the instructions about checking the oil level and bleeding the air out before using it. It turns out it was low on oil. So I had some Jack Oil handy from Auto-Zone and filled the bottle and used the instructions to bleed the air out.

The hydraulic shaft raised up much faster. People say when you release the pressure that it doesn’t retract. Well it doesn’t. You have to push it down, It is a bit hard. Other than that, I’m glad I made the purchase.

No complaints here.

Yes, it can lift your house, just like any other 12 ton bottle jack. You buy this one because it’s cheap but trustworthy. I love the screw up head to extend the lift. Red is a good color to help find it.

The handle is a very nice touch. When passing the thing to a friend on a ladder it really helps securely hold the thing. However, having to turn the pressure release screw 3 times around to lower the jack is irritating.

Maybe if I was lifing my house I’d appreciate that level of fine control. I’m voting for a 180 degree pressure release valve. Just let me turn from 9 o’clock to 3 o’clock to lower the thing.

Purchased this jack out of necessity for lifting an actual size 4″X7″ sistered load bearing floor joist to go higher when my automotive floor jack and jack post would not lift it any further. I put all my body weight on the floor jack handle repeatedly and rode it down as it bypassed without lifting anymore.

This bottle jack lifted the joist effortlessly using the tip of my shoe to manipulate the jack handle. Centered a 4’X4’X3/8 plate steel on the wide round top then sat a pressure treated 4″X4″X6′ from the basement floor to the joist, etc.

Got it at the club price of $99. 99. I’ll be keeping it around for tough jobs and taking it on long trips.

I needed two of these to jack up one wall of a house and couldn’t resist a bargain. They worked well enough but the handles are small, thin and come apart very easily. Not too big a deal since even a single section, inserted into the lever was enough to use the jack but still doesn’t come close to a single length of decent pipe.

The red paint flaked off immediately from all three sections and while that didn’t bother me, it did make me wonder about the overall quality. The smallest section is narrowed at one end to slip over the pressure valve and rotate it.

Mine was loose and would slip. I hammered it once lightly and all was good. The money I saved on this at HF wasn’t much. Using a search engine for “bottle jack” I came up with other brands at prices not far off this one.

For me it was just easier to hit up my local HF and grab it. So at the end of the day, yes, it did what I needed and saved me a couple bucks, but I wouldn’t crow about it being the best equipment I’ve ever owned.

Your own mileage may vary.

I have been using this bottle jack for over 5 years and it works every time I need it. It has never failed me once. I was afraid to purchase because I felt at that low of a price, it had to be made of poor quality.

But I was wrong. This jack works as good as the high priced jacks without draining my wallet. The only complaint is whit the handle. It’s a little awkward to put together in three pieces but it was designed this way to fit in a smaller space for storage.

So that is not even a real problem. I liked this jack so much that I purchased a second one a week ago and again it worked like a professional quality jack. I want to thank Harbor Freight for saving me a lot of money and lifting my spirits and any other heavy item! LOL.

Excellent compact jack. The 4 star instead of 5 is for the hydraulic fluid being lower than full. Thankfully it worked fine for the few ton load i used it for. At full capacity it might not have. At a remote worksite it would have cost me hours of time to go buy fluid for it.

Quality control at mfg should be better than this. However, apart from this, the size was perfect.