Dusty Boots wrote:
Care to elaborate??
Any fitment issues with the 1500?
Dusty
Dusty....
Can't really speak to 1500 applications as I have an F6B (GL1800). I suspect it will do you fine though.
My troubles were mostly not application specific, they were more in the way manufacturing errors.
The one application specific problem was that they included a two-part adapter which was clearly labeled 'Valkyrie Adapter' although I had made it clear that I had an F6B. When I spoke to them about it, they told me it would work on either. It doesn't.
They DO have a 'GL1800' Adapter which is serviceable...but needs improved upon for an F6B (I understand it's perfect for Big Wings, though). I worked with him for a period of a month or so and we developed an F6B specific adapter. At last mention, he was going to send me a prototype to try out. Have yet to receive it, so I am still using the GL1800 Adapter which I have modified to fit.
The non-specific troubles were more annoying than debilitating....
The pedal for the hydraulic bottle was not drilled properly for the set screw and therefore causes the foot pedal to not be perfectly level....listing about 10 degrees off of plumb. Perfectly useable....just annoying. Fixable at home.
The hydraulic bottle they now use is different from the one they originally designed for. Mounting it to the frame of the jack is now more difficult than it should be because of it. Again....a one-time problem that is ultimately not a big deal, just annoying in view of the price of the jack.
The jack has two anchors which must be installed on setup which allow you to keep the jack from rolling around. (The casters they use are very good heavy duty industrial units....even with 900+ pounds on the lift it rolls with barely more than finger pressure) Their design is that they welded nuts on the outside perimeter of the frame that these anchors are screwed into. (could have been designed better in my book...but it works as advertised).
When you receive the jack, one of the setup steps is to install these hand screwed anchors. On my jack, when they crinkle-coated it...they got crinkle-coat all over the inside of these nuts and into the threads, preventing the anchors from being installed. I had to go buy a tap of the appropriate thread to clean out the crud and install the anchors. Another one-time annoyance which could and should have been avoided. Price of the tap....$6 at the neighbourhood NAPA.
Other than the adapter issue...everything was dealt with easily enough. But for that price....shouldn't have needed to be.
The adapter issue also shouldn't have happened. But, the F6B being a new and somewhat still obscure model....such things happen. As I said, J&S bent over backwards to deal with it. I'm hoping the prototype adapter, when I receive it, will work as well as I think. Either way....even now the jack is serviceable and does a great job.
Ultimately...I would buy it again, in view of the alternatives.
....sT
