By using leverage, it allows you to lift a 1 or 2 ton car. Have you tried lifting a car by hand without a jack? And you DO need to lift the car to change a tire.
This enables a flat tire change with a spare tire en route.
The safest place to place jack stands are under the frame. You need to jack the car high enough to keep the tires off the ground especially if you plan on working on the breaks or axles. Keep them away from the car WHILE lifting but place under the FRAME once the car is elevated.
Most local car stores sell jacks which range from tractor lifting to scooter lifting capacity. Most car jacks can lift up to 5.0 ton, so i would say around £20 for a decent jack, or around $25-30
It is easier to just jack up both sides of the car separately, or drive the car up on ramps.
It is easier if you loosen or 'crack' the nuts before you jack up the car. But do not remove them
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Just one in between the van and the lifting portion of whichever car jack you decided to use.
I do not recall having heard that phrase before, but I assume it is the jack that comes with a new car (or a jack that replaces that one), that is used in the replacement of a flat tire, and that is stored in the car's trunk (the boot for y'all across the pond). On second thought, I take that back. I now feel that it more likely to be one of those skinney gas-filled cylinders that make lifting a large hatchback hatch easier and that hold it open. (help/confirmation welcome)
I do not recall having heard that phrase before, but I assume it is the jack that comes with a new car (or a jack that replaces that one), that is used in the replacement of a flat tire, and that is stored in the car's trunk (the boot for y'all across the pond). On second thought, I take that back. I now feel that it more likely to be one of those skinney gas-filled cylinders that make lifting a large hatchback hatch easier and that hold it open. (help/confirmation welcome)
If the car is on a hoist it is easier. With the car on jack stands and you on your back, very, very hard. You need small hands, or send the car off to someone with a hoist.
Jack up the car, and remove the 4 lug nuts holding the wheel on. (it maybe easier to loosen the nuts before jacking up the car).