Do Ypu Actually Carry/Use A Model A Jack On The Road?

[jmeckel]

I carry and have used the original Model A jack, works just fine.

[old31]

I use a brand new 3 ton scissor jack that I got off of Craigs List for $10.00. I tested it, it works great, keep it under the seat and I hope that I never need it.

[1931 flamingo]

Got one but would use the old AAA card.

Paul in CT

[4port]

I was on a tour several years ago when I had 4 flats in one day. We traveled on pavement, asphalt, gravel, and dirt roads. My walker flip top got a workout. Had to borrow two wheels from other cars to keep going. At night at the motel, I was patching tubes, pulling out barb wire, and a rusty roofing nail. The third was a split seam. The fourth flat was due to my spare tube leaking at the valve stem after I had replaced the split seam tube. Ended up borrowing a tube as well. Besides the jack I have always carried a patch kit, spare tube, valves, a set of tire irons, and a 12vdc tire pump. Hard to get air in the boonies at night with no service stations open, but the motel pool is handy for checking leaks.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Strangest thing I've seen, a 1/2 X 9/16 open end wrench, rumbling around in a tubeless tire! YES, it was FLAT, but just on the bottom!
Bill W.

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I carry a modern screw jack.

[C26Pinelake]

Originally Posted by 4port

I was on a tour several years ago when I had 4 flats in one day. We traveled on pavement, asphalt, gravel, and dirt roads. My walker flip top got a workout. Had to borrow two wheels from other cars to keep going. At night at the motel, I was patching tubes, pulling out barb wire, and a rusty roofing nail. The third was a split seam. The fourth flat was due to my spare tube leaking at the valve stem after I had replaced the split seam tube. Ended up borrowing a tube as well. Besides the jack I have always carried a patch kit, spare tube, valves, a set of tire irons, and a 12vdc tire pump. Hard to get air in the boonies at night with no service stations open, but the motel pool is handy for checking leaks.

Sounds like you started out with tires that were in poor condition. Wayne

[Ian Curtis]

I carry a flip-top jack, never had to use it on the road. For a while I used it in my garage (I didn't have a real hydraulic jack), but I eventually bit the bullet and bought a modern jack. I was surprised at how easy the old jacks were to use -- mechanical advantage is a wonderful thing.

[glenn in camino]

I use a bottle jack or the small floor jack I keep in my delivery.

[dansluck]

I carry a 25 ton bottle hyd jack (larger base) with 2 adaptors made from iron pipe and U channel for front axle and iron pipe and flat bar shaped in a u for the rear end. I live in rural Nevada and have bailed out a lot of 4 wheelers while driving my 1931 coupe to town..
Good Luck and have FUN

[ian Simpson]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

This is why people shouldn't speed and tailgate. You can't see what's going to happen, and you don't have time to brake or turn out of the way. Last Friday coming back from the swap meet in Le Sueur we passed 8 cars on the side of highway 169 in a 5 block stretch. Something was in the road and all 8 cars and trucks had torn tires.

Some years ago we were driving our minivan along a local urban highway when a pickup in front of us dropped a load of porcelain tiles. We lost all four tyres. The nearly $1,000 bill was on us as the truck took off and never came back.

[Karl]

I carry an original jack and have used it several times . In fact the only tools I carry are the original tool kit . They are all made to purpose and work really well