OTC Automotive Shop Equipment

Choose the right product to tackle your automotive job.

OTC Shop Equipment products provide quality repair solutions for all your installing, stabilizing, and lifting needs.

Product Overview

Selecting the Right Equipment

FUNCTION

CAPACITY

LIFTING RANGE

INSTALLING

Do I need to install, remove, or repair an engine or a transmission?

INSTALLING

What is the weight of the engine or the transmission?

INSTALLING

What is the height needed to install and remove the automotive part?

STABILIZING

Do I need an equipment that would hold the vehicle off the ground once it is lifted?

STABILIZING

What is the weight of the vehicle that needs to be supported off the ground?

STABILIZING

What is the height required to hold the vehicle off the ground?

LIFTING

What type of equipment would I need to lift the vehicle off the ground?

LIFTING

What type of vehicle is it and what is the weight of the vehicle?

LIFTING

What is the height needed to get underneath the vehicle and what is the raised height required?

Installing

Cranes & Transmission Jacks

Cranes

  • Ideal for installing, removing, or repairing engines
  • Capacity ranges from 1.1 tons to 3 tons
  • Know that the crane capacity will decrease at the boom length (extended arm length of the crane)

Transmission Jacks

  • Ideal for installing, rmeoving, or repairing transmissions
  • 2 types of transmission; low lift and high 9_SpecialtyJacksAndLifts
  • Low-lift transmission lowered and raised height ranges from around 7" to 36"
  • High-lift transmission lowered and raised height ranges from around 29.5" to 76.5"
  • For both types capacity ranges from 0.5 ton to 1.1 ton

Stabilizing

Jack Stands, Jack Packs & Combination Jacks

Jack Stands

  • Stabilize the vehicle once it is lifted and provides a fixed support
  • Essential safety item if someone needs to work underneath a vehicle
  • Multiple points of contact decreases the risk of the vehicle to tip
  • Can be used in conjunction with any automotive lifting equipment
  • For each wheel that is not touching the ground a jack stand should be in its places.
  • Capacity ranges from 2 to 3 tons
  • Lowered height and raised height ranges from around 9.5" to 17"

Jack Packs

  • Includes 1 service jack and 2 jack stands
  • Ideal to use on economy or small vehicles
  • Capacity ranges from 2 to 3 tons.
  • Lowered height and raised height ranges from around 3" to 18.5"

Combination Jacks

  • Versatile jack that can lift the vehicle off the ground and doubles as a stand
  • Ideal to use on heavy duty applications that are high off the ground such as trucks
  • Capacity is 10 tons and lifting range is 18.75" to 50.5"

Lifting

NOT ALL lifting equipment is made to hold the vehicle in the air for an extended period of time. If someone needs to work underneath a vehicle, a jack stand MUST be used.

Service Jack

  • Ideal to use on vehicles with low ground clearance
  • Typically faster to lift vehicles in the air
  • Capacities ranges from 2 to 20 tons
  • Lowered height ranges from about 3.25" to 7.5"
  • Raised height ranges from about 18" to 26"

Bottle Jack

  • Ideal to use on vehicles with high ground clearance
  • Compact size, easier to transport
  • One point contact
  • Capacities ranges from 2 to 50 tons
  • Lowered height ranges from about 7" to 10"
  • Raised height ranges from about 12" to 20"

Axle Jack

  • Ideal to use on larger vehicles
  • One point contact
  • Capacity ranges from 22 to 65 tons
  • Lowered height and raised height ranges from about 7.25" to 21"

End Lift Jack

  • Ideal to use on larger vehicles
  • More stable to raise vehicle since it is being lifted by the bumper
  • Air operated, easy to lift and little manual labour required
  • Capacity is 10 tons
  • Lifting range is from 13" to 52"

Vehicle Lift

  • Ideal to use on larger vehicles
  • More stable to raise vehicle since it is being lifted by the tires
  • Air operated, easy to lift and little manual labour required
  • Capacity is 11 tons
  • Lifting range is from 0" to 24"

Working on a forklift?

OTC has jacks specifically designed for fork lifts.

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