Great for heavy lifting and auto repair, the jack works in horizontal and vertical positions. Footings for the jacks, and footings for the posts. ! In so doing the house will slowly adjust to the lift and not open up damage elsewhere. Access to the underside of the floor was obtained through a crawl space. Make sure you get a jack that is heavy-duty enough to handle your tongue weight and possibly to also lift part of the back end of your tow vehicle. A single 10 ton jack is not adequate for the house leveling task that I have done. Lastly a 40 ton jack is a whole lot of jack even for a 3 story house unless it's solid brick. Yes, manual jacks can also break, of course, but it’s less common. In the video above are Ellis 4x4 Screw Jacks and Ellis Purlin Splicers used to level the sagging floor in a house with conventional flooring.. The Powerbuilt 640912 is an all-in-one bottle jack and jack stand combo. It’s made of steel and has a weight capacity of up to 3 tons. Without good footings, you are wasting your time. For example, if you need a bottle jack for a 40,000-pound dump truck, 40,000 divided by 2,000 equals 20 tons, so you will need a 20-ton bottle jack to lift that truck. Found that someone on here had used these fellas Hydraulic Bottle Jack - 8 Ton / 8,000kgs (T90803) - In Stock at www.bulkdeals.com.au which are as cheap as chips, less than half the price for a similar article from supercheap or the local DIY toolshop - specs are confusing, says 8t at the top and 4t at the bottom ! To lift your joists with the amount of weight on it that you have, you will need at least 4 20 ton hydraulic jacks. Question is, what size jack ? You can’t overdo it but you sure can under-do it! Don’t under-do the jack weight rating, or you may break your jack. Homeowners use Ellis 4x4 Screw Jacks to level the sagging floor. The jacks are placed evenly under the home and hooked up to a unified hydraulic jacking machine that can raise each jack an exact amount at the same time. You will need a jack at least every 5 feet. If you’re leveling a pier-and-beam house, you’ll need to get under the house with up to four bottle jacks for a small house, or more for a larger one. Just don't need anything bigger. Maybe even adding additional 2x10 supports around … The lift range comes in 11-12 inches, which is ideal for trucks and off-road type vehicles. You will have to set you jacks on posts or build piers. Lift only a little every third day or so. In fact this will lift half of the trailer weight. For a solid foundation, the Screw jacks were placed on concrete piers. They can lift heavier loads and can be raised simultaneously. It took 2 each 20 ton jacks to lift the last house I leveled. Hydraulic Jacks are used in house lifting mainly because compared to mechanical jacks. 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