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Can anyone recommend me what type of jacks and hydrolic floor jack to use when doing a tire rotation on a 2011 Suburban? I have 4 short 2ton jacks that u usually use to fix my 92 camaro and wife's 2012 Rav4.... there is no way i'm going to use these on my Suburban!
 

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I also use a HF 3 ton low profile floor jack, but I also attach a cross beam to allow for lifting one side of the vehicle at a time. Comes in real handy as I have winter and summer tires and wheels for my tahoe and the wifes yukon,

 
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I've been wanting to get one of those cross beams. Price has gone up on them and been waiting till it's on sale.

I also have a standard length 3 ton jack. I wonder if I got 2 of those cross beams and used one on each jack on each side if it would be stable enough to raise the whole vehicle up to do a rotate? That'd be easier and quicker than using stands on the front.
 

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I've been wanting to get one of those cross beams. Price has gone up on them and been waiting till it's on sale.

I also have a standard length 3 ton jack. I wonder if I got 2 of those cross beams and used one on each jack on each side if it would be stable enough to raise the whole vehicle up to do a rotate? That'd be easier and quicker than using stands on the front.
What's this cross beam?
 

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A 3 ton 'high' lift height over 20" jack would be my recommendation to you. Harbor Freight has these jacks at a reasonable price.
 

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Can anyone recommend me what type of jacks and hydrolic floor jack to use when doing a tire rotation on a 2011 Suburban? I have 4 short 2ton jacks that u usually use to fix my 92 camaro and wife's 2012 Rav4.... there is no way i'm going to use these on my Suburban!
I have a regular Harbor Freight hydraulic 3-ton jack that has twin pistons unlike my old Craftsman which looked near identical with 1 piston and a 3-1/2 ton rating.

3-ton jack stands at a minimum, sometimes I wish they were bigger for some reason. Skip the Harbor Freight stands for now and buy some ACDelco or Pro-Lift stands. I miss the ones with the pin.

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You can get the ACDelco stands at O'Reilly's and the latter at Walmart. HF has redesigned their floor jacks, this would be closest to what we use. Have fun!

Now that I look at the pics, those Pro-Lifts have a pin, in a different place, but still better than one IMO, I'd get those, heck, I might go buy some of those to replace my other ones! I need something to lift the Sierra anyway!
 
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I have a regular Harbor Freight hydraulic 3-ton jack that has twin pistons unlike my old Craftsman which looked near identical with 1 piston and a 3-1/2 ton rating.

3-ton jack stands at a minimum, sometimes I wish they were bigger for some reason. Skip the Harbor Freight stands for now and buy some ACDelco or Pro-Lift stands. I miss the ones with the pin.

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You can get the ACDelco stands at O'Reilly's and the latter at Walmart. HF has redesigned their floor jacks, this would be closest to what we use. Have fun!

Now that I look at the pics, those Pro-Lifts have a pin, in a different place, but still better than one IMO, I'd get those, heck, I might go buy some of those to replace my other ones! I need something to lift the Sierra anyway!
I have a set of those big ones with the safety pin. I think they're 6 ton.
I also have a medium sized set, forgot their rating, and 2 sets of the smaller, standard sized stands.

It's nice to have options
 

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