Hamron Scissor Jack

Changing a wheel at the roadside calls for a jack that can lift the vehicle without taking up much room, and the Hamron Scissor Jack is the familiar compact, manually operated type. Its screw mechanism opens the crossed arms to raise a car, so it needs no power source and stores more easily than many larger workshop jacks. The work is slower and more physical than with a hydraulic trolley jack, and the vehicle must be on firm, level ground with the jack placed at the proper lifting point. A scissor jack is meant for lifting, not for supporting a vehicle while someone works underneath it; an axle stand is the safer support for that job. By our assessment, the Hamron Scissor Jack makes sense as basic emergency equipment, not as a workshop replacement. Its usefulness depends on matching its capacity and lifting range to the vehicle, details that the product name alone does not establish.