TYPES OF JACK

1.SCISSOR JACK

Scissor car jacks usually use mechanical advantage to allow a human to lift a vehicle by
manual force alone. The jack shown at the right is made for a modern vehicle and the notch
fits into a jack-up point[3] on a unibody. Earlier versions have a platform to lift on a vehicle's
frame or axle.
Electrically operated car scissor jacks are powered by 12 volt electricity supplied directly
from the car's cigarette lighter receptacle. The electrical energy is used to power these car
jacks to raise and lower automatically. Electric jacks require less effort from the motorist for
operation.

2.FLOOR JACKS
Hydraulic Jacks often referred to as a floor jack, garage jack, trolley jack or service jack. A
hydraulic jack is better suited to a garage or workshop than in the back of your car. This is
mainly due to the large weight and size of these jacks.
Floor jacks are operated by wheeling and sliding the jack under the car (these jacks have
wheels and coasters, so they are very easy to maneuver. You do need to ensure the ground is
as flat and hard as possible). Once in place under the designated lift point of your vehicle
(refer to your owner’s manual), the arm of the unit is pumped repeatedly. This pumping
action sucks oil out of the jacks oil reservoir and forces it into the lift chamber, creating an
increase in oil pressure and resulting in the saddle arm of the jack rising and lifting your car.
Releasing the pressure in the Jack by slowly turning the pressure release screw / valve will
see the vehicle, slowly and safely return to the ground once repairs have been performed.
These jacks are far superior to scissor jacks for a workshop or garage setting as they take
much more punishment, wear and tear and rarely if ever fail, even after decades of use.
3.BOTTLE JACKS
Another type of hydraulic jack that you may be familiar with is the bottle or whiskey jack. So
named as its physical appearance resembles an old fashioned whiskey jug or bottle.
Rather than have a lift arm as a trolley jack does, the bottle jack has a single lift rod, which
acts as a piston. Its a very simple mechanism, you simply pump the arm of the jack and the
piston will rise.
They have a whopping 50 tons lift capacity and are often deployed in the act of raising
houses in a chained group of jacks,
When using on a vehicle many people like to use a block of timber to help cushion the impact
on the cars body of the relatively small (in comparison to a floor jack saddle) point of impact.
One major drawback with the bottle jack is its height its collapsed height is usual only half
that of its extended height, this means its unsuitable for many regular vehicles, but is ideal for
vehicles with higher clearances, such as trucks and 4wds. The range of height is much less
than a garage jack as well, but once again for vehicles that already have high ground
clearance this isn’t a problem.
In contrast a benefit is they are usual more robust, take up a lot less space in your vehicle
when compared to a trolley jack and can safely take more weight.
4.HI-LIFT JACKS
Hi-Lift Jacks, also known as High Lift and Farm Jacks (mainly because they are an
invaluable tool for the farmer as they can be used for an almost endless number of tasks) are
an extremely versatile Jack when it comes to lifting, levering, pulling or winching.
The jacks are not suitable for conventional vehicles, but for off-road vehicles or farming
these are perfect.
Hi-Lift jacks were originally developed for farm work, they are made of a pair of climbing
pins, that climb the height of the jack (sometimes as high as 6 feet) by a ratcheting action,
achieved by a manual pumping mechanism.
Safe use of these jacks cannot be overstated, due to the fact they often are lifting heavy
vehicles to a considerable height. Always use it on as flat a surface as possible and also apply
a range of ad-dons that can be purchased to help stablise the jack and the vehicle it’s being
used on.

5.PNEUMATIC JACKS
Pneumatic jacks employ compressed air to transfer forces for the purpose of lifting, pushing
or moving heavy machinery or material. Pneumatic power turns electric power into
mechanical power with the help of compressed air. 
Various kinds of pneumatic tools are used in different facets of the construction industry from
jackhammers to jacking systems. Pneumatic systems are easy to use and are economical
because ordinary air is primarily used, which is easily available. 
In trenchless technology such as pipe ramming, jacks are used for the purpose of lifting heavy
pipes, positioning them for installation and jacking them forward during the installation
process.
5.STRAND JACKS
A strand jack (also known as strandjack) is a jack used to lift very heavy (e.g. thousands of
tons or more with multiple jacks) loads for construction and engineering purposes.
[1]
 Strandjacking was invented by VSL Australia's Patrick Kilkeary & Bruce Ramsay in 1969
for concrete post tensioning systems, and is now widely used for heavy lifting, to erect
bridges, offshore structures, refineries, power stations, major buildings and other structures
where the use of conventional cranes is either impractical or too expensive.
Strand jacks can be used horizontally for pulling objects and structures, and are widely used
in the oil and gas industry for skidded loadouts. Oil rigs of 38,000 t have been moved in this
way from the place of construction on to a barge. Since multiple jacks can be operated
simultaneously by hydraulic controllers, they can be used in tandem to lift very large loads of
thousands of tons. Even the tandem use of two cranes is a very difficult operation. [2]
A strand jack is a hollow hydraulic cylinder with a set of steel cables (the "strands") passing
through the open centre, each one passing through two clamps - one mounted to either end of
the cylinder.
The jack operates in the manner of a caterpillar's walk: climbing (or descending) along the
strands by releasing the clamp at one end, expanding the cylinder, clamping there, releasing
the trailing end, contracting, and clamping the trailing end before starting over again. The real
significance of this device lies in the facility for precision control.
The expansion and contraction can be done at any speed, and paused at any location.
Although a jack may lift only 1700 tons or so, there exist computer control systems that can
operate 120 jacks simultaneously, offering fingertip feel movement control over extremely
massive objects.
6.MOTORCYCLE JACKS
The last type of Jack we will look at is a motorcycle jack. As the name implies this Jack is
used for lifting a motorcycle in a stable manner to enable cleaning, modifications or repairs
on your motorbike to be performed easily.
These particular jacks are often referred to as motorcycle lifts.
These Jacks are designed specifically for safely lifting motorcycles and most ATV 4 wheel
style vehicles.
They hold the back securely so they can be worked on at an elevated height.