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Trolley Jack over bottle jack

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BigA:
I use a trolley jack when working on the Disco at home, the halfords one in the survey, and find that a nice piece of 4 x 4 between the jack and axle, helps with the height restriction. Axle stands too once jacked up.

hobbit:
Again I have all 3, bottle, trolley and a hi lift, one good item to carry especially with the bottle type is a block of hard wood, gets around the problem of not enough reach on some of them.

Axle stands and ramps also get a lotof use from me too

Another thing to remember with these vehicles is the handbrake is useless when you want to jack up, so a pair of chocks are very handy, anything from a house brick (secondary handbrake) to the proper things

It may go without saying, but before you consider jacking up, chock a wheel, and let the handbrake off for the thing to settle, better then than later when you see it moving on the jack.

Another point is to put the vehicle into diff lock or four wheel drive for series

Boots & braces is better than a wandering 3 legged motor, especially if your legs/body are in the vicinity

Terranosaurus:
THIS set from machine mart is good value. Lifts to 490mm too.

The cheap hobby trolley jacks with the small chassis aren't really up to any proper work nor are they very stable. A full size jack will probably out last your landrover. The Ratchet style axle stands are a touch heavier but so much easier in use, worth paying a touch extra for them.

As for bottle jacks, personally I'd keep them for changing wheels by the side of the road a proper trolley jack will out perform them almost anywhere, even in mud etc, where a full size chassis will act as its own spreader plate.

Range Rover Blues:
I have both, but as said it makes little difference as you should be using axles stands anyway.

My trolley jack sinks into tarmac, let alone soft ground so I've taken to using bottle jacks recently but they are not as stable and I had one slip on me the other day jacking one side of the axle up.

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