BIG RED T51201 Torin Steel H-Frame Hydraulic Garage/Shop Floor Press with Stamping Plates, 12 Ton (24,000 lb) Capacity, Red

This is a nice press. Easy to assemble. As soon as I had it set up, I was off. I had a couple tractor 3 point members that were bent by the previous owner and felt it worth it to try to straighten them out instead of buying new ones. This did the job! I’m quite happy with it.A few things to note. First, it’s a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Not that this is a concern, but for some reason I was expecting something a little taller. Second, it comes in the manufacturer’s box, which makes sense. But the box had been pretty beat up and in the process some of the hardware was lost. Everything else was there. I just had to supplement the hardware using my own. Third, the return springs are a little too long IMHO. When completely at rest, there’s still chrome seen on the piston as it’s not fully retracted. While this is not an issue, I think it would improve the design. I might fix that by shortening the hooks that are installed on the lower cross member.Finally, it would be nice if there were pins/hooks to support the plates while not in use that come with the press. Maybe a means of hanging the bar as well would be good. Regardless, this is a nice press for my shop at a great price.

First the shop press I received is not the one pictured above. When I called Torin to ask about it their answer was they sell two jacks with the same model number that are different. How does that make any sense.. The one I received doesn't have the two stabilizing bars on it. When it showed up it was missing one of the Arbor plates, after calling Torin three times I finally received the extra arbor plate I was missing. Then when I tried to use the damn press the pressing plate that actually presses into the part bent on me. So back to the phone I went, this time it took two calls to get what I needed and now I'm sitting here with a broken press waiting on another part to come in. Once this plate comes in I will be reselling this press and getting something better. Also, the bottle jack itself doesn't work well, It never returns to the up position and you are forced to push it back up to the top of the press. Very frustrating and Ive dealt with Torin before and had issues with their Transmission jack. I will not be buying another Torin product unless they drastically improve their quality control.

First the bad : The box was beat up, the hardware bag broke inside of the box and some fasteners are missing. The assembly instructions are pretty much a exploded view picture, not much detail, difficult to figure out what nut and bolt combination that they showed.THE GOOD: heavy duty, nice paint, everything lined up and went together like it should have.

This press is hard to beat for the price. The metal structure does have some flex to it. So if you’re working on something really heavy duty I would recommend the next size bigger. However I’ve been using on 3/4 and 1 ton pick up parts with no problems. A bonus is it’s relatively small so it’s easy to put out of the way when you’re not using it.

Pros; inexpensive, ease of use, does exactly what it is designed to do!Cons; unless you are short requires this to be mounted higher, or have you kneel when using. small distance per stroke of pump.I have used power opperated presses with all the bells and whistles, and yes they are awesome, and if you like this kind of stuff fun to play with.That said, this does exactly what a part time auto mechanic DIY type will need on an occasional basis. It is easy to setup, it has a small amount of slop during setup, just enough to allow you to level the unit to the location of setup prior to tightening the bolts up, and worked with ease on pressing out the U joints on my truck. I have done this for the past several years with the old yankee ingenuity using a bench vice. (what a pain in the you know what) It is worth the cost just thinking about how much the shops will charge you to do the job. Of course it will take a couple of jobs performed on this to make it pay for itself, but use this 2 or 3 times and you are now saving money, and time of waiting for the mechanics to fit your vehicle into thier schedule. I am 6'4" so alot of stuff is designed for shorter people than I. I found myself kneeling on floor for good work angles on this, so in future i will mount this on a custom base to raise it up for my personal use. While pressing out the u-joint (heavy duty super duty F-250 size) had no flexing of the equipment while pressing out u-joint, and these were in there for over 10 years of use, over 160K miles on vehicle.

Should have listened to all the negative reviews on the packaging. Like many reviews pre this one, package looked like it had been dropped several times. No hardware in package.After purchasing all new grade 8 fasteners assembly was a breeze, finish seems to be good, although many scratches on it from shipping.For those considering a 12 ton press, know that the actual overall size is quite small, Similar to HF’s 6 ton press. Piston attached is is poor and lacking. Takes several pumps to actually fit Ram into alignment pocket. Jacking handle is two pieces of lightweight tubing crimped just enough to hold the two pieces together.plan on making some modifications, ie: adding some plates on sides rails to better guide rail, making a better jack handle, and welding upper rail to side rails for better stability.One would think that after so many negative reviews that the manufacturer would address the issue. All in all bit a bad piece of equipment, but plan on picking up your own hardware, and making some modifications for ease of use and stability.Honestly for the cost I would have been better off getting the HF unit.