20 Ton Hydraulic Shop Press

Purchased in June 2011 when I received it the shipping box was torn and some of the parts were scratched, but overall it was okay. Very easy to assemble even Without instructions,, the picture is good. I used the press to remove a bearing on an outdrive shaft and it worked perfecttly. I've used it seceral times already, I should have bought it along Time ago, it sure makes jobs a lot easier. It was a good buy. Highly recommended for small shop or home garage.

This press was probably my worst Amazon experience ever. Shipping was too expensive to return it, so I had to make due. The hydraulic jack would not hold so it had to be replaced. The slide that the jack mounts to; was built so poorly and the press pin so crooked that it would cock-off to one side so much that it would bind. It was easiest just to build a new one. The legs and the bottom spreader were so flimsy that I just built new ones that were much heavier. Now it works perfectly, since I've contributed and additional hundred bucks or so in materials and six or eight hours of labor.

I have very mixed emotions about rating this product. Item arrived ahead of schedule and it was in scratch free condition. Instructions were more then adequate for assembly. Press arrived with a spreader bar (controls the bottom spacing of arbor) that was 3" to long. This caused the bottom of the arbor (Formed a triangle) to be 3" to wide and this caused the press platform to fall off the rods that supported the press platform. Due to this problem the lower 5 adjusting positions became unusable and very unsafe. I repaired the spreader bar (If I did not have a welder this repair would have presented more of a problem) to the correct length and this press worked fine. I really wanted to see how good the customer service was for this product, so I sent and e-mail to Pro-line Trading (Through Amazon) and explained that the spreader bar that I received was 3" to long. E-Mail response was very quick (1 Day) and polite, Received (2) more responses that did not really resolve my problem but seeing that I had already made the repair, I felt good that customer service was as good as it was, although there still is a problem somewhere. All in all, this arbor has turned out to be a GREAT addition to my tools and I cannot believe that I waited so long to get it. I will say that the freight cost for this item was almost as much as the cost of the arbor. If I was to order this part again, I would surely look for a local supplier and see if cost would be reduced due to shipping cost. 20 ton unit is likely an over kill, but cost difference between 12 ton & 20 ton unit was so close that it would be hard not choose the 20 ton unit. So I am only giving this product a rating of (4) only due to the problem of the incorrect spreader bar being supplied but I do have to say that Amazon and Pro-line both did a good job with their customer service.

Works perfectly!

Works excellent for my husband. he loves it....

I don't usually write reviews, but I had to for this thing. It just exploded on me in the shop. It's rickety as hell when assembled, which causes the whole press to roll and wobble when in use, and often leads to off center pressing. Finicky use means you get little proper use out of the thing, and even that is unsafe at best. If I could've have told myself to avoid this press when I was shopping, and invest a little more in higher quality, it would've saved me $300 and a broken window. And now I'm back to shopping for a press again...

It is a good basic shop press. great starter, no frills product at a reasonable price.a set of v blocks would have made it sweeter.

YOU NEED TO ADD THE INSTRUCTION FOR THIS.