VEVOR Hydraulic Shop Press, 12 Ton/26000lbs, H-Frame, 4-Hold Adjustable Height, with Movable Plates, for Garage or Professional Users, Orange

bought this to press out some control arm bushings, should have probably got the 12 ton instead. bushings were within its operating capabilities and turned out fine but it struggled with lower ball joints. pressing out, there was a bit of a violent pop that ejected the jack completely from the frame, catching me off guard and only narrowly avoiding injury. pressing ball joints in however, was a more fiddly matter. it was unable to provide enough pressure to force the new ball joints straight in on center, the overload bypass works. i was able to overcome this by working the edges in a circle pressing a little at a time until about 90% in then returning to center to finish it out, at near max output of the press it was able to make the last bit in a violent pop to seat the ball joints. the orange paint is not a permanent coating to protect the press, it is merely there to indicate if you have used it at all as it flakes off on contact with anything. the 2 pieces of black plate it comes with are very convenient that they are included however will bend permanently well before the 6t max is ever reached, i suggest getting thicker plates if you plan to use this regularly. actually, i suggest getting a 12t unit if you plan to use this at anything close to it's limit. idk what the parts are all called so i'm going to go with deck height adjustment pins. those are fine, the holes in the frame that accept the pins though, not particularly skookum, all wallowed out already. hell, the deck has a good sag to it too now. so while it seems to be engineered to survive the forces of the 6t jack it's built around, i can honestly say it only just barely does that. this is at best hobby quality, for home light duty use, dont count on it lasting a week in a commercial workshop and is priced accordingly. do not attempt to put any larger jack in this frame, it may just kill you and if you want it to last forever it might be better suited to maybe a 3t jack. so while my results were sub optimal, i know i was asking too much of this tool and my experience with it is my fault. except the paint, the paint could be much better. so weighing all things here, i'm giving this 5 stars overall not because its a great press, it isnt, but because it is exactly the $97 worth of press i paid for and it did what i asked of it when i should have bought $167 worth of press.

Decent little press for the money. I assembled mine and put it straight to work. Works great!

Worked good to press some wheel bearing on side by side. But cross bar was not as strong as needed but worked. Cross bar bent while pressing bearing but had a friend make a stronger one so all worked out.

Ordered the one with fastest delivery happened to be this one. Packaging was pretty beat up but all parts were present so it went together pretty easy. Would give 4 but the workbench/ C channels/part 8 in the manual. Bent pushing aluminum bushings. That's no good and a bit of a safety concern. The failure point on a press should be the bottle jacks over pressure valve not the c channels and there was nowhere near 12 tons of pressure on it. Amazon customer service was really awesome about it tho. If Vevor who usually makes a pretty good product would have used heavier c channels it would be a good press. But it failed on some basic stuff so one star it is. Vevor has some valid complaints with the metal supplier for this product.

I like it. Could use some higher holes for raising cross bars in order to use thinner metal. Had to place work on a 2x4 t0 get the work completed. However, does what it claims to do. Well constructed.

Ok. So having just assembled this... thoughts.#1... you get what you pay for 5 stars.#2... Not terrible but not better then 3 stars with modification either#3... Build Quality (frame) is ok. 4 stars#4... issues with safety, and general issues and me being picky. 2 stars.a. The bottle jack is not totally secured. There is a ring into which the top cylinder fits... ok, but the base is not secured to the down-pressure beam. It is simply placed and held by friction and two large springs. Putting tons of pressure on it? Not quite feeling it as-is.. I need the press size, not the pressure so for my application, shoe-sole press, it's right on... trying to press a bearing at high pressure and my OSHA senses light up. The arbor plates are also under sized and way not stable... did I get wrong parts? Would definitely see a welder if this was high pressure. 3 stars feels mean given how inexpensive this was but all I can think of is "Whoops!". Bottom line, not bad, not great. A shop can handle these issues pretty easy, a lay person prob ok, and if you are mechanically not inclined go better quality. I plan to fix the arbor plates with wood (again I need stable pressure, not high pressure) and will probably use JB Weld and rough sanded surfaces to hold the jack a bit more stable. Not ideal... but will work for my use case.

For years I have been hunting a small press for my service van. This little guy fits neatly out of the way when not in use. I work for a company that services commercial food equipment and I occasionally have to work on machines with press fit bearings. I have used this vice three times since I purchased it and I have been pleased with its performance. I have pressed bearings on two Hobart band saw lower pulley shafts, and this last week I tested it on one of the more difficult pressing jobs I've ran into, the removal and repressing of the bearings on a 1532 grinder. I did feel like the grinder bearing was pushing the limit of the press, but right about the time the bottle jack seemed like it would take no more, the bearing finally popped free.If you're in the market for an actual shop press (for use in an actual shop) then I'd probably invest a little more money for a larger press, however if you are working out of the back of a van or truck, then I recommend this little press. I can't do everything, but it can get you out of a pinch.

Came faster than expected was very easy to put together and will do exactly what I needed to do. Thank you supplier for the fast shipping and thank you VEVOR for quality products