The idea is pretty simple, just take a regular jack and put a collar like device over the top that extends down along one side to a height of about 1" to 2" off the ground and you have a Toe Jack - But hold on, it's not quite that easy! Unless you make the collar quite massive and design the jack underneath as extremely heavy duty all that lop-sided pressure is going to wear out your seals and main ram cylinder mighty quickly. Solution - Pour on the Cast Iron, balance the collar and design the cylinders stronger. Resulting in a platypus-looking, overly heavy & pricey, lopsided lifting device that only a maintenance worker in a power plant could love - And love it he does, 'cos nothing else will do the job!

If you continually have to lift up heavy objects with clearances of only a couple of inches - You Need A TOE JACK!
Here's how they measure up:

Additionally - If you require something as low as an inch check out our AIRBAG JACKS PAGE