junk yard jon wrote:
can't you move the pump back and that would shorten up the front mount. you would still have the same lift.



Yes. I was trying to maximize the angle at the lowest height of the lift. If you drop the angle by moving the jack back there will be more force exerted since the lever arms would be shorter. If you do it that way you don't need a long ram jack but I thought it would be safer to use the longer jack.