When your modified rig outgrows factory equipment, Pro Eagle’s purpose-built Kratos three-ton jack delivers shop-grade lifting capability engineered specifically for remote terrain—featuring aluminum construction, sealed bearings, and enough muscle to handle the heaviest overlanders.
The Ultimate Off-Road Jack Is Called Pro Eagle Kratos
Whether your rig is lifted, overweight, or both, there is a good chance that your factory jack is no longer capable of lifting it high enough to even change a flat tire, especially on long-travel vehicles.
Why Factory Jacks Fail Modified Off-Road Vehicles
Cheap factory jacks are usually unstable and cumbersome scissor jacks that were barely up to the task with your stock off-roader, or a hydraulic bottle jack that no longer has enough reach.
There are many styles of off-road jacks out there in the aftermarket, including the venerable agricultural jack, hydraulic cylinder jacks, or even inflatable jacks, all with their own pros and cons.
Among lifting solutions, hydraulic shop jacks offer the quickest, most stable operation—though traditional models weren’t designed for off-road conditions. These usually have a four-wheel chassis with caster wheels and a long handle that operates a hydraulic mechanism to articulate the lifting arm.
From Race Course to Trail: The Evolution of Off-Road Shop Jacks
While shop jacks are great for rolling around the shop floor, they were never optimized for backcountry use, which didn’t stop racers who started taking their shop jacks with them to the desert to more quickly and more easily change the tires on their race trucks.
But they didn’t hold up to the abuse of chasing races, and a niche market for modified jacks popped up.
Seeing an opportunity, Pro Eagle decided to step in and make the first production version of the modified shop jack that could be taken on the trail and trusted on the race course, giving birth to the off-road shop jack category and the Pro Eagle line of rugged shop-style jacks.
Pro Eagle pioneered the off-road shop jack category, creating purpose-built lifting solutions for overland vehicles and race trucks that demand more than consumer-grade equipment.
Over time, Pro Eagle has upgraded their jacks to be more beefy and more durable, making a name for itself among off-road enthusiasts.
Kratos Design: Purpose-Built for Extreme Lifting Conditions
Seeing a need for an even more capable jack for customers with vehicles heavy enough to outclass their 2-ton line of jacks, Pro Eagle went back to the drawing board to reimagine what the ultimate off-road shop jack might look like.
What they created was the 3-ton Kratos, a name it shares with the divine personification of strength in Greek mythology.
Kratos is a beast. Its chassis was designed from the ground up to outperform any other off-road jack on the market, and while it looks like a modified shop jack, it’s not.
The Kratos is a purpose-built—some might say overbuilt—mechanical benchmark for all jacks.
This 3-ton jack has a chassis made from quarter-inch aluminum side plates, and the hydraulic pump has more than 10 years of research behind it to ensure it doesn’t leak and that it can still perform after being covered in sand and dirt.
Kratos Performance in Remote Terrain
The Kratos features a stout lifting mechanism, solid axles with sealed ball bearings, and huge heavy-duty, one-piece, non-pneumatic wheels to lift it up off the ground. It can roll over rocks and gravel with ease and the stainless-steel hardware is designed for long-term durability.
Each Kratos weighs a hefty 68 pounds and measures out at 31 by 13 inches, with a minimum height of just six inches and a maximum lift height of 28 inches with the supplied 8-inch extension attached.
An integrated skid plate along the bottom surface keeps the jack from sinking into soft soils and a heavy-duty handle makes moving the Kratos around much easier.
A taller 15-inch extension is available along with a slew of accessories, including a mount, a jack hitch ball for moving trailers around, a Jack Lock lockout, and even adapters for lifting Rivians the correct way.
Designed in the USA, the Kratos comes with a two-year warranty, and there isn’t a beefier option if your rig requires the baddest jack in the backcountry.
And if a 3-ton jack sounds like overkill to you, Pro Eagle has a full lineup of lighter duty options to choose from.
For overland enthusiasts running heavily modified rigs—whether lifted trucks, expedition vehicles, or overweight adventure builds—the Pro Eagle Kratos 3-ton jack represents the most capable lifting solution available for remote terrain.
While the 68-pound weight and premium price point position it as serious expedition equipment, no other off-road jack matches its combination of lifting capacity, build quality, and trail-ready durability.
Pro Eagle Kratos: proeagle.com
This article originally appeared in OVR Issue 12. For more informative articles like this, consider subscribing to OVR Magazine in print or digital versions here. You can also find the print edition of OVR at your local newsstand by using our Magazine Finder.
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