About Blackhawk
Blackhawk traces back to 1919, when Blackhawk Manufacturing was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a subsidiary of the American Grinder Company, building wrenches, sockets, and specialty automotive tools. The brand passed through several owners over the decades -- New Britain Machine Company in the early 1950s, Litton Industries in the 1970s, National Hand Tool in the 1980s -- before Stanley Works acquired it in 1986. Today Blackhawk operates as a sub-brand of the Proto division of Stanley Black & Decker, and its catalog spans well over a thousand items: master tool sets, wrenches, sockets, hammers, pliers, punches, chisels, pullers, and tool storage, alongside the hydraulic service jacks it is best known for in automotive shops.
On RevRated, the Blackhawk B6350 Fast Lift 3.5-Ton Professional Service Floor Jack is featured in our floor jack coverage, where Mike Reeves' testing centered on its 22-inch maximum lift height -- the tallest reach in that roundup -- and its fast-lift single in-line pump, which raises the saddle to jacking height in one to two pumps versus the five to eight strokes typical of single-piston competitors. The cast iron lift arm and flanged side plates reflect the heavy-gauge construction Blackhawk has built professional service equipment around for more than a century.
Brand website: stanleyproto.com
What Blackhawk makes
Blackhawk's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
B6350 series service jacks
3.5-ton fast-lift hydraulic floor jacks built for professional shop use -- featured on RevRated — featured on RevRated
Jack stands
heavy-gauge steel jack stands for shop and home garage support work
Wrenches and sockets
master tool sets, ratchets, and wrenches sold under the Proto division catalog
Specialty automotive tools
pullers, pry bars, and shop-specific tools for professional automotive service
Striking and hand tools
hammers, punches, chisels, and pliers built to the same professional-grade standard
Tool storage
tool boxes and storage units for shop and mobile technician setups
Why we recognized Blackhawk
The RevRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Blackhawk earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, run on real vehicles, and judged on merit.
Blackhawk products we rated highly
Blackhawk B6350 Fast Lift 3.5-Ton Professional Service Floor Jack
The B6350's 22-inch maximum lift height is the tallest reach in our floor jack testing, clearing suspension-lifted trucks and full-size SUVs that standard 18 to 20-inch jacks can't reach. Its fast-lift single in-line pump gets the saddle to jacking height in one to two pumps rather than the five to eight strokes typical of single-piston jacks, and the cast iron lift arm with flanged side plates is built for the daily-lift cycle count of a professional shop rather than occasional home use. A built-in bypass device and sealed hydraulic pump round out the safety and consistency features our testing looked for in a truck-and-SUV shop jack.
Read the 8 Best Floor Jacks of 2026 guide →What earned Blackhawk the recognition
- More than a century of tool manufacturing heritage, dating to Blackhawk Manufacturing's 1919 founding in Milwaukee and continuing today as a sub-brand of Stanley Black & Decker's Proto division.
- The B6350's 22-inch maximum lift height is the tallest reach in our floor jack roundup, a specification that matters directly for lifted trucks and full-size SUVs.
- Fast-lift single in-line pump technology reaches jacking height in one to two pump strokes, a meaningful productivity difference over the five to eight strokes typical of single-piston competitors in daily shop use.
- Cast iron lift arm and flanged side plates built to the heavy-gauge construction standard Blackhawk has applied to professional service equipment for decades.
- A built-in bypass device and sealed hydraulic pump provide automatic overload protection and consistent performance across temperature extremes, features our testing specifically checked for in a shop-duty jack.