Sheaffadelic
Caught the Bug
But imagine how many shopping bags it could lift into the tailgate in one trip?......
Oh yeah - no thanks. As I had said in the J-Bolt thread, I still own 3 Hi-Lifts but never carry one with me on the trail. The only time I ever see people use them is to incorrectly and dangerously use them to change a tire and a bottle jack can do it faster, better and safer.
I've used mine three times in 37 years of wheeling, so as others have noted, not a high use item. I also carry a 5 ton bottle jack, but on at least one occasion, the bottle jack would not have worked. One of the taller jeeps on a run in Moab bent a drag link going over the Crack (not running a drag link flip), so we removed the drag link, stuck it in the rear bumper receiver on my jeep, clamped the drag link to the high lift jack, braced the jack against a spare tire and used the winch on another jeep sitting at a right angle to my jeep to straighten the drag link. The high lift jack was used to keep the drag link from rotating when pressure was applied with the winch. We noodled that fix for a while before we came up with a method to straighten the drag link. We even tried to drive over it with another jeep, but no love. Didn't help that it was almost midnight and we had been on the trail since 7 AM.
It's cheap enough that it's worth keeping affixed to my tire carrier, but as noted by others, buy a GOOD winch first, then a lot of other stuff before you get to the jack. I've had the same high lift since I was 21, and I got it for free, so they don't wear out. I think mine is over 50 years old and still working just fine.
Oh yeah - no thanks. As I had said in the J-Bolt thread, I still own 3 Hi-Lifts but never carry one with me on the trail. The only time I ever see people use them is to incorrectly and dangerously use them to change a tire and a bottle jack can do it faster, better and safer.
These are very valid points...the only time I saw a legit use was to help in a high centered situation that simply taking a strap or winching off was going to result in damage to the rig...they can be very unstable, and if you forget to put the handle in the up position while in use, it can result in a concussion or broken jaw...
Hey Chief, maybe you'd like to donate one my way, it'll make my tire carrier look more "offroady" lolOh yeah - no thanks. As I had said in the J-Bolt thread, I still own 3 Hi-Lifts but never carry one with me on the trail. The only time I ever see people use them is to incorrectly and dangerously use them to change a tire and a bottle jack can do it faster, better and safer.
I bought this one from Harbor Freight. Probably don't need a 20 ton but since when do we not overdo anything?
Plus they're only $40 http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=20+ton+bottle+jack
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No way I'm crawling under anything lifted with a hi lift jack.
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You shouldn't get under anything lifted with any jack.
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I have a problem with my highlift Jack, and that is that it does not like to go down. I have had two Smittybilt and one HiLift brand, and they all do the same thing. I try to keep them lubed up, but the device that allows it to go down gets sticky after a while and I have to pull it out with pliers with every stroke. Anybody have an idea on how to fix this?
Lube it more and/or keep it indoors? Never had this problem with mine.
Yeah, probably. I'll try diff lube product. It's externally mounted on the rear all the time. Maybe I'll look for a cover for it.
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