Hi-Lift Jack Thread
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
Norm
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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"collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>
> My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> cleaned
> it.
>
> Norm
he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
Norm
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
"collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>
> My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> cleaned
> it.
>
> Norm
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
Norm
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
"collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>
> My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> cleaned
> it.
>
> Norm
he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
Norm
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
"collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>
> My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> cleaned
> it.
>
> Norm
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
You can easily balance a bottle jack on a rock or wood block to gain
height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I hear
> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the bush,
> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya right,
> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy rock,
> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go forward.
> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there was
> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on sideways
> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I would
> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain saw
> :)
>
> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I hear
> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the bush,
> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya right,
> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy rock,
> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go forward.
> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there was
> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on sideways
> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I would
> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain saw
> :)
>
> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
You can easily balance a bottle jack on a rock or wood block to gain
height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I hear
> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the bush,
> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya right,
> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy rock,
> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go forward.
> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there was
> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on sideways
> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I would
> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain saw
> :)
>
> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I hear
> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the bush,
> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya right,
> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy rock,
> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go forward.
> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there was
> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on sideways
> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I would
> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain saw
> :)
>
> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
You can easily balance a bottle jack on a rock or wood block to gain
height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I hear
> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the bush,
> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya right,
> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy rock,
> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go forward.
> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there was
> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on sideways
> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I would
> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain saw
> :)
>
> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I hear
> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the bush,
> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya right,
> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy rock,
> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go forward.
> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there was
> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on sideways
> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I would
> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain saw
> :)
>
> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
I see Bill's point. There is 'nothing' to maintain other than a squirt
of oil, brand new ones do the same thing, have seen it twice lately done
by fools that 'had' to have one of the stupid things, then to make
matters worse tried to use them.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
> he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
> maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
>
> Norm
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
> "collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
> >
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
of oil, brand new ones do the same thing, have seen it twice lately done
by fools that 'had' to have one of the stupid things, then to make
matters worse tried to use them.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
> he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
> maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
>
> Norm
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
> "collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
> >
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
Guest
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
I see Bill's point. There is 'nothing' to maintain other than a squirt
of oil, brand new ones do the same thing, have seen it twice lately done
by fools that 'had' to have one of the stupid things, then to make
matters worse tried to use them.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
> he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
> maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
>
> Norm
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
> "collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
> >
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
of oil, brand new ones do the same thing, have seen it twice lately done
by fools that 'had' to have one of the stupid things, then to make
matters worse tried to use them.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
> he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
> maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
>
> Norm
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
> "collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
> >
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
Guest
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
I see Bill's point. There is 'nothing' to maintain other than a squirt
of oil, brand new ones do the same thing, have seen it twice lately done
by fools that 'had' to have one of the stupid things, then to make
matters worse tried to use them.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
> he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
> maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
>
> Norm
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
> "collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
> >
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
of oil, brand new ones do the same thing, have seen it twice lately done
by fools that 'had' to have one of the stupid things, then to make
matters worse tried to use them.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> No Bill, it scared him (He's 87 now and this happened in the early 60's) and
> he scolded me for standing so close. My point is that his jack was not
> maintained. He has tried to give it to me, but I don't want it.
>
> Norm
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41D9AA6A.5CBD405@***.net...
> "collapsing" So after your dad bought the fram, did you sell it?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
> >
> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous that
> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
> >
> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never maintained
> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
> > cleaned
> > it.
> >
> > Norm
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
Never thought of doing that with a bottle jack, that was on my list of
things to get anyway, especially when I got a flat and found that I had no
crank for my scissor jack, so used my daughter's, and found she had no tire
iron for her's. So advise to eveyone out there that has bought a used jeep,
check for jack parts before you need it.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:41DB0A86.C65BFAA3@sympatico.ca...
> You can easily balance a bottle jack on a rock or wood block to gain
> height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Greg wrote:
>>
>> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I
>> hear
>> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
>> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the
>> bush,
>> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
>> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
>> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya
>> right,
>> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy
>> rock,
>> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
>> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go
>> forward.
>> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
>> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there
>> was
>> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on
>> sideways
>> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I
>> would
>> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain
>> saw
>> :)
>>
>> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
>> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
>> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous
>> > that
>> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
>> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>> >
>> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
>> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never
>> > maintained
>> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
>> > cleaned
>> > it.
>> >
>> > Norm
>> >
>> >
things to get anyway, especially when I got a flat and found that I had no
crank for my scissor jack, so used my daughter's, and found she had no tire
iron for her's. So advise to eveyone out there that has bought a used jeep,
check for jack parts before you need it.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:41DB0A86.C65BFAA3@sympatico.ca...
> You can easily balance a bottle jack on a rock or wood block to gain
> height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Greg wrote:
>>
>> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I
>> hear
>> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
>> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the
>> bush,
>> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
>> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
>> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya
>> right,
>> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy
>> rock,
>> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
>> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go
>> forward.
>> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
>> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there
>> was
>> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on
>> sideways
>> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I
>> would
>> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain
>> saw
>> :)
>>
>> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
>> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
>> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous
>> > that
>> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
>> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>> >
>> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
>> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never
>> > maintained
>> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
>> > cleaned
>> > it.
>> >
>> > Norm
>> >
>> >
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
Never thought of doing that with a bottle jack, that was on my list of
things to get anyway, especially when I got a flat and found that I had no
crank for my scissor jack, so used my daughter's, and found she had no tire
iron for her's. So advise to eveyone out there that has bought a used jeep,
check for jack parts before you need it.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:41DB0A86.C65BFAA3@sympatico.ca...
> You can easily balance a bottle jack on a rock or wood block to gain
> height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Greg wrote:
>>
>> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I
>> hear
>> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
>> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the
>> bush,
>> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
>> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
>> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya
>> right,
>> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy
>> rock,
>> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
>> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go
>> forward.
>> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
>> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there
>> was
>> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on
>> sideways
>> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I
>> would
>> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain
>> saw
>> :)
>>
>> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
>> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
>> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous
>> > that
>> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
>> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>> >
>> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
>> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never
>> > maintained
>> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
>> > cleaned
>> > it.
>> >
>> > Norm
>> >
>> >
things to get anyway, especially when I got a flat and found that I had no
crank for my scissor jack, so used my daughter's, and found she had no tire
iron for her's. So advise to eveyone out there that has bought a used jeep,
check for jack parts before you need it.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:41DB0A86.C65BFAA3@sympatico.ca...
> You can easily balance a bottle jack on a rock or wood block to gain
> height and topple that over too. A small floor jack has wheels....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Greg wrote:
>>
>> I always wondered, till yesterday, why anyone would need a hi-lift, I
>> hear
>> people always talking about moving thier jeep over with it. Well as of
>> yesterday I can see the need, we were out for a weenie roast up in the
>> bush,
>> there was this nice little outcropping of rock that only a narrow track,
>> like mine, could get to between the trees, so off I go to try, around one
>> tree, between 2 others with about 8" on either side, lots of room, ya
>> right,
>> as soon as I passed the trees and my front wheels got up on the mossy
>> rock,
>> I slid sideways in the rear and was stuck, hard top up against one of the
>> two trees I had just passed, and slipping on the mossy rock to go
>> forward.
>> Tried everything for about 10 minutes, rocks under wheels, shot out on
>> moss, tried to get guys to push me as I spun, no way, fortunately there
>> was
>> just enough room on the trail beside me for my daughter to get on
>> sideways
>> and pull my rear end. If the trail wasn't beside me or wide enough, I
>> would
>> of been sending her into to town to buy a hi-lift, or pick up my chain
>> saw
>> :)
>>
>> "Norm & Debbie" <nwpars@insightbb.com> wrote in message
>> news:Y6dCd.613495$wV.312268@attbi_s54...
>> > After reading all the comments about Hi-Lifts it is no more dangerous
>> > that
>> > anything else we use in off-roading. Any tool is dangerous when it is
>> > misused or used for a purpose it was not intended for.
>> >
>> > My father still has the hi-lift he used when farming. I remember it
>> > collapsing when he tried to use it on a tractor axle. He never
>> > maintained
>> > it - he only squirted some grease on it from time to time and never
>> > cleaned
>> > it.
>> >
>> > Norm
>> >
>> >
