Hi-Lift Jack Thread
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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
That operation is what made the dents in the sides of my Jack:
http://www.----------.com/hydrojack.jpg Once it decides to go in the
direction you have tilted your jack it'll go like a shot, and you'll be
back on tierra firma.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Greg wrote:
>
> 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.
http://www.----------.com/hydrojack.jpg Once it decides to go in the
direction you have tilted your jack it'll go like a shot, and you'll be
back on tierra firma.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Greg wrote:
>
> 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.
#123
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
That operation is what made the dents in the sides of my Jack:
http://www.----------.com/hydrojack.jpg Once it decides to go in the
direction you have tilted your jack it'll go like a shot, and you'll be
back on tierra firma.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Greg wrote:
>
> 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.
http://www.----------.com/hydrojack.jpg Once it decides to go in the
direction you have tilted your jack it'll go like a shot, and you'll be
back on tierra firma.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Greg wrote:
>
> 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.
#124
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
That operation is what made the dents in the sides of my Jack:
http://www.----------.com/hydrojack.jpg Once it decides to go in the
direction you have tilted your jack it'll go like a shot, and you'll be
back on tierra firma.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Greg wrote:
>
> 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.
http://www.----------.com/hydrojack.jpg Once it decides to go in the
direction you have tilted your jack it'll go like a shot, and you'll be
back on tierra firma.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Greg wrote:
>
> 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.
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