Hi-Lift Jack Thread
#11
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
Yup: http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Snow wrote:
>
> Those Hi-lift jacks are just a copy of the old (dating myself again) bumper
> jacks that cars used to have, they worked but more people got injured using
> them. If you want a different jack the small bottle that came with. try
> either a small floor jack, a medium bottle jack or something similar.
>
> Snow...
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Snow wrote:
>
> Those Hi-lift jacks are just a copy of the old (dating myself again) bumper
> jacks that cars used to have, they worked but more people got injured using
> them. If you want a different jack the small bottle that came with. try
> either a small floor jack, a medium bottle jack or something similar.
>
> Snow...
#12
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
Yup: http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Snow wrote:
>
> Those Hi-lift jacks are just a copy of the old (dating myself again) bumper
> jacks that cars used to have, they worked but more people got injured using
> them. If you want a different jack the small bottle that came with. try
> either a small floor jack, a medium bottle jack or something similar.
>
> Snow...
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Snow wrote:
>
> Those Hi-lift jacks are just a copy of the old (dating myself again) bumper
> jacks that cars used to have, they worked but more people got injured using
> them. If you want a different jack the small bottle that came with. try
> either a small floor jack, a medium bottle jack or something similar.
>
> Snow...
#13
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
Yup: http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Snow wrote:
>
> Those Hi-lift jacks are just a copy of the old (dating myself again) bumper
> jacks that cars used to have, they worked but more people got injured using
> them. If you want a different jack the small bottle that came with. try
> either a small floor jack, a medium bottle jack or something similar.
>
> Snow...
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Snow wrote:
>
> Those Hi-lift jacks are just a copy of the old (dating myself again) bumper
> jacks that cars used to have, they worked but more people got injured using
> them. If you want a different jack the small bottle that came with. try
> either a small floor jack, a medium bottle jack or something similar.
>
> Snow...
#14
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
ground:
http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
>
> It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> the day before they buried him 6' under....
>
> I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jersey wrote:
> >
> > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> >
> > TIA - George
ground:
http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
>
> It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> the day before they buried him 6' under....
>
> I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jersey wrote:
> >
> > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> >
> > TIA - George
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
ground:
http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
>
> It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> the day before they buried him 6' under....
>
> I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jersey wrote:
> >
> > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> >
> > TIA - George
ground:
http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
>
> It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> the day before they buried him 6' under....
>
> I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jersey wrote:
> >
> > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> >
> > TIA - George
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
ground:
http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
>
> It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> the day before they buried him 6' under....
>
> I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jersey wrote:
> >
> > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> >
> > TIA - George
ground:
http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
>
> It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> the day before they buried him 6' under....
>
> I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jersey wrote:
> >
> > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> >
> > TIA - George
#17
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
The last one I was near came within 1/4" of removing half of my face and
I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
60's I think....
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
> ground:
> http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
> But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
> >
> > It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> > near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> > convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> > afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> > stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> > the day before they buried him 6' under....
> >
> > I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> > the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Jersey wrote:
> > >
> > > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> > >
> > > TIA - George
I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
60's I think....
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
> ground:
> http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
> But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
> >
> > It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> > near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> > convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> > afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> > stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> > the day before they buried him 6' under....
> >
> > I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> > the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Jersey wrote:
> > >
> > > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> > >
> > > TIA - George
#18
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
The last one I was near came within 1/4" of removing half of my face and
I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
60's I think....
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
> ground:
> http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
> But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
> >
> > It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> > near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> > convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> > afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> > stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> > the day before they buried him 6' under....
> >
> > I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> > the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Jersey wrote:
> > >
> > > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> > >
> > > TIA - George
I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
60's I think....
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
> ground:
> http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
> But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
> >
> > It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> > near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> > convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> > afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> > stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> > the day before they buried him 6' under....
> >
> > I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> > the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Jersey wrote:
> > >
> > > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> > >
> > > TIA - George
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
The last one I was near came within 1/4" of removing half of my face and
I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
60's I think....
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
> ground:
> http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
> But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
> >
> > It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> > near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> > convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> > afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> > stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> > the day before they buried him 6' under....
> >
> > I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> > the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Jersey wrote:
> > >
> > > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> > >
> > > TIA - George
I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
60's I think....
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> But, but, but, they will if you lift the chassis four feet off the
> ground:
> http://www.webejeepin.com/images/Gle...-action-lg.jpg ;-)
> But I prefer my stock screw jack: http://----------.com/jack.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > No, a high lift jack will 'not' work for changing a tire.
> >
> > It is properly called a 'Widow Maker' and has no business being anywhere
> > near a Jeep. It is a farm tool that some redneck took in his Jeep and
> > convinced others it was a 'cool' thing to have because they couldn't
> > afford a jack or even a hand winch. It's not. Look ma, I don't need no
> > stinking jack to change a tire and lookee at those fools with winches,
> > the day before they buried him 6' under....
> >
> > I carry a small hydraulic floor jack like your helper. It fits behind
> > the passenger seat great and I carry a 'come-A-long' cable hand winch.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Jersey wrote:
> > >
> > > OK Fellas I'm kinda new to this Jeep stuff, I've had my TJ (X)
> > > just over a year & it's running stock wheels & tires Goodyear,
> > > Wranglers GS-A's. The only thing I've done to it so far is install
> > > a Wilderness rack from Garvin. I've been wanting to replace the
> > > stock bumpers with something a little more substantial but
> > > I have that old Italian disease (Myfunds-r-low) Anyway on the
> > > way home from work yesterday I ran over some junk in the road,
> > > (turned out to be a busted up headboard that musta fell offa
> > > someone's truck) And somehow it blew a 2 inch hole in the
> > > sidewall of my rear tire. Luckily I was only doing about 35 mph
> > > cause it went flat right now. The weirdest thing was as soon
> > > as I pulled to the side of the road 2 guys form nowhere were
> > > at my door & were in the process of helping me change to tire
> > > & it's good luck because it wasn't till then that I even thought
> > > about the POS bottle jack that comes with the Jeep. One of the
> > > good Samaritans had a rollaround hydro jack in his car that I used.
> > > It really got me thinking I need to get a real jack for this thing.
> > > Now don't slap me in the back of the head but will the stock
> > > bumpers hold up to the Hi-Lift jack? They seem kinda cheesy.
> > > I've got the rack to bolt it to. Now it looks like I'm going to spend
> > > a good part of my Xmas Eve looking for a good price on a new tire.
> > >
> > > TIA - George
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Re: Hi-Lift Jack Thread
Hi Mike,
That was a well earned respect, we learned. And as I said earlier,
I was scared sh*tless to go any higher with my T-Bird's jack and that's
with a floor jack stabilizing the side out of view:
http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg It doesn't look like it because
of the camera angle, but the tire is over a foot off the ground, the
only clean spot we can see.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> The last one I was near came within 1/4" of removing half of my face and
> I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
> 60's I think....
>
> Mike
That was a well earned respect, we learned. And as I said earlier,
I was scared sh*tless to go any higher with my T-Bird's jack and that's
with a floor jack stabilizing the side out of view:
http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg It doesn't look like it because
of the camera angle, but the tire is over a foot off the ground, the
only clean spot we can see.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> The last one I was near came within 1/4" of removing half of my face and
> I was paranoid of them already. Since first seeing one drop back in the
> 60's I think....
>
> Mike