Hi-Lift mounting
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
Kalifornia's already banned most SUVs we just don't know it yet:
http://www.energybulletin.net/1465.html
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Lon wrote:
>
> Speaking of Darwin Candidates, did anyone from the SF Bay area get a
> good look at the SUV that flipped on its side from some tourist
> trying to take it down Lombard's snake area? Looked like a Ford
> Exploder, but was busy and couldn't really ident it before the
> news changed topic.
http://www.energybulletin.net/1465.html
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Lon wrote:
>
> Speaking of Darwin Candidates, did anyone from the SF Bay area get a
> good look at the SUV that flipped on its side from some tourist
> trying to take it down Lombard's snake area? Looked like a Ford
> Exploder, but was busy and couldn't really ident it before the
> news changed topic.
#22
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
The best or better said 'proper' place to mount one of those 'widow
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
#23
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
The best or better said 'proper' place to mount one of those 'widow
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
#24
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
The best or better said 'proper' place to mount one of those 'widow
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
#25
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
The best or better said 'proper' place to mount one of those 'widow
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
maker' jacks is on the back wall of the garage or barn which also is the
only safe place to use it.
It really amazes me that folks bring a farm tool in a Jeep and expect it
to be a miracle tool or something.
Some poor fool farm boy couldn't afford a real jack or even a hand winch
so he got stupidly creative and figured out he could use dad's barn
lifter and fence post puller with a chunk of chain to pull his Jeep out
of the back 40.
Unfortunately someone else saw him do it so now we have a trend of
bringing killing and maiming tools along on an already dangerous sport.
I can change a tire, jack up my Jeep to put logs or rocks under it, push
it over and even drive off my hydraulic floor jack I keep tucked in
behind the passenger seat and if my Warn winch quits, I have a hand back
up winch...
My $0.02,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Carl Saiyed wrote:
>
> The semi-girlfriend and my best female friend conspired together and got me
> a 48" black hi-lift jack for my birthday. I'd like to mount it on the
> aftermarket tomken rear bumper on my 89 YJ. Is the hi-lift as tough as my
> rear bumper? I don't want to damage it. Other suggestions for mounting on a
> YJ?
>
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
"Carl Saiyed" <carlsaiyed@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4297c0c9_3@newsfeed.slurp.net...
....
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
Aside from all the other horror stories... if you *must* use
this thing, make sure that you watch the mechanism carefully
when jacking, both up and down... make sure the pins are
fully engaged in their holes before ending your stroke. In
the same vein, don't jack quickly, and make sure that the
handle strokes from lock to lock before reversing direction.
That's the one that gets folks in trouble... aside from rolling
off of it, or having it spit out from under the bumper sideways.
__
Steve
..
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
"Carl Saiyed" <carlsaiyed@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4297c0c9_3@newsfeed.slurp.net...
....
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
Aside from all the other horror stories... if you *must* use
this thing, make sure that you watch the mechanism carefully
when jacking, both up and down... make sure the pins are
fully engaged in their holes before ending your stroke. In
the same vein, don't jack quickly, and make sure that the
handle strokes from lock to lock before reversing direction.
That's the one that gets folks in trouble... aside from rolling
off of it, or having it spit out from under the bumper sideways.
__
Steve
..
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
"Carl Saiyed" <carlsaiyed@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4297c0c9_3@newsfeed.slurp.net...
....
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
Aside from all the other horror stories... if you *must* use
this thing, make sure that you watch the mechanism carefully
when jacking, both up and down... make sure the pins are
fully engaged in their holes before ending your stroke. In
the same vein, don't jack quickly, and make sure that the
handle strokes from lock to lock before reversing direction.
That's the one that gets folks in trouble... aside from rolling
off of it, or having it spit out from under the bumper sideways.
__
Steve
..
#29
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
"Carl Saiyed" <carlsaiyed@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4297c0c9_3@newsfeed.slurp.net...
....
> Also, hi-lift use tips?
Aside from all the other horror stories... if you *must* use
this thing, make sure that you watch the mechanism carefully
when jacking, both up and down... make sure the pins are
fully engaged in their holes before ending your stroke. In
the same vein, don't jack quickly, and make sure that the
handle strokes from lock to lock before reversing direction.
That's the one that gets folks in trouble... aside from rolling
off of it, or having it spit out from under the bumper sideways.
__
Steve
..
#30
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Re: Hi-Lift mounting
I agree with Mike. I used to carry a hi-lift, but no longer. I've
seen too many of them collapse under load, and more than one handle go
out of control and whack the operator. I carry a bottle jack for
jacking and a Warn winch for pulling. I also carry a Ham radio to call
for medical assistance the next time I see a jeeper nearly kill himself
with a hi-lift.
Truthfully, I think most hi-lifts are mounted to make jeeps "look
good," and most are seldom used, if ever.
seen too many of them collapse under load, and more than one handle go
out of control and whack the operator. I carry a bottle jack for
jacking and a Warn winch for pulling. I also carry a Ham radio to call
for medical assistance the next time I see a jeeper nearly kill himself
with a hi-lift.
Truthfully, I think most hi-lifts are mounted to make jeeps "look
good," and most are seldom used, if ever.