Highlift jack
#141
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Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
His jack is broken.
A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:419D3674.5E35AE95@sympatico.ca...
> Another friend a couple months ago found out 'his' highlift will just
> 'drop' to the ground if bumped right when in the 'up' mode. Almost took
> his finger off when he was trying to reset it 'up' for storage.
>
> Who needs em?
>
> Some fool farmer got a Jeep and used that sucker for things it was never
> designed for and everyone followed him like a heard of sheep.
>
> Mike
>
> JimG wrote:
> >
> > Exactly! Mike flunked Hi-Lift 101, you passed Jeff.
> >
> > JimG
> >
> > "Jeff Strickland" wrote in message ...
> > > Mike is completely correct here, but the selector needs to be set to
the
> > > Lowering position. If the jack is set to raise the load, the handle
will
> > not
> > > run away.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mike Romain" wrote in message
> > >...
> > > > You just flunked 'highlift 101'.
> > > >
> > > > If you bump the damn thing slightly when up the handle can/will go
> > > > ballistic all by it's self!
> > > >
> > > > Really!
> > > >
> > >
A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:419D3674.5E35AE95@sympatico.ca...
> Another friend a couple months ago found out 'his' highlift will just
> 'drop' to the ground if bumped right when in the 'up' mode. Almost took
> his finger off when he was trying to reset it 'up' for storage.
>
> Who needs em?
>
> Some fool farmer got a Jeep and used that sucker for things it was never
> designed for and everyone followed him like a heard of sheep.
>
> Mike
>
> JimG wrote:
> >
> > Exactly! Mike flunked Hi-Lift 101, you passed Jeff.
> >
> > JimG
> >
> > "Jeff Strickland" wrote in message ...
> > > Mike is completely correct here, but the selector needs to be set to
the
> > > Lowering position. If the jack is set to raise the load, the handle
will
> > not
> > > run away.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mike Romain" wrote in message
> > >...
> > > > You just flunked 'highlift 101'.
> > > >
> > > > If you bump the damn thing slightly when up the handle can/will go
> > > > ballistic all by it's self!
> > > >
> > > > Really!
> > > >
> > >
#142
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
His jack is broken.
A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:419D3674.5E35AE95@sympatico.ca...
> Another friend a couple months ago found out 'his' highlift will just
> 'drop' to the ground if bumped right when in the 'up' mode. Almost took
> his finger off when he was trying to reset it 'up' for storage.
>
> Who needs em?
>
> Some fool farmer got a Jeep and used that sucker for things it was never
> designed for and everyone followed him like a heard of sheep.
>
> Mike
>
> JimG wrote:
> >
> > Exactly! Mike flunked Hi-Lift 101, you passed Jeff.
> >
> > JimG
> >
> > "Jeff Strickland" wrote in message ...
> > > Mike is completely correct here, but the selector needs to be set to
the
> > > Lowering position. If the jack is set to raise the load, the handle
will
> > not
> > > run away.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mike Romain" wrote in message
> > >...
> > > > You just flunked 'highlift 101'.
> > > >
> > > > If you bump the damn thing slightly when up the handle can/will go
> > > > ballistic all by it's self!
> > > >
> > > > Really!
> > > >
> > >
A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:419D3674.5E35AE95@sympatico.ca...
> Another friend a couple months ago found out 'his' highlift will just
> 'drop' to the ground if bumped right when in the 'up' mode. Almost took
> his finger off when he was trying to reset it 'up' for storage.
>
> Who needs em?
>
> Some fool farmer got a Jeep and used that sucker for things it was never
> designed for and everyone followed him like a heard of sheep.
>
> Mike
>
> JimG wrote:
> >
> > Exactly! Mike flunked Hi-Lift 101, you passed Jeff.
> >
> > JimG
> >
> > "Jeff Strickland" wrote in message ...
> > > Mike is completely correct here, but the selector needs to be set to
the
> > > Lowering position. If the jack is set to raise the load, the handle
will
> > not
> > > run away.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mike Romain" wrote in message
> > >...
> > > > You just flunked 'highlift 101'.
> > > >
> > > > If you bump the damn thing slightly when up the handle can/will go
> > > > ballistic all by it's self!
> > > >
> > > > Really!
> > > >
> > >
#143
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Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
That is beside the point, Bill.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:419D304A.BD58227E@***.net...
> Jeff, what do you think would happen if my Bronco bumper:
> http://www.----------.com/bronco4.jpg hit your Federally mandated bumper
> at six miles an hour? I can tell you it takes about four thousand
> dollars to replace the rubber baby bumper and absorbers on my '89
> Thunderbird. My Real Thunderbird:
> http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > Bill is not one to let technicalities get in the way of a good argument.
> >
> > Bumpers changed to accomodate federal mandates that they survive a 5mph
> > impact. To accomplish this mandate, the car makers started putting shock
> > absorbers on the bumper mounts that do not like sideways loads on them.
> > Bumpers these days only look like they are near the body of the car, the
> > reality is the covers is near the body, but the part that does the work
is
> > several inches from the body. Lifting from the bumper would probably
bend it
> > in most cases, so now cars are lifted by the frame, or subframe.
> >
> > Another technicality that really screws up a good argument is that
bumper
> > jacks from yesteryear take up lots of space, a well thought out scissor
jack
> > will fit inside the rim of the spare tire, in space that cant be used
for
> > anything else anyhow.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:419D304A.BD58227E@***.net...
> Jeff, what do you think would happen if my Bronco bumper:
> http://www.----------.com/bronco4.jpg hit your Federally mandated bumper
> at six miles an hour? I can tell you it takes about four thousand
> dollars to replace the rubber baby bumper and absorbers on my '89
> Thunderbird. My Real Thunderbird:
> http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > Bill is not one to let technicalities get in the way of a good argument.
> >
> > Bumpers changed to accomodate federal mandates that they survive a 5mph
> > impact. To accomplish this mandate, the car makers started putting shock
> > absorbers on the bumper mounts that do not like sideways loads on them.
> > Bumpers these days only look like they are near the body of the car, the
> > reality is the covers is near the body, but the part that does the work
is
> > several inches from the body. Lifting from the bumper would probably
bend it
> > in most cases, so now cars are lifted by the frame, or subframe.
> >
> > Another technicality that really screws up a good argument is that
bumper
> > jacks from yesteryear take up lots of space, a well thought out scissor
jack
> > will fit inside the rim of the spare tire, in space that cant be used
for
> > anything else anyhow.
#144
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
That is beside the point, Bill.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:419D304A.BD58227E@***.net...
> Jeff, what do you think would happen if my Bronco bumper:
> http://www.----------.com/bronco4.jpg hit your Federally mandated bumper
> at six miles an hour? I can tell you it takes about four thousand
> dollars to replace the rubber baby bumper and absorbers on my '89
> Thunderbird. My Real Thunderbird:
> http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > Bill is not one to let technicalities get in the way of a good argument.
> >
> > Bumpers changed to accomodate federal mandates that they survive a 5mph
> > impact. To accomplish this mandate, the car makers started putting shock
> > absorbers on the bumper mounts that do not like sideways loads on them.
> > Bumpers these days only look like they are near the body of the car, the
> > reality is the covers is near the body, but the part that does the work
is
> > several inches from the body. Lifting from the bumper would probably
bend it
> > in most cases, so now cars are lifted by the frame, or subframe.
> >
> > Another technicality that really screws up a good argument is that
bumper
> > jacks from yesteryear take up lots of space, a well thought out scissor
jack
> > will fit inside the rim of the spare tire, in space that cant be used
for
> > anything else anyhow.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:419D304A.BD58227E@***.net...
> Jeff, what do you think would happen if my Bronco bumper:
> http://www.----------.com/bronco4.jpg hit your Federally mandated bumper
> at six miles an hour? I can tell you it takes about four thousand
> dollars to replace the rubber baby bumper and absorbers on my '89
> Thunderbird. My Real Thunderbird:
> http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > Bill is not one to let technicalities get in the way of a good argument.
> >
> > Bumpers changed to accomodate federal mandates that they survive a 5mph
> > impact. To accomplish this mandate, the car makers started putting shock
> > absorbers on the bumper mounts that do not like sideways loads on them.
> > Bumpers these days only look like they are near the body of the car, the
> > reality is the covers is near the body, but the part that does the work
is
> > several inches from the body. Lifting from the bumper would probably
bend it
> > in most cases, so now cars are lifted by the frame, or subframe.
> >
> > Another technicality that really screws up a good argument is that
bumper
> > jacks from yesteryear take up lots of space, a well thought out scissor
jack
> > will fit inside the rim of the spare tire, in space that cant be used
for
> > anything else anyhow.
#145
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
That is beside the point, Bill.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:419D304A.BD58227E@***.net...
> Jeff, what do you think would happen if my Bronco bumper:
> http://www.----------.com/bronco4.jpg hit your Federally mandated bumper
> at six miles an hour? I can tell you it takes about four thousand
> dollars to replace the rubber baby bumper and absorbers on my '89
> Thunderbird. My Real Thunderbird:
> http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > Bill is not one to let technicalities get in the way of a good argument.
> >
> > Bumpers changed to accomodate federal mandates that they survive a 5mph
> > impact. To accomplish this mandate, the car makers started putting shock
> > absorbers on the bumper mounts that do not like sideways loads on them.
> > Bumpers these days only look like they are near the body of the car, the
> > reality is the covers is near the body, but the part that does the work
is
> > several inches from the body. Lifting from the bumper would probably
bend it
> > in most cases, so now cars are lifted by the frame, or subframe.
> >
> > Another technicality that really screws up a good argument is that
bumper
> > jacks from yesteryear take up lots of space, a well thought out scissor
jack
> > will fit inside the rim of the spare tire, in space that cant be used
for
> > anything else anyhow.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:419D304A.BD58227E@***.net...
> Jeff, what do you think would happen if my Bronco bumper:
> http://www.----------.com/bronco4.jpg hit your Federally mandated bumper
> at six miles an hour? I can tell you it takes about four thousand
> dollars to replace the rubber baby bumper and absorbers on my '89
> Thunderbird. My Real Thunderbird:
> http://www.----------.com/realTBird.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > Bill is not one to let technicalities get in the way of a good argument.
> >
> > Bumpers changed to accomodate federal mandates that they survive a 5mph
> > impact. To accomplish this mandate, the car makers started putting shock
> > absorbers on the bumper mounts that do not like sideways loads on them.
> > Bumpers these days only look like they are near the body of the car, the
> > reality is the covers is near the body, but the part that does the work
is
> > several inches from the body. Lifting from the bumper would probably
bend it
> > in most cases, so now cars are lifted by the frame, or subframe.
> >
> > Another technicality that really screws up a good argument is that
bumper
> > jacks from yesteryear take up lots of space, a well thought out scissor
jack
> > will fit inside the rim of the spare tire, in space that cant be used
for
> > anything else anyhow.
#146
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
Jeff, YOU brought up the five mile an hour bumper, that collapses
through your car at six. I don't blame you for not being able to think
of what would happen to you and your Bimmer, if you hit a Real bumper.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> That is beside the point, Bill.
through your car at six. I don't blame you for not being able to think
of what would happen to you and your Bimmer, if you hit a Real bumper.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> That is beside the point, Bill.
#147
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
Jeff, YOU brought up the five mile an hour bumper, that collapses
through your car at six. I don't blame you for not being able to think
of what would happen to you and your Bimmer, if you hit a Real bumper.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> That is beside the point, Bill.
through your car at six. I don't blame you for not being able to think
of what would happen to you and your Bimmer, if you hit a Real bumper.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> That is beside the point, Bill.
#148
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
Jeff, YOU brought up the five mile an hour bumper, that collapses
through your car at six. I don't blame you for not being able to think
of what would happen to you and your Bimmer, if you hit a Real bumper.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> That is beside the point, Bill.
through your car at six. I don't blame you for not being able to think
of what would happen to you and your Bimmer, if you hit a Real bumper.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> That is beside the point, Bill.
#149
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
Jeff, find in message: ("dropping" your load) at:
http://www.hi-lift.com/manual/manual.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> His jack is broken.
>
> A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
> the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
> in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
> ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
> cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
>
> The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
> high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
> this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
>
> Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
> crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
> drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
> be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
> HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
> already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
> application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
> where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
> so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
> Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
> get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
> another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
> dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.
http://www.hi-lift.com/manual/manual.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> His jack is broken.
>
> A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
> the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
> in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
> ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
> cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
>
> The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
> high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
> this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
>
> Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
> crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
> drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
> be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
> HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
> already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
> application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
> where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
> so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
> Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
> get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
> another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
> dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.
#150
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Highlift jack
Jeff, find in message: ("dropping" your load) at:
http://www.hi-lift.com/manual/manual.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> His jack is broken.
>
> A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
> the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
> in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
> ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
> cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
>
> The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
> high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
> this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
>
> Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
> crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
> drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
> be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
> HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
> already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
> application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
> where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
> so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
> Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
> get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
> another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
> dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.
http://www.hi-lift.com/manual/manual.htm
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> His jack is broken.
>
> A properly working HiLift will never drop its load if the selector is set to
> the Raised position. There are two pins, and one of them is ALWAYS engaged
> in a hole when raising a load, while lowering the load, one of the pins is
> ALWAYS out of a hole, and this means the load can drop unexpectedly, and
> cause the handle to flail away at everything within its reach.
>
> The biggest danger of a HiLift is the load will shift when it is raised very
> high, and this shift can - and often does - cause the load to fall. When
> this happens, the jack falls over, the lifting mechanism does not drop.
>
> Personally, I think you need to lighten up a bit. Jeeping, particularly rock
> crawling, is a dangerous activity right out of the gate. If one is going to
> drive a vehicle at extreme angles and over stuff that was never intended to
> be driven over, then one is engaged in dangerous activity. Period. Using a
> HiLift is certainly a dangerous activity, no question about it but we arer
> already spending the entire weekend doing dangerous activities. The only
> application for a HiLift is to get a vehicle unstuck from rocks or stumps,
> where the vehicle needs to be lifted so something can be placed under a tire
> so the vehicle can proceed under its own power. I have often times lifted my
> Jeep on the HiLift, then slowly driven off of the HiLift, then gone back to
> get my jack. All I needed was to shift the weight from one corner to
> another, and the HiLift was the perfect tool for the goal. Yes, a HiLift is
> dangerous, but most offroading is dangerous.