Came across this, curious if anyone owns one yet. Considering adding it to my cruiser.
ARB Jack - ARB USA
ARB Jack - ARB USA
Anybody tried the ARB Hydraulic jack yet
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Felt bad that I just bought a Hi-Lift 2 days ago ... scrolled down and saw the $812 price tag for the ARB ... feeling good abount my Hi-Lift purchase again now
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You probably need to ask in the 200 subforum, only poor people in this subforum 
That thing is way expensive, pretty though.
cheers,
george.
That thing is way expensive, pretty though.
cheers,
george.
Saw one guy on Instagram using one and talking about it. Said it’s great but still hard to beat a hi lift due to the price and you don’t care if you abuse the hi lift.
The Hi-lift is awesome until it kills you, then just expensive and dangerous, Cheap floor jack FTW
You carry (and perhaps more importantly) use a floor jack when wheeling?
maxamillion2345
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I have a friend who reviewed one for a publication and liked it and then soon after broke the handle off it lol.
looked really cool and easy to use until I saw the 812$ price tag. I’ll stick to my sketchy hi-lift for now
Another negative is a hydraulic jack could only push and never pull. A simple hi-lift can do both.
Don't know about him and I've never used one myself but cheap harbor freight jacks with skid plates instead of wheels seem to be popular. Then there are the pro eagle jacks, you're getting up there in price again with those.
I've started carrying a harbor freight aluminum floor jack I got on sale awhile back and a few boards. I still carry a hi-lift but the floor jack is much more useful for normal breakdowns. I just keep it strapped behind the second seat. Since it's aluminum it's pretty light.
If you had 7 figures in the bank, it would be because you avoid such purchases.
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That is a great example of taking something simple, mechanical, well proven, and making it needlessly much more complex, adding a bunch of failure points, reducing it's reliability. They missed out on making it electric, remote, like controlled by a phone app! That said, likely to be the new must have, displayed on all of the "overland lifestyle" type rigs.
I didn't read ALL of the specs, but can it be operated horizontally?
A typical hydraulic jack can only be operated in a vertical position due to air entrainment.
I have used HiLift jacks in all positions. There is a reason they have been a staple for so many years.
A typical hydraulic jack can only be operated in a vertical position due to air entrainment.
I have used HiLift jacks in all positions. There is a reason they have been a staple for so many years.
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Some of the local guys have stopped carrying Hi-lifts and haven't used one in years now. Bottle jacks and exhaust jacks have been the preferred tools. I still carry a bottle jack, and I had an exhaust jack for a while but never used it so I sold it. I have actually used my hilift quite often, and most of the time it's in ways that none of the other options would have helped. Gotta treat them with caution and care, but the hilift is still an excellent tool and I still carry mine every day. Had mine for over 20 years now. I rebuilt it with new pins/springs a few years ago and I'm sure it will last another 20 before I need to do that again. Simple, effective and reliable.....and cheap.
I wouldn't turn down one of the ARB ones, but can't justify paying for one.
I wouldn't turn down one of the ARB ones, but can't justify paying for one.
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Very much the case
You have to visit ARB stores in australia to see the level of money put into 'outfitting' a 4wd for the 'ultimate' bush trip. ARB basically has a license to print money in oz.
They could take a bucket and stick an ARB sticker on it and it becomes a $500 crapper, seat optional
I have a mate over there that has mates that basically sit around the camp and it's ARB this and ARB that... I camped one night with his mates a few years back and then moved on to escape the madness. I have a camping table (decades old) that I replaced the plywood top from some scrap. He has a $200 ARB 'bush camping' table (with plastic clips)...
Though at least he does take a floor jack in his troopy stored in one of the drawers and not one of these new 'toys'. He also has the stock bottle jack and wood.
cheers,
george.
NLXTACY
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Let’s put this another way, if I wouldn’t put a “Wits End” sticker on it (as low a bar as it gets) then you know it’s not a good idea.
I’ve hated everything about this for not only the reasons that Tools and Scott brought up, but also because RadFlo made one like ten years ago. It’s nothing new but more importantly it’s nothing better.
I’ve hated everything about this for not only the reasons that Tools and Scott brought up, but also because RadFlo made one like ten years ago. It’s nothing new but more importantly it’s nothing better.
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Everyone buys a $800 phone with no questions, but a $800 Jack is suddenly expensive and yes it is. Do we as dealers would like it at a lower price point, yes, but we have no control over that.
Once you actually use it, you would see how nice it is. I don't think they target this to replace all the functions of a hi-lift, but honestly if I had the choice to jack the vehicle up using this vs. a hi-lift I would take this in a heart beat.
It does not work in a horizontal way, and yes it can not pull as a hi-lift can, but as a simple jack, it works really good. The control for letting down and also the easy of jacking the vehicle up is streets above a hi-lift. Yes probably a very limited market.
Yes Radflo made one, but not in the same class as this.
Once you actually use it, you would see how nice it is. I don't think they target this to replace all the functions of a hi-lift, but honestly if I had the choice to jack the vehicle up using this vs. a hi-lift I would take this in a heart beat.
It does not work in a horizontal way, and yes it can not pull as a hi-lift can, but as a simple jack, it works really good. The control for letting down and also the easy of jacking the vehicle up is streets above a hi-lift. Yes probably a very limited market.
Yes Radflo made one, but not in the same class as this.
