Can one use a Hi-lift with an 80?

[moralien]

[quote author=semlin link=board=2;threadid=15482;start=msg146855#msg146855 date=1083174482]
use a bottle jack whenever you can and try a tug or a winch first if you get stuck.
[/quote]

Great data point for you guys.
90% of the time all you need is a good strappie.

 

[alia176]

This is a common sight on Land Rover roof racks. The owners like the "coolness" look from sticking a shovel and a jack on the rack and have them both get rusted from lack of use and exposure to the elements. Seriously, use a bottle jack for most things. Even if you're lifted, jacking up the vehicle from under the axle (if accessible) is the safest method. One thing nice about the LR bottle jacks is that they have a cradle top vs just the regular flat top found on most bottle or screw jacks. This totally prevents the jack from slipping from under the axle housing while lifting.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

If you HAVE to use one on a stock truck, I think Hi-lift makes a little chain contraption that hooks through the spokes on one of the rims and then hangs over the tongue on the jack.

 

[e9999]

that's really gotta help the alloy rims...

E

 

[BigMac]

Safado -
One observation on storing the jack with the pointy end aimed at your back....
Have you thought out all crash scenarios? BigMac

 

[alia176]

Cory has a point here....Hi lift has an attachment that is made for this specific purpose and ti protects the rim while lifting. Check out http://www.4by4connection.com/hiliftliftmate.html.

 

[nyk438]

I've used a hi lift jack once, to jack on a heep that got it's ass high centered on a boulder



I had to hook a chain up the boulder and yank that thing out from under him..silly heep offroadins for cruiser

 

[Safado]

[quote author=BigMac link=board=2;threadid=15482;start=msg147178#msg147178 date=1083206430]
Safado -
One observation on storing the jack with the pointy end aimed at your back....
Have you thought out all crash scenarios? BigMac

[/quote]

It's pinched pretty solid, plus the handle would keep it from coming through...if to set yours up like this you would see what I mean.

 

[Rich]

Think rollover.

When I go camping, I've got a boatload of stuff that could hurt. I try to fasten down as many of the hard, heavy bits as possible.

 

[Safado]

[quote author=Rich link=board=2;threadid=15482;start=msg148978#msg148978 date=1083471150]
Think rollover.

When I go camping, I've got a boatload of stuff that could hurt. I try to fasten down as many of the hard, heavy bits as possible.
[/quote]

Once again...thank you for your concern for my well being...but you just won't get it until you try it. There is NO WAY you can use the 3rd row seat mounts for a 60 inch Hi-Lift. And when you have a 6 inch lift and 37s...well there's not much a 48 inch Hi-Lift can do for you before it's fully extended. I checked into both before buying and made the right choice. As far as a rollover is concerned...well that's only going to happen in an offroading type of situation. But the possibility that it could be flopping around the back with my other gear and tools (most of which are strapped down anyway....on top of the Hi-Lift ) would be pretty low on my priority list at that moment.

My posting of the picture was merely to show that there is an alternative (even for the largest of jacks) to hanging it outside and exposing it to the elements, esp. if you don't have a rack or stout bumper. The pic was taken in my driveway, anyone with an ounce of common sense wouldn't leave a 50+ pound jack loose in the back of his rig while wheeling.

 

[hkeller]

In a pinch, on my wifes Jeep with platic bumpers, I used my hi-lift in the hitch receiver. It worked great. I don't know what you would do up front. Hope this helps.

 

[Junk]

I recently heard the president of Hi-Lift drives and 80 series. That's cool.

Personally though, as I mentioned, I always prefer to use a bottle jack before a hi-lift. I do have a 60", uh, hi-lift