Exaust Jack...Tell me more
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duggy
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The question is why? I have never come across a situation where I've need one.
I have one and have used it but that was before I had a hi lift.
The 100 series exhaust has to be trimmed before it will seal, and all you have to do is have the truck at an idle for it to work. Exhaust leak will not matter.
The 100 series exhaust has to be trimmed before it will seal, and all you have to do is have the truck at an idle for it to work. Exhaust leak will not matter.
spotcruiser
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A friend has one and I've seen it used several times. He uses it in situations where a highlift would be difficult or dangerous to use, due to lack of a lifting point or a stable place to set a jack. It has worked great every time. I've considered getting one, based on what I've seen.
If you get one of these, I'd be interested in hearing how it treats you, especially given the fact that the 100 is so heavy.
I see them really useful for wet (mud) or sand situations.
I see them really useful for wet (mud) or sand situations.
hj 60
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needs proper practice because it looks like a bomb.
It fills up pretty easy, but you somehow keep running around the car from starter to exhaust (don't want to be near the exhaust that much...)
And when you think it will explode it starts lifting the car, beware of sharp stuff.
I think the good thing is that it is not as heavy as the hi-lift, and sand&mud will not stop it like the hi-lift.
+ good weight to carry around,gets it done but must practice first, might be the most easy way to lift,
- will go sideways and not straight up a lot of times, needs rubber protection, hard to find a place under the car without cables, lines, sharp stuff, will bend anything it touches, watch to not fill and block the release vent, needs more care so no throwing it around, if you throw the hi-lift on top of it it might break.
While filling standing close somehow gives a daredevil feeling
It fills up pretty easy, but you somehow keep running around the car from starter to exhaust (don't want to be near the exhaust that much...)
And when you think it will explode it starts lifting the car, beware of sharp stuff.
I think the good thing is that it is not as heavy as the hi-lift, and sand&mud will not stop it like the hi-lift.
+ good weight to carry around,gets it done but must practice first, might be the most easy way to lift,
- will go sideways and not straight up a lot of times, needs rubber protection, hard to find a place under the car without cables, lines, sharp stuff, will bend anything it touches, watch to not fill and block the release vent, needs more care so no throwing it around, if you throw the hi-lift on top of it it might break.
While filling standing close somehow gives a daredevil feeling
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Kofoed
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How far does it compress. Meaning what is the clearance to get it under the axleneeds proper practice because it looks like a bomb.
It fills up pretty easy, but you somehow keep running around the car from starter to exhaust (don't want to be near the exhaust that much...)
And when you think it will explode it starts lifting the car, beware of sharp stuff.
I think the good thing is that it is not as heavy as the hi-lift, and sand&mud will not stop it like the hi-lift.
+ good weight to carry around,gets it done but must practice first, might be the most easy way to lift,
- will go sideways and not straight up a lot of times, needs rubber protection, hard to find a place under the car without cables, lines, sharp stuff, will bend anything it touches, watch to not fill and block the release vent, needs more care so no throwing it around, if you throw the hi-lift on top of it it might break.
While filling standing close somehow gives a daredevil feeling
I don't carry a hi-lift in my 100 Series, if the stock OEM jack won't do the trick... the exhaust jack will. Here is us using an X-Jack to lift the back of an 80 to put a track bar bolt back in.
Totally, they are ~3" thick when deflated.
Kofoed
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And it showed up. I like that it came with it's own carrying pack.
I think I will thought it in the daily driver for long trips. The crappy single-arm jack and unibody have very limited places for lifting the vehilce, along with already low ground clearance make it iffy to lift in the dirt.
Glad to hear. Thanks again! 