Stormfishing
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Anyone carry a high lift jack when off roading in your pick up truck camper.
You definitely have to be careful. Mine is around 40yo and I have used it on a number of occasions but I now have an off road base and a lift mate which I mostly use these days to lift a wheel up so I can put rocks under it. I used it to change tires when cars had actual bumpers but I was younger and dumber in those days. There are videos showing safe use practices and I'm sure you can find some showing unsafe practices as well.Happyjax said:Anyone ever actually use their high lift jack? I have heard they can be kinda dangerous..... Maybe I would need a class?
You posted before I could. Ditto on my response. First let me say I carry a HiLift in my Jeep and always have. I admit mostly used for others but I have it. The Jeep has aftermarket bumpers front and rear and welded sliders. So I have lift points when needed.However my Superduty has no lift points for a HiLift nor would I try even if it did. The Safe Jack gives me a warm fuzzy. I have a warn winch bumper and winch so that helps too.Shadyapex said:I bought a Hi-Lift for my Taco but found that there was no pick up point that could be used without fear of body damage. And since I didn't feel like buy custom bumpers I went with a Safe Jack kit. It's a heavy duty bottle jack with lots of extensions and base plates, etc. It seems like a good kit and is a lot lighter than a Hi-Lift and works under the truck rather than outside where the jack interferes with the body work. Lots of options and accessories. https://safejacks.com/
Now that is a smart idea!!! I might need to work on something like this!!!ntsqd said:We carry a compact floor jack that has had its wheels replaced with a full length skid plate. When first built it looked like this:
It has seen a lot of use and been toted 10's of thousands of miles since the 2003 Baja 1000 pit effort that it was originally built to help support.