My experience and what I do now:
Having my Hi-Lift jack along with me (instead of in my garage at home) would probably have helped me in
this incident.
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So now I do carry my Hi-Lift with me on trips, in my camper, in the catch-all storage spot behind the couch. I carry it packed away inside, rather than at-the-ready on the outside, because there had been at least 100,000 miles (probably more) "incident-free" miles without need of the jack...so carrying-convenience is a higher-priority
for me than quick access. And it's not like a fire extinguisher that needs to be deployed in seconds to be effective.
To make the Hi-Lift more useful in those rare
incidents, I got one of these and carry it, too:
Hi-Lift Jack LM-100 Lift-Mate. If I'd had the jack with me I would have used the it to lift the wheels to chain up the tires or at least lay chains under the tires, and a Lift Mate makes that more efficient than lifting at the bumper.
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I also got and carry the
Hi-Lift Jack ORB Off-Road Base.
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