Dave from P7OFFROAD Accredited Driver Training replied:

we had a combined shovel/jack holder on teh side of the roack on our troopy, it was really good!

it was only about $60 some years ago, from memory

I have the jack mounted on the ARB carrier on the Datto now, but the old holder has been modded and now carries the shovel only...

Member - BIGDOG G (WA) replied:

spend some $'s and do it properly......or get some second hand fencing wire and wire it to the bullbar'

Cheers...............BIGDOG

Member - Roachie (SA) replied:

I've sold my high lift, but when I did have it I tried a few options for mounting. Initially I had an Opposite Lock bracket that bolted to the spare wheel holder on the Patrol, but that used to interfere with the camper trailer.

I also had an ARB rack and eventually decided to drill 2 half inch holes in the middle and rear uprights on the passenger's side. Through these holes I inserted a couple of lengths of half inch threaded rod, secured with a nut on either side of the roof rack. About 2" protruded out and I made sure the 2 bolts were the correct distance apart to match the holes in the high lift. It was a simply matter of sliding the jack onto the 2 bolts and follow with a suitable washer and a nut. You could also drill a hole through each bolt and use an "R" clip to hold the jack in place too (quicker....but also quicker for some low life to knock it off too).

Cheers

Roachie

Member - Kiwi Kia replied:

If you want to stop the handle rattling try this; Rubber insulation for air con pipes comes in lengths that you slide over the pipes. I slide a couple of off cuts about 15 cm long onto the jack handle and use a shock cord to wrap the handle to the body of the jack.

I was all set to dump my hi-lift till I had a friend recently found himself on the wrong side of a locked gate. The lock was up inside a pipe to stop it being cut but the Bl***dy vandals had managed to swap a new security type lock with the original padlock. The only way out was through the gate as the track behind is strictly one way down hill. The hi-lift was used to force a brace on the gate to break a weld and let the party escape. I found out latter that a very wise person had deliberately left a weak weld on the brace so it could be busted using a jack. The rogue lock was gas axed off a few days later.

PeterInSA replied:

Signman,
Have an ARB spare wheel carrier on my cruiser. Have mounted the highlift jack on the back of the carrier. Between the carrier and the back of the cruiser. Welded a piece of steel on the top of the carrier, with a bolt thru it and thru the appropriate height hole in the jack.

For the lower mount drilled a hole thru the 90mm x 50mm approx section of the carrier, inserted a 3/8 bolt approx 3 1/2 long used a nut to hold the bolt firm on the carrier and the part of the bolt that suck out fitted into a hole underneath the jack step and firmed it up with a washer and nut. The jack step is that part of the jack that connects to your vehicle to do the lift, on my unit I have two holes underneath.

This was the easy part, making the fittings to be able to use the jack on the front bumper left and right hand sides and the rear (middle via the tow tongue fitting) was the challenge.

Peter

Member - Doug T (FNQ) replied:

furph replied:

Whever you decide to store the jack fore heavens sake do it a mechanical favour, find a piece of canvas and stitch up a decent bag to cover up the working end with.
Dust will surely get into and jam the pins just when you dont need it, mine is a treasured part of our recovery gear and looked after accordingly.
So often see one (well, what looks like one) bolted to a spare wheel carrier like some badge of honour. Full of mud then dust. Nope, not for me
furph!

Member - Coyote (QLD) replied:

IFWIW I recon you can't go past the mount that you can get for your ARB roof rack. It is readily accessible, out of most of the dust etc and with a 'condom' over it up on the roof it's clean and not in the way yet still readily accessible. for $60 you buy the combined jack/shovel holder...

Truckster (Vic) replied:

Honestly, how often do you use the highlift?

I've only ever been out with someone who has used one once in 6yrs+ - that was November only to break the bead on a GU wheel after the wheelnuts came loose nuffin' up the rim.

$130 for a Toorak Tractor accessory, sort of like the bolt on Ski's on the roof of X5's/Volvo/BMW's in general - in the city come ski season...


PS. those flags I got started falling apart :(