Just one more item to add to the list......Post 32926

Submitted: Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 14:51
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Well, in the past I have stated that a Hi Lift Jack, apart from being dangerous at times, is an unneccesary tool to carry around. I had one for years and hardly used it. I gave it away when I sold my Cruiser last year. So blow me down if I don't have a use for one yesterday and today with trailer issues.

I remember seeing one down at our Rural Hardware Store and it was still there waiting for me. So what is another 10 kilos of weight?

It is a Mitsu(never heard of them), but it is pretty robust and works well. I bought me first Hi Lift in 1977 and it cost $90. This one cost $93. Pretty good value considering the value of the dollar today compared to almost 30 years ago.

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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:17

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:17
are you trying to challenge Roachie for the heaviest truck in the country? He is having a battle with road train owners at the moment for the trophy...
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Follow Up By: GREENDOG - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:31

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:31
He has all ready won that Trophy.ROAD TRAIN signs are in the post.cheer's GREENDOG P.S all he has to do is find a place to put them.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:45

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:45
No Trucky, I will never be able to have enough money to buy as much gear as Roachie has.

Maybe I should get a job in a bank....lol
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:49

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:49
I heard the panther tank guys had to add 3 kg of sand under their seats to beat Roachie and reclaim the title, I hope he isnt reading this he mite cotton on to their ploy
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 23:58

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 23:58
I've told you blokes already...........the GU has been on a diet lately; the GPS was the 1st thing to be ditched......more recently the FLITCH has been despatched back from whence it came!!!!! ;-)))))))))
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Follow Up By: G.T. - Tuesday, Apr 25, 2006 at 12:40

Tuesday, Apr 25, 2006 at 12:40
I`m curious to see how long it will take to get your money back . Would you let us know when it happens ? Regards G.T.
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Reply By: Robin - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:36

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:36
Well Willem, had same thoughts about hi-lift jacks
and mine is consigned to the back of the shed with
1 or 2 handwinches and the odd air-bag jack , while
these days I rely on low tyre pressures , diff locks
electric winch and best of all chains.

However I did have a geniune use once in which we saw no
way out but to use highlift jack as a winch, so maybe its
worth carrying after all.

Picture this scene , going downhill diagonally
across a steep lightly treed slope on a narrow
track that was once a 2wd road.
The track had a seriously steep drop off to one side
and a deep drain on the embankment side. So this cruiser
following me slid sideways into the drain on a slick
clay surface.

Could get out, but he could move the car up/down the drain a few
meters but couldn't lift inside wheels out of slippery rut.

It couldn't get enough traction/ angle to extract it with
snatch strap, and while vehicle had a winch there was
nowhere to attach it such that it would pull sideways.

On the drop of side of the track was a small tree about
6" diameter. But couldn't get car into such a position as to
pull on it from winch because of logs etc in drain at front
of car.

Thought about it over a couple of cups of coffee and out came
the never before used Hi-lift.

We attached the chassis at rear wheel and the other end at
right angles across the track to the tree.
This was easier said than done, as while tree was only 2
meters away we had to climb down the bank and then about
4 meters up the tree to arrive at point on the tree just
2m from the bank.

With bits of chain at each end the hi-lift was in the air
and very hard to work. As we operated it the tree bent in
and we got maybe 3-400mm of effective movement.

In two operations we pulled the back of the car 600mm, just
out of the rut sufficent such that with both its diff locks
engaged it could do the rest for itself.

Robin Miller
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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:53

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:53
Robin,

In the dim distant past I used a hi lift quite a lot but in recent years have had no use for it until today and seeing as I am dragging a trailer behind now, I thought that it would be a good accessory to have once again.

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 21:21

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 21:21
Hey Bro, next comes the 2 KVA gennie and the three solar panels, the tinny too just in case you get to a river.
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Reply By: Frank3 - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:38

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:38
WILEM, WHY NOT USE AN AIRLIFT JACK AS OPPOSED TO A HIGH LIFT JACK? tHE FORMER ARE MORE VERSATILE AND LIGHTER TO CARRY.

CHEERS,
FRANK.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:43

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 15:43
FRANK GO READ POST 32926

CHEERS
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Follow Up By: Alloy c/t - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:16

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:16
STOP UR SHOUTING .,,lower case if you please.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:29

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:29
BUT I LIKE SHOUTING !!!!!!!

It's only a wind-up......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...............
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:46

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:46
I knew it when I read the post ! I'd looked at your list verrrry carefully, as you know. In fact I have almost gone out and purchased a trolly jack, something I never have room to carry. Would be a great help if doing serious mech work but I'm hoping that I don't need to worry too much.
And pigs fly :)))))
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:51

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:51
Would it be a point of embarrassment to advise that I took a trolley jack with me to the Alpine challenge?
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:58

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:58
Bonz, I suspect that jacks are worthy of a thread of their own. I actually took a spare vehicle jack with me last trip. A trolly jack would have been far more useful. I wonder how many people actually carry trolly jacks instead of the one supplied ? Hmm...
I've only once found myself in a situation where a hilift was a success. And I shouldnt have been in there at night in the middle of a rainstorm anyway.
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Reply By: V8Diesel - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 19:09

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 19:09
Cue the Twilight Zone music................well bugger me if I didn't take my high lift jack off the Kaymar about 2 hours ago to its new home in the shed after deeming it 'surplus to requirements'. I kid you not! Thought long and hard about it too.

I'm a big fan of the Hi-Lift, but on my 105 Cruiser it only gets the tyre off the ground on literally the last click. Just too dodgy for my liking on these new fangled coil sprung Toyotas with all their articulation and carrying a foot square block of wood is not really an option.. On the other hand the old 75's with leaf springs were just a 'few clicks and it's clear' affair. Horses for courses.

A good mechanical bottle jack, a thick bread board to spread the load, a tarp (so I don't get too grubby) and a long winder that reaches well out from under the vehicle for me nowadays.

My trailer is a tandem, so driving on to a rock with the 'good one' works nicely to get a wheel in the air when required. No shortage of them around the place.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 19:39

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 19:39
"on my 105 Cruiser it only gets the tyre off the ground on literally the last click."
Yep using those darn useless jacking points people think are so neccessary on there roo bar but are actually as usefull as those old flexi bars from the 80s.
They work barely OK on a ute which has suspension travel of 16 cm but a coil sprung vehicle has travel of around 30 cm. when you factor in how high the jacking point is then you start having problems. Some may go for those fancy super high lift jacks but the simple answer is to use hublifters. I wouldnt go to the milkbar now without my hi lift after a simple bogging went bad due to me not having it. I have used a hi lift 4 times over the last cople of years 2wice for hangups and 2wice with boggings. On none of those occasions would the neccessary lift have been possible with jacking points
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 19:43

Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 at 19:43
Hehehehe..............I think I'm responsible for that extra 10kgs :-)))) But are you leaving the trolley jack, bottle jack, hand winch and the bead breaker behind now???
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Apr 21, 2006 at 00:12

Friday, Apr 21, 2006 at 00:12
No Phil

All the other gear stays put....lol

Also no hand winch...definitely not......not....bugger of a thing...lol
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Apr 21, 2006 at 01:05

Friday, Apr 21, 2006 at 01:05
Still a few days to go Willem. Never say never ........
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