high lift jack

In short NO.

Kev

Kev got that one right Steve.
You can't even use most steel side steps as jack points. Have a look at the number of dented side steps you see from being hung up on a rock while off roading.

I lift my Hilux by the steps, but they are custom made heavy duty tied to the chassis in 4 places.

I recently purchased an High Lift Jack when I discovered a new gizmo called a Lift Mate which uses hooks and straps from an attachement on the jack which attach to the wheels.

You can see them in the latest issue of 4WD Monthly. They are pitched at those that don't have High Lift compatable bull bar. Cost around $102.

Heres a link to have a look.

www.bushranger.com.au/hi_lift_jack.php

Buy an exhaust jack, then you wont be tempted and you can lift from anywhere! High lift jacks, should not really be used for any other purpose than a last resort to lift the vehicle for wheen packing, although we all do it, i have seen someone have a car nearly kill him from the tojo falling off the jack!
Be safe

dont wast your time/money on fany pants hi lift jacking points with an 80. A standard 80 series has about 30 cm of lift with the suspension. Jacking points are another 45cm higher so that makes 75cm of lift before a wheel starts to lift. now a standard high lift is about 120cm so jacking it to the top will only give you 45cm - barely enough (and often not) with the added danger factor of having the jack to its full capacity. Now you can get one of those ballsy looking extra high lifts which just arnt needed or
. Use a hublifter. They are either comercially available or like mine is just a machined peice of pipe. If you have extra wide wheels you just use a longer peice of pipe.
My 80 has both jacking points and a hublifter which makes the points obselete as it is so much better you wouldnt consider anything else

I've got a bullbar on the Chevissan that has no place to put a hi-lift. I'm working on a permanent solution. But in the meantime I've bought one of those 'strap and hook' thingys that go in the wheel slots and then onto the end of the hi-lift.

These things are OK to lift a wheel on the one corner of the vehicle and then get a bottle jack under it or a block of wood, after taking the bulk of the weight on the hi-lift (usual safety precautions apply naturally). But I reckon they wouldn't be much use in a mud or sand bog where they would sink in the soft stuff right next to the affected, bogged wheel.

Hi-lifts are best used in the centreline of the vehicle. They have less tendency to slide sideways when used in that location. When bogged, the centre of the track is often the only firm ground around you.

Bilbo

Thanks Davoe.

Another point to bear in mind when using a hi-lift from the side of the vehicle is that IF it does slip, it makes an unholy mess of the door!! Or should I say a "holey mess'??

Using it in the middle, at front or rear, and it usually bounces off the tow bar or bull bar it slips.

Bilbo