Hi lift jack and wheel strap

G'day Ian
The strap has two large rubber coated hooks that fit onto alloy or steel wheels. On the sling is a steel box that accepts the nose of the HiLift and a pin to stop the HiLift from falling out. On the wheel side of the steel box there is a large rubber pad and when the jack starts to take the weight the rubber pad contacts the edge of the rim and the tyre and the jack remains perpendicular. On an 80 series with split rims the jack clears the body by about 110mm. Have a look on the shelves at TJM
Regards
Stan

The wheel lifter is a Hi-Lift product that attaches to the foot of the jack and is an excellent tool for lifting modern 4WD that do not have hi-lift slots in front or rear bars. Use of the wheel lifter needs training and we have certainly spent some considerable time experimenting with it to perfect our training package for this piece of recovery equipment. There are some definate tricks to using it safely and well.

But like all items of recovery equipment it is dangerous in unskilled/untrained hands.

One of the characteristics of any hi-lift is that they are designed for the lifting bar (the vertical mast) to pivot at the base where the bar joins the foot of the jack. So when lifting the top of the lifting bar will always move in towards the vehicle. So you need to be very aware of this characteristic.

Any competent 4WD trainer should be able to show you how to safely use this device in a couple of hours. It is classifited as an advanced recovery technique and you need to understand all the rather interesting characteristics of a hi-lift

Regards

RobA

If you go to this website Hi Lift Jack Videos
in YouTube you can watch a series of short videos on the various uses of HiLift Jacks

This is the Lift-Mate Video

ARB sell them. You will only find them where the genuine High Lift jack is sold.

You can also get them online

http://www.bushranger.com.au/hi_lift_jack.php

Got one a couple of years ago and they are easy to use.