Karls
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If you do, how do you ensure it or parts of it aren’t swiped?
Hi-Lift Jacks - who keeps theirs on the vehicle?
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neilly
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It is bolted down and then a bike lock thru one of the holes onto a solid part of the motor.
Same as the waffle boards.
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Same as the waffle boards.
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Mines is in the back but is free to anyone that is stupid enough to go in the back & get it.
One is likely to be needing arm transplants as it shares a house with this pair...……….
One is likely to be needing arm transplants as it shares a house with this pair...……….
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One is likely to be needing arm transplants as it shares a house with this pair...……….
Your dogs live in your Landy??
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Aye most of the time but to be fair we have very little crime here & we have 24 hour police patrol
& all traffic is recorded by npr cams
Pretty safe here unless there's a war & we be first to be zapped lol
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Aye most of the time but to be fair we have very little crime here & we have 24 hour police patrol
& all traffic is recorded by npr cams
Pretty safe here unless there's a war & we be first to be zapped lol
So what you are really saying is , @Karls needs to move next to you.
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If he can weld build engines do grp repairs & body work & paint he is my ideal neebs
I don't mind making coffee's
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Get rid of the hi-lift. It’ll only try and kill you when you use it
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No it won't unless you use it wrongly.
Mine's mostly used for lifting and casting out of ruts, but it's also been used as a side winch/stabiliser on sideslopes, a spreader, a clamp, a tyre changer, a locked gate opener, and to show everyone I'm a rufty tufty offroader when I hung it off my spare wheel ..
Some people do seem to use it for comedy value though. I don't think it should be called a 'Jack', maybe a 'Multi-tool' to stop people using it as their jack for changing wheels etc, for which unless you have the extra kit, it isn't very safe.
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No it won't unless you use it wrongly.
Mine's mostly used for lifting and casting out of ruts, but it's also been used as a side winch/stabiliser on sideslopes, a spreader, a clamp, a tyre changer, a locked gate opener, and to show everyone I'm a rufty tufty offroader when I hung it off my spare wheel ..
Some people do seem to use it for comedy value though. I don't think it should be called a 'Jack', maybe a 'Multi-tool' to stop people using it as their jack for changing wheels etc, for which unless you have the extra kit, it isn't very safe.
I have always found them fine if used correctly.
I never keep mine outside, though, dust and grit can get in the works. They standard height one fits nicely behind the front seats on a landrover, or you can make clamps to have it on the back of the bulkhead behind the drivers seat.
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If I am in this country and do not have much kit with me it just gets strapped in the back, if I have more kit and am going further a field it is bolted to the roof rack with a chain and padlock fitted to ensure it stays there. I have a neoprene boot which fits over the mechanism to protect it from all the grim outside.
I k ow some keep it on the outside of the vehicle, but id recommend not doing so.
We use ours nearly everyday, they are great for pulling up stock fence (posts) intact and railings when we need to fell a tree through, and also for pulling the steel pins out of the ground anchor (with a d shackle attached) when we've used that to winch a tree down. I keep ours really clean and greased or oiled, as all ratchet parts, springs etc work lovely and smoothly if they are maintained. This is virtually impossible to do of kept on the outside as road grime and salt is attracted to the oil etc and is quite good at making a mess of a good tool. You can buy bags for the lower section if you do insist on carrying it on the outside, which would be a worthwhile investment!
We use a couple of bolts through the arch that then stick through the jack bar holes, and a big washer and butterfly clip do it up. Nice and secure and low down!
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No it won't unless you use it wrongly.
Mine's mostly used for lifting and casting out of ruts, but it's also been used as a side winch/stabiliser on sideslopes, a spreader, a clamp, a tyre changer, a locked gate opener, and to show everyone I'm a rufty tufty offroader when I hung it off my spare wheel ..
Some people do seem to use it for comedy value though. I don't think it should be called a 'Jack', maybe a 'Multi-tool' to stop people using it as their jack for changing wheels etc, for which unless you have the extra kit, it isn't very safe.
Whilst you’re doing all of that it’s plotting your untimely demise.
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I have seen adverts for the covers, although I have never had one.
Of course, the engineering purist would suggest that you want the weight as low down and central in the vehicle as possible, like behind the front seats.
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That’s where I keep mine, which I never use as it wants to kill me.
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I completely agree with you, but I foolishly purchased the 5ft version because it came up locally "second hand" (looked unused) at a good price. This severely limits the places it can go, I have a mount as part of my swing away but when fitted to that sticks above the roof rack by about a foot! It was purchased back in my youth before I had done any research or knew how to use it, I had the standard belief that it was an essential if you had a land rover and went off road. It sat in the garage unused for a long time, and even today I do not think I have ever used it to actually lift the vehicle. It most common usage is changing tyres but have also used it as a winch and a clamp.
I got a cover for it when I first went to morocco as it was being mounted outside and I did not want desert dust to get into the mechanism. It is not a fancy full case one, it just a neoprene boot that covers the mechanism, was about £10 off ebay.
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The long ones are harder to store. I have never had one of those, just the 4 footers.
