RE: Jacking Points

Ye, another stupid question. I have recently sold my S3 and bought a Defender 90, The landy came with a hi lift jack but I can't see any jacking points. Do I need jackable sills to raise my land rover safely, or are there allready jacking points that I havn't yet found on my stock defender?

Ollie

Look in the rear crossmember from the back, u should see holes of the same shape as the tube on the jack. Front bumper mount area ditto.

they are in the ends of the dumb irons on the front

Front ones might be lurking behind a rubber grommet.

but if your high lift didnt come with the tubular adaptor... you cant use these. so get one quick sharp

Ok guys, cheers

Ollie

Do you man a genuine Hi-Lift (or similar) 4ft or 5ft jack or the genuine LR one which raises the vehicle by the chassis?

NO, this is a hi-lift style jack although not an official one.


Ollie

I take it you will be investing in a trolly, bottle or screw jack for day to day maintenance then as a Hi-Lift (or similar) jack is a recovery tool and occasionally a only a workshop tool as far as LR's are concerned? Fine for lifting & slewing the vehicle, good for lifting the chassis nice & high prior to using axle-stands to carry out underside maintenance but for day to day maintenance they are potentially unsafe due to their inherrent lack of stability. In addition, why bother lifting the chassis and waiting for the springs to extend before a wheel lifts off the floor when a conventional jack lifting under the axle will raise a wheel in just a few seconds?

Don't get me wrong, I have owned a genuine Hi-Lift for nearly 20-years but it spends most of its life in the shed as on the vehicle it would just be ballast. In the wrong hands, used incorrectly or not maintained properly they are dangerous things (a friend of mine had to spend time in hospital after a Hi-Lift handle caught him a lovely one across the head) and most of the time they are just not necessary.

From what I can make out trapping fingers and bashing your chin are the main jobs of a hi-lift.

There a waste of time unless you do extreme greenlaning (Donk probably has one) get a 2 ton bottlejack.

donk dunt need one he would just lift it up cos he can drive a big truck

judging from the pics, his high lift would disappear down into the mud before it lifted anything.