payydg

payydg

Well-Known Member
Bought a high lift jack 6 years ago when I took the landy abroad and thought I was going to be the next Tom Sheppard or something.

Never used it until I changed a tire with it yesterday (my dads got my trolley jack).

They are ****ing mental. You’re really limited on where you can jack, do it at the front or back and it’s so unstable the whole car might just slip off and kill you. There’s limited places on the side and it still feels like it’s going to slip off and kill you. It’s got a spiked lifting arm which has dented my nice new galv chassis and god forbid you let go of the jacking arm when lowering or it’ll smash any body part that gets in the way and probably kill you.

Not a fan
 
payydg said:
Bought a high lift jack 6 years ago when I took the landy abroad and thought I was going to be the next Tom Sheppard or something.

Never used it until I changed a tire with it yesterday (my dads got my trolley jack).

They are ****ing mental. You’re really limited on where you can jack, do it at the front or back and it’s so unstable the whole car might just slip off and kill you. There’s limited places on the side and it still feels like it’s going to slip off and kill you. It’s got a spiked lifting arm which has dented my nice new galv chassis and god forbid you let go of the jacking arm when lowering or it’ll smash any body part that gets in the way and probably kill you.

Not a fan
Click to expand...
Yup... However I watched a master recover my series from the garden with a high lift and hand winch and he was turning the vehicle around an upward slope much like a multi story car park entrance.... Used correctly amazing bits of kit. But yes the risk factor is a lot higher.
 
ER1C said:
Yup... However I watched a master recover my series from the garden with a high lift and hand winch and he was turning the vehicle around an upward slope much like a multi story car park entrance.... Used correctly amazing bits of kit. But yes the risk factor is a lot higher.
Click to expand...

Every tool has its place but I’ll be glad to get my trolley jack back.
 
payydg said:
Bought a high lift jack 6 years ago when I took the landy abroad and thought I was going to be the next Tom Sheppard or something.

Never used it until I changed a tire with it yesterday (my dads got my trolley jack).

They are ****ing mental. You’re really limited on where you can jack, do it at the front or back and it’s so unstable the whole car might just slip off and kill you. There’s limited places on the side and it still feels like it’s going to slip off and kill you. It’s got a spiked lifting arm which has dented my nice new galv chassis and god forbid you let go of the jacking arm when lowering or it’ll smash any body part that gets in the way and probably kill you.

Not a fan
Click to expand...

I'm curious - pics of aforementioned article please !
 
Mr S1 said:
The jack ! Not sure I've seen one before
Click to expand...

783CF2BB-996A-4579-9F1C-2674D3E0E1D5.jpeg
 
Ah, a farm jack ! Know what you mean now !

Got one in the back of my Defender, 48' lift one but freely admit it has yet to be used.
 
Changing a tyre with a hi-lift is like trimming yer finger nails with a chainsaw.

It can be done but is bloody dangerous.

They're a useful tool but you chose it for the wrong job.
 
blue beasty said:
Changing a tyre with a hi-lift is like trimming yer finger nails with a chainsaw.

It can be done but is bloody dangerous.

They're a useful tool but you chose it for the wrong job.
Click to expand...
blue beasty said:
Changing a tyre with a hi-lift is like trimming yer finger nails with a chainsaw.

It can be done but is bloody dangerous.

They're a useful tool but you chose it for the wrong job.
Click to expand...

I know that, which is why I haven’t used it in 6 yrs, but all I had at the time and they are a jack and it is one of their functions. Plus actually wanted to see what it was like. Answer. Terrifying.
 
Heheheh, yeah they're bast4rds, but brilliant too.

I've used mine quite a few times, sometimes on it's own, sometimes as a winch, sometimes with a winch! Changing a tyre is NOT something I'd do with it though unless it was all I had! ;)
 
Like any tool. Follow the instructions and dont be a tw@t.

Trolley jacks are 100x easier to use but the hilift has its place. Used mine 100s of times without incident, especially when sometimes a trolley jack wont reach some parts of a fender on large rubber.
 
My 'favourite' time of using a Hi-Lift was to lift a row of maybe 20 Fence posts out that had been concreted in, when the chaps that had come to take them out only had shovels! Small chain hitched to the post and Jack jaw, job's a good 'un .. ;)
 
I fitted rock sliders with holes to fit the farm jack, it gave me 4 more jacking points. And made it a lot easier to change tyres. I've used it three times on the 110, several times leveling the mobile home, and a few times round the garden for moving things. I've found no difficulty using it, just take my time and think about what i'm doing.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

volquete
Disco 2 Small lift required in Discovery 2
Replies
13
Views
4K
ronsealdeath
ronsealdeath
Bobdog
Disco 2 Hi-lift jacks
Replies
6
Views
1K
neilly
neilly
PaulMc
Range Rover Classic V8 3.9 eFi Off-Roader on eBay
Replies
0
Views
2K
PaulMc
PaulMc
julianf
Parking a 110 'sideways' with hi-lift jacks?
Replies
14
Views
2K
Paul D
Paul D
Alibro
Clutch change in a TD4 (list of jobs to do)
2
Replies
30
Views
13K
NUM427F
N