ARB Jack

[BillArnett]

Anyone have any experience with the new ARB Jack?

https://www.arb.com.au/recovery/hi-lift-jacks-accessories/jack/

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[TIDALWAVE]

Finally...a new type of jack without all of the 100 year old design...the weight, the long lift arm, the fighting with the up/down lever, and the accidental abrupt clattering descent.

 

[aml]

Looks good. I am betting it isn’t cheap.

 

[aml]

Wow. Almost $800. I think I would prefer one of their fridges first and keep the hi-lift for now.

 

[Steveo]

Yeah, I was going to say, I wonder which vital organ they want for it.

 

[Chrisdoza]

That's a bit steep.... fridge would definitely be first

 

[Shooting or Jeeping]

Wow. Almost $800. I think I would prefer one of their fridges first and keep the hi-lift for now.

Good god! Well, back to using groups of little kids to lift it...

 

[Chocolate Thunder]

Absolutely gorgeous and useful. But damn that’s expensive! Almost twice the price of their twin compressor??? That doesn’t make sense. It’s just a hydraulic piston and valve with a handle to actuate it. I’ll give them $350.

 

[badgundog]

Anyone have any experience with the new ARB Jack?

https://www.arb.com.au/recovery/hi-lift-jacks-accessories/jack/

I had not seen this until this post. I need to look at the technical specs, weight and dimensions. Probably adding it to the list. Looks much safer than my hi-jack. I always hate the idea of getting hit with that bar if something slips or goes unexpectedly sideways.

 

[Torero]

Does anybody knows if it works horizontally as well?

 

[NavyVet1959]

Does anybody knows if it works horizontally as well?

That might be a good point. I seem to remember having encountered some hydraulic jacks that did not work well horizontally. I had never looked into the design of them, but before that, I had thought that they would be position independent.

I'm not so sure that this jack is a complete replacement for a hi-lift type jack. Having grown up on a ranch, we had farm jacks similar to the hi-lift for probably as long as I can remember. The design hasn't really changed, so I'm thinking it's a case of why change something that works?

 

[Jruedastinger]

That is bad ass, steep but bad ass.

 

[JIMBOX]

Nope, looks good as an improvement on the HiLift--BUT

It would make the HiLift TYPE use more LACKADAISICAL and being HYDRAULIC it has VALVES(enclosed), so temperatures/heat can reduce the operations--

WAY TOO EXPENSIVE for an occasional use tool--

Whatever

JIMBO,

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