Zandcwhite
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- First Name
- Zach
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2019
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- Location
- Patterson, ca
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 jlur
We've carried a hilift for 20+ years wheeling and used it dozens of times. Usually not on flat ground where a bottle jack or even the factory scissor jack will do fine. As posted above, in a boulder field when some part of the jeep is hung up it can be invaluable. Other uses that those other jacks are absolutely worthless but the hilift has come through on? Buddy flopped his wagoneer on its side at the bottom of cadillac hill. Used his winch to keep it from sliding down the hill and the hilift as a come along from a nearby tree to right the vehicle. Sure a second vehicle with a winch and a snatch block could have done the trick from below him, but I'm not one to wait for help when self recovery is an option. Tore a tie rod end out of the threads and bent the hell out of the tie rod on the wife's wj years ago, welded the tre in to the hilift handle, beat it onto the bent tie rod straightening it in the process, and welded the handle to the tie rod. Wheeled 10 miles back through the Rubicon to loon lake and drove it home. Had a leaf spring hanger rip off the frame rail, used the hi lift to clamp it back in place, wrapped it in bailing wire, and finished the trail. No other jack is as versatile even if they are better/safer at just being jacks. If you aren't wheeling hard enough to break things or get badly stuck on rocks, you don't need one.
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