Hi Lift or Bottle Jack?

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Sep 30, 2013 | 12:45 PM

#16

holycaveman

CF Veteran

Joined: Dec 2011

Posts: 3,643

Likes: 1

Here my friend was attempting to back out of a trail he could not navigate.

Couldn't get around the tree on the right. We used my highlift jack to hold his truck away from the tree while he backed up.

Probably sold 5 highlift jacks that day. LOL

Name: IMG_20130907_144730_639_zpsf3ea700c.jpg
Views: 1371
Size: 125.2 KB

Name: IMG_20130907_144730_639_zpsf3ea700c.jpg
Views: 1371
Size: 125.2 KB

Last edited by holycaveman; Sep 30, 2013 at 12:48 PM.

Oct 1, 2013 | 02:56 AM

#17

andrewmp6

CF Veteran

Joined: Jun 2011

Posts: 8,014

Likes: 17

From: Louisville,KY

Model: Cherokee

I have seen people lay it on its side with two chains and used it as a winch to pull out a stuck truck before.

Oct 1, 2013 | 07:14 AM

#18

2001bluecherokee

Junior Member

Joined: Jul 2013

Posts: 63

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by stang65

well you should have a stock bottle jack that came with the jeep right?
personaly i hate highlift jacks they work but can be extremely unsafe. almost got killed by my dads two weeks ago.

You mean junk screw jack LOL !!!! Thats what mine came with .

Last edited by 2001bluecherokee; Oct 5, 2013 at 10:55 PM.

Oct 1, 2013 | 07:53 AM

#19

michaelOH

CF Veteran

Joined: Sep 2012

Posts: 1,169

Likes: 5

From: grove city OHIO

Year: 1999

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0 HO

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewmp6

I have seen people lay it on its side with two chains and used it as a winch to pull out a stuck truck before.

We used 2 once to get a buried diesel out of mud. Uesd one to lift it up it out of the hole the other to pull the tires out from above the hole( still took 6 hours off jacking tho )

Oct 1, 2013 | 08:24 AM

#20

randerson1009

Newbie

Joined: May 2012

Posts: 9

Likes: 0

From: Edisto Beach, SC

Year: 1994

Model: Cherokee

Engine: I6

A one foot square piece of heavy plywood really helps support the jack in soft earth or sand and doesn't take up room in the jeep.

Oct 3, 2013 | 03:43 AM

#21

scottmphoto

Senior Member

Joined: Jan 2011

Posts: 957

Likes: 2

From: Russellville, Arkansas

Year: 1991

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0 I-6

A Hi-Lift can be used as a jack, a come-a-long, a spreader and a clamp. I carry a bottle jack that I use 99.9% of the time but I also have a Hi-Lift. The very few times that I have had to use it, I was glad I had it because a bottle jack wouldn't have worked at the time and place.