I jsut realized how ridiculously insufficient the stock jack in my XJ is.
I broke it out for the first time to put my jeep on Stands to install wheel spacers. My XJ is stock / trimmed right now with 245/70r16s on it.
It would not get the tire off the ground and is clunky as hell.

So I need to procure a jack that I an use to put my jeep on stands (not often but when I need to I need to) and keep with me for spare swapping.
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I am guessing the Hi-Lift is a good option, just looks hard to use in my driveway on what I would call normally jacking points.
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Was also thinking of getting a junkyard scissor jack out of a full size pickup or something?

 

Hi lift for the trail floor jack for home

 

Yea I want a Hi Lift but with Stock Bumpers, no jack point.
And a Floor jack is great in the driveway, but not with me to change a spare?

 

Can't you use a hi jack right behind the front tire?

 

You can use a high lift anywhere you think will support the weight.

 

A hilift will be useless on on an Xj with stock bumpers and no sliders if the op has sliders and aftermarket bumper the hilift will do.

 

Yea im stock bumpers no sliders.

 

I use a small floor Jack. Carry it around in the back. It works great and small and out of the way. Think I got it from wal-mart. Came with stand.

 

really?

 

Going to be hard to take that tire off like that.

 

place jack stand under frame... works well for me.

 

Yup

 

Exactly.

 

A bottle jack and a small piece of plywood to put it on. I used to carry highlift on my old TJ. It was cool looking, it really was. First time out on the trail, I was with some old timers who have been wheeling forever, I offered my highlift when a guy needed to change out a tire. He smiled, pulled out a small piece of plywood as a base and used a bottle jack. It fits under the rear seat next to the Gorilla lug wrench.

If you plan on using a highlift as a come along or other than a jack, then that's a different story. If you simply want a jack, a bottle jack is the way to go.

 

last time i was in a xj with a high lift jack it came loose when we rolled and ended up about a inch from hitting my head. I use the bottle jack on the trail and a floor jack at home