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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581  
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My personal opinion is do not do it!
It will get covered in dirt and dirt on a high lift jack limits it's safe use. If you need to keep it outside the vehicle it needs at least a bag covering it. Keep it higher up on the vehicle means less dirt getting on it. When we carry a high lift jack it is covered completely in a bag, inside the vehicle. Brendan |
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2nd Jul 2014 9:37pm |
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| timtom1 Member Since: 10 Jul 2012 Location: Lancashire Posts: 148 
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very good point!! didn't think of that..
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2nd Jul 2014 9:41pm |
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| EddieB Member Since: 08 Apr 2013 Location: Durham Posts: 57 
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Works ok for me! I have mine in a neoprene casing.
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2nd Jul 2014 10:35pm |
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| 110MGD Member Since: 17 Oct 2013 Location: Wear Valley Posts: 153 
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I keep mine in the back but looks smart anyhow
2001 Td5 CSW (weekend and snow mobile) Plenty of lights, M/T tyres EGR delete, roofrack, swing away wheel carrier, snorkel.
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3rd Jul 2014 12:12am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 
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Less likely to get pinched inside too.... unless you faf about with padlocks, which as Leeds says, gets dirty and then doesn't work when you want it too.
Remember as well, when you get a puncture on a wet cold night, the jack will be wet and covered in poo (not just the working parts, but the handle and shaft) so you'll get covered in mess. Keep mine inside. |
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3rd Jul 2014 5:25am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2638  
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but you shouldn't be using a hi-lift jack to change tyres anyway!
a hi-lift should only be used for recovery purposes -- 2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
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3rd Jul 2014 9:30am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382 
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^^^ Here we go again!
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3rd Jul 2014 10:47am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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A really cheap rotary clothes line cover makes a good hilift bag and will keep all the muck off it, if you do mount it at the rear.
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3rd Jul 2014 3:17pm |
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| lonewolf Member Since: 23 Oct 2013 Location: North East England Posts: 210 
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Mines attached to the rear crossmember with the Front Runner brackets. Padlocked and neoprene cover. Yes it will get dirty but if you only attach it when out on an excursion it doesn't get too bad and you have the option to clean it too, that's what they call maintenance!
Yes, by all means put it in the back but please secure it properly.....I'd rather have mine outside the vehicle and grubby than attached to the back of my head.....and boy a Hi Lift would pack a punch. |
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15th Jul 2014 11:57am |
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| newhue Member Since: 28 Apr 2014 Location: Brisbane Posts: 351 
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The rear cross member is a great spot I feel. Keeps that 16kg of rarely used steel down low. I hate to tell you though, when you finally hook that hi lift tongue on a tree root, or rock, it does not do very nice things to your cross member. I know, and can speak from experience.
So my fix was, I already had the ARB shovel and hi lift lack mount, so I cut it in half and welded a plate onto the jack part which then bolted to the cross member. The up side was in the process I could turn it around so the jack's tongue faced the sky. As for keeping the jack mechanism clean, I just wrap it in a plastic bag and zip tie it on. Not a total solution but one that stops all the mud and most of the dust. My Defender and travels |
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3rd Aug 2014 7:43am |
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| timtom1 Member Since: 10 Jul 2012 Location: Lancashire Posts: 148
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would it be safe to mount it to the bulkhead in the load area, as at the moment I have it behind the front seats
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9th Feb 2015 9:47pm |
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| need4speed Member Since: 23 Nov 2012 Location: Kilmarnock Posts: 746 |
Another option is to fit onto a FarCorners bonnet mount. Im told that a twin gas ram bonnet opening kit that i plan to install will be more than able to lift it.
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9th Feb 2015 9:52pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Well the elephant is in the room so I will ask the question, "Why shouldn't you use a Hi-lift to change wheels"? I do use one as it saves me getting on my knees to place the jack and faf about trying to get it to stay stable while waving the arm up and down. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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9th Feb 2015 11:41pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006  
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So long as you remember that a high lift jack is an evil finger trapping harbinger of death and treat it with much respect you have very few limits on what you are able to do with it. I have used mine for lifting building roofs that have settled to changing wheels to de mounting tyres to straightening bumpers the list is endless. Just be careful. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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10th Feb 2015 7:03am |
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