Have become the proud owner of a high lift jack and now have to figure how
to store it and use it.
To use it as a winch, is there an adaptor so you can keep tension on the
line while you reposition the lift part to keep pulling continuously. I'm
aware of http://www.rescue42.com/off-road.htm. Their device looks like it
allows the dead end to be hooked up to a chain or whatever around a tree. I
don't how you can keep tension on the moving side, however. Somewhere I
seem to remember seeing an attachment that allowed you to snub a chain up
and hold the tension. Hope the above makes sense.
Am up in the air as to where to mount the jack. My feeble mind has come up
with four possibilities: 1. Toss it in the back and let it bounce around.
2. Bracket it to the front bumper. 3. Vertiacally hanging in the rear 4.
Bracket it in the bed of the truck.
Vertically in the rear seems good but it will either be on a 109 standard or
88 with a full soft top. The rear mounting leaves me a little nervous
especially if I remove the top and bows which I will do on occasion. It
seems that even with the tilt in place that the jack upper end could get
hooked on something and tear the rear out of the truck as well as bending
the jack.
Mounting on the front bumper doesn't seem like a good idea given my
propensity for using the truck as a D-9. If I decide to go this route, what
available mounts are there out there.
Bracketing in the back is the safest place to mount it but it will restrict
storage in the back. Not such a big deal on the 109 but is a factor in the
88. What mount would work best if I decide to go that route??
Somehow I remember someone posting a blow molded case for the HiLift. Can
that case be bolted in place in the back and where can I find the case??
Does someone make a cover for the jack when it is mounted on brackets?? The
bag that I've seen doesn't seem to have pockets for the clamps to fit
through
>From: "Kirk Hillman" <kdhillma@telusplanet.net>
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
>Subject: LRO: Re: RE: RE: Engine Balancing
>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:19:09 -0600
>
>Peter,
> What is the URL for ACR? I have looked everywhere from magazine ads
>to
>internet searches, nothing is helping. What can you tell me?
>
>Kirk
>
>
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