farm ,highlift jack

[Vaquero]

Dad called 'em widow makers.
I've still got one of his from the '70s.
It sees very limited and very careful use.

Seems like the Jeep crowd loves them though.

 

[Jstpssng]

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER let handle get out of your control... If it gets loose it tends to what to take your teeth out.....

Dale

Also ensure that the handle is connected securely to the jack. I sent one in a high arc completely over my pickup and quite a ways down the road before it landed.
To the OP; make sure that the parts are forged, not pressed steel.

 

[4570Man]

I hate those things. If I need a high lift jack I’m using a less deadly approach.

 

[ruffdog]

I grew up using something even worse than the Hi-lift jacks........the old bumper car jacks. Remember those?

 

[oosik]

When we moved to AK and I bought my first Jeep - I bought a HI-LIFT jack. 1967. It was always strapped to the front bumper. One of the few tools I brought with us when we moved down here in '82. Still have it - still works great.

It can definitely be dangerous if you don't watch what you are doing. Keep it lubed, keep it clean - it's a great tool.

 

[ArlyA]

We purchased the TSC version of the highlift jack and broke it asap, took in back to the store and got the High-lift version. Its better.

Can someone recommend a farm or high lift jack. Yes I did a search! they seem to be a lot of options out there with prices around $100. I plan to use it to pull t posts lift my Kubota bx and other chores. Thanks!

 

[oosik]

Until I got a WARN winch on my Jeep - using the HI LIFT jack to get unstuck was just part of 4-wheeling in AK. I can still remember those very few times when we got home, from some 4-wheeling adventure, and didn't have to use the HILIFT jack. The winch was sure a vast improvement. If you had something to hook up to.

 

[jmc]

Years back I got a good deal on a HiLift jack and have used it like the OP is suggesting. It always worked but you can't hurry the operation. There are cheaper copies out there but I would still buy HiLift.

Hi-Lift Jacks | Hi-Lift Jack Co.

They're located in a small farming community not far from here. Down at the bottom of that web page is an interesting link to their history.

Knockoff companies can't really understand every nuance of a product. Someone sends them a sample and tells them to make 5000 of them for $xx each. They don't know what an acceptable tolerance is because they only have one or two assemblies to measure. Heat treatment, etc is even more ambiguous. In fact, legitimate companies often find this out when they change job shops on their outsourced component. Sometimes not everything is on their blueprint and their engineers don't even realize it, but their original supplier knew how to make it. For something like a jack, I wouldn't risk it.

 

[stuckmotor]

Much of my fencing is in the woods and high lift hacks get heavy. I prefer a T post puller for T posts. A high lift jack is good for other uses.

 

[crazyal]

I grew up using something even worse than the Hi-lift jacks........the old bumper car jacks. Remember those?

These jacks seam to be based off of that style jack. My grandfather died because he couldn't be bothered to use the base. Personally I avoid them.