Alternative to a Hi-Lift
 

Not sure I ever posted this, so thought I should.

I saw this used by another Jeeper during an outing and so made myself one. I've found it more useful than the hi-lift. To the point I no longer carry a hi-lift.

I place a 2x12x10 under the base for a wider platform. The 'cradle' fits to the axle housing tube and I lift the jeep by the axle rather than the body. This gets the vehicle off the ground faster than the hi-lift as you're not waiting for your suspension finish traveling.

The jack I use is a 12T because that's what I had in my garage.

The metal was given to me by a local shop as scrap. It's 1 1/4" DOM used as a sleeve to slip over the lift point of the jack and a piece of 'C' that is 4" wide and 2" tall and 4" long.

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Genius!! Love the idea...the more I lurk on the this forum...the more I realize I REALLY need to learn how to weld!!!!

I like it! And you can still use the jack without it in other applications.

My cousin and I put something similar a while back for use with my bottle jack. For the top pice we used a piece of angle iron to make a V shape to hold the axle. No picture at the moment. Works pretty good.

Great minds think alike?

Yup. I've found it to be very useful.

The stock scissor jack works very well with a decent base under it.

You guys are missing the point of a Hi-Lift jack. It isn't for changing tires on pavement, it is for getting unstuck off-road.

^right?

hrm... who said anything about on pavement?

From watching more than a few folks struggle to change a tire -off pavement- with a hi-lift and then watching a fellow use one of these to change one -off pavement- with ease... I'll stick to this.

Or am I still missing the point... define 'unstuck'...

A highlift definitely has its place, but for changing a tire, on or off road, it's NOT the best tool.