How the heck are some of you guys attaching the hi lift horizontally on the LOD rear bumper. I have seen some of these attached but can not for the life of me figure out how to attach without taking the tire off.

 

if you loosen up the lug nuts, you should be able to pull the tire forward enough to allow you to slide in the hi-lift. you need to make sure that your trail rack (if you have one) is positioned high enough so that the curved arms do not get in the way.

 

Thanks WOL, that worked.

 

Even though the rear bumper with swingout is a nice piece, the way to mount the hi-lift is really a poor design. There is no way to get your hi-lift off the carrier without loosening the tire so you can wiggle it out. I ended up fabbing 2 tabs on the outer most parts of the top bar so I can put the hi-lift on and off without having to touch the spare tire. It was an easy enough fix but I feel it should of been designed that way. Who wants to loosen the rear tire off of the swingout just to take off your hi-lift??

 

You have a pic of your design?

 

Wouldn't you be taking the tire off anyway to change it most of the time? I guess it does seem like a minor inconvenience, but I'd like to see your pics too. I'm looking at this bumper.

 

There are certainly times on the trail that you will want to grab your hi-lift when you're not necessarily changing a tire...or maybe you're changing someone else's tire and they don't own a hi-lift.

I know that I've had to use a hi-lift in order to get a Jeep un-stuck because the driver had managed to get himself VERY firmly planted with one tire, and his front diff on the opposite side of a log from the rest of his Jeep...no tire repair required.

That was a bit of an interesting recovery.

 

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...9&postcount=28

 

I like the way that looks, just doenst feel secure enough for me hanging on tire carrier.

 

Here is a crappy photo of what i did to be able to put on and take off the hi-lift without taking off the tire. Basically, all i did was bought 1/4" steel flatbar and a few bolts and cut the flatbar to size and drill and tap the upper most bar of the swingout on the outer most edge and attach the flatbar with threaded bolts. Then, drill a hole big enough on the top edge of the flatbar so you can use a bolt and wingnut to secure the hi-lift. That way, you're able to lay the hi-lift on the swingout where it's supposed to go and have room to fish the bolt from behind the hi-lift and use the wingnut to secure it. All the flatbar is used for is so the hi-lift doesn't slide left or right. All the weight of the hi-lift is supported by the swingout. I hope its not too confusing to understand.