Stumpalump
Expedition Leader
I posted this to a different site and thought I'd post it here to see if anybody had a Hi-lift horror story or even good stories of it saving the day.
" With the hi-lift exposed to the elements it's considered mandatory to have a WD-40 type lubricant handy. You need that mechanism working freely for safe operation and somtimes you need the WD-40 to get them to work at all. The next caution would be to be real carefull with the handle when lifting and especially lowering heavy loads like the vans. The handle gets away from people all the time and takes out teeth or worse. Get a good feel for how it reacts in your drivway before you need it on a hill, in the rain, at night with a flashlight in your mouth. Folks get sloppy the most when lowering the jack. It's easy to stoke it thru the lock and unlock part of the jacking but when it's midway thru the stroke you need full concentration to controll the weight of the rig on the handle. Like I said play with it in your drive way and even though I've used one many times I still put in some practice once in a while."
" With the hi-lift exposed to the elements it's considered mandatory to have a WD-40 type lubricant handy. You need that mechanism working freely for safe operation and somtimes you need the WD-40 to get them to work at all. The next caution would be to be real carefull with the handle when lifting and especially lowering heavy loads like the vans. The handle gets away from people all the time and takes out teeth or worse. Get a good feel for how it reacts in your drivway before you need it on a hill, in the rain, at night with a flashlight in your mouth. Folks get sloppy the most when lowering the jack. It's easy to stoke it thru the lock and unlock part of the jacking but when it's midway thru the stroke you need full concentration to controll the weight of the rig on the handle. Like I said play with it in your drive way and even though I've used one many times I still put in some practice once in a while."