Hi-Lift First Responder Jack

[bcrez]

That video did give me some great ideas and applications for my Hi-Lift... I never though to use it for extrication.

[JIMBO]

Heh Heh, I even use mine to rotate my tires !!

Makes it quick and easy with a HiLift/wireless impact gun/Torque wrench-

JIMBO

[ldivinag]

30 pounds?!?

[Redline]

x3 I also like the new base. An improvement.

[TerryD]

That video did give me some great ideas and applications for my Hi-Lift... I never though to use it for extrication.

Not long after I upgraded to the all forged Hi-Lift I have now (all red one), we were out in the country and our trail ride got cut short. On our way back out to the pavement, we came upon a little Daihatsu Rocky with the wheels in the air pretty close to going over the edge down the side of the mountain. A new driver had taken his buddies out and lost it going down a steep section of wash-boarded road. They were lucky to have stayed in the road and not gone over.

After making sure everyone was ok, we helped them right it with our trucks and recovery gear. My Hi-Lift got used a few times, one of them being pushing the driver's side A-pillar back up to where the driver could sit up and get it off the mountain.

[That One Guy]

It would be pretty cool if it didn't look like it came from McDonald's.

[dirty Bakers]

Is this going to be the new on trail status symbol? The video had an as seen on tv feel. I realy like it though.

[HarryT]

I hope it's self lubricating. My Hi-Lift never works without liberal amounts of some kind of slippery liquid applied to the moving parts.
Twenty years ago when I was volunteering for everything (Firefighter, LEO, rescue) I used my Hi-Lift pretty often. We used it for all the regular stuff (lifting, pulling, squeezing, and stretching). Once I used it to lift a very large person (over 400 pounds) out of their bath tub.
I hope the emergency Hi-Lift has some way to protect the user from the handle whacking them. I've seen a few people hurt when the handle slipped.

[bob91yj]

That can't be stated enough, NEVER get your head in the swing arc of the handle, especially between the handle and the jack frame. I know a one eyed rock crawler than can explain why to you.

If you've never used your Hi-Lift, practice using it in the driveway. They are a fantastic tool with a nasty temperment. I'm amazed they haven't been sued out of existence, there must be some iron clad legalese in their paperwork.

[r_w]

They are a fantastic tool with a nasty temperment. I'm amazed they haven't been sued out of existence, there must be some iron clad legalese in their paperwork.

They are never used by people that like lawyers...