Me, the dummy, got stuck
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the hilift jack is the best thing you could ever buy for your 4X4 rig, or even your daily driver. with the lifting, winching, pulling, clamping power it is the bestest, cheapest tool you will ever buy. And the 48" one is only 52 bucks at Northern.
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back in the 60's+70's on the farm, dad would adapt a rim to the rear wheels so they would stick out about 2 inches past the tire, with a notch in the rim edge. there was always a long, thick rope in each vehicle. if you got stuck in the mud or sand, you tie the rope to the nearest tree, and loop over the rim with one loop in the notch. then you get in ,fire it up, and put it in gear, and as the rope loops on the rim, it acts like a winch, assisting you in your get out of the mud without getting a woopin for getting stuck someplace you didn't belong in the first place. my brother and i used them ropes many times after going places we should not have. my father also used it once that i know of, i was with him as he drove into a small river while not paying attention to where he was going. that was my introduction to his home made winch.
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Originally Posted by 78 Ranger
how do you winch with the hilift jack???????????
This allows the jack to pull the vehicle approximately one metre and then attach the clevis hook while lowering the jack. The clevis hook stops the vehicle from moving back as the jack leg is lowered, ready to move the vehicle one metre again. This process is repeated until the vehicle is free.
http://www.nm4w.org/newsletters/2004...iftDemo-lg.jpg
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My fathers a welder and he works on all types of large equipment usually all alone. It never ceases to amaze me the things he does with a couple of come alongs. Ive used em to get out of some pretty nasty stucks myself. He's got one that instead of cable has 1 inch thick chain like a really big motorcycle chain. It weighs about 60 pounds but that thing'll pull anything. I carry a hi lift a few lengths of chain, a come along, and a tow strap and although they are not as convenient as a winch will get you out of almost any stuck.
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Nice pic, Fishy. I'll add a couple things for the new guys, though. The jack should be secured in the other direction than that shown so the operator can see what's going on all the time and that the handle will be useable for the entire length of the jack. As it's set up, he can't get a full 1 meter pull without re-setting because the handle will strike the back of his bronco. Secondly, if you're doing this, tell all those onlookers to get the hell out of the work area! This is dangerous work -even more dangerous than a come-along because hi-lifts are temperamental, and require a long stroke to activate the pins. They are great tools, but you have to be extra careful when using them. Nice looking bronco, too.
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thats a great point green! bystanders need to be just as concious as to what is going on. also you're right that jack needs to be repositioned but what i would suggest is have 2 straps (one on the stuck vehicle and one on the anchor point) and have the hi-lift in the middle! if you didn't have 2 straps you could just as easily attach the foot of the jack on the stuck vehicle and then just run the long strap/chain to the anchor point. you'd just have to move along with the vehicle being recovered. not like your gonna go fast anyways
i totally agree.... too bad he's not running fullsizes and 39s 
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Originally Posted by GreenSubmarine
Nice looking bronco, too.
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