I always thought it was called a jack all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
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I always thought it was called a jack all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
I have an old one that my dad picked up (used) somewhere 30 years ago. It actually got used around the farm for all sorts of stuff.
Where does this fit on the scale? :biggrin: .Attachment 373757
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Originally Posted by Johnny P
HA! Like that thing can ever stray 100 miles away from a mechanic shop. Outlanding in an Audi is wishful thinking. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Svengali
Looks kinda cool though, but they could lose the rack on the back.
Hi Lift and Jack All are brand names. The Jeepers didn’t rename it. Hi Lift caught on, it’s like Kleenex.
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Woof, nuke from orbit and behead the remains.
Oh man, every winter for 13 years. Pulling the t-stakes on the slat wood and wire snow fences that got put up every fall at the ski area in windy spots to catch snow. Much fun was had carrying the jack and chain on skis in ungroomed snow, then setting it up in the snow to pull the t-stake. I’d think about how much it was gonna suck pulling them when I was lugging the 40 lb driver around the hill in the fall setting the fences up.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
When I worked for the forest service they got called handyman jacks.
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Originally Posted by bennymac
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Originally Posted by dunfree
Add in some random functionality (bottle opener?) so the buyers don't feel like poseurs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
That's interesting. It looks purpose build as some kind of service vehicle. Salt flats ?? Not even a push bumperQuote:
Originally Posted by Svengali
Bend Oregon yesterday at my Ortho's office
I count three points for the crap underneath the tarp, the traction plates and the ditch lights.
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Never know when you will need traction plates in town.
I'm surprised people don't steal these utensils off the vehicles...
Why would you steal something that you’ll never use?Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
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I'm honestly surprised too.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
To sell them back to the same crowd?Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn
I can see the Craigslist ads now:
"Shiny off-road stuff. Never used!"
I also find it kind of funny how these guys like to strap EVERYTHING to the outside of the vehicle. Bed or cargo space goes totally unused and rides around empty 99.999% of the time, just like every other suburban commando pristine air-hauler out there. Guess they're all trying to set a record for lowest mpg possible. Like the complete opposite of the hyper-miler crowd.
Hi-Lifts aka widowmakers or Handyman. I bet in a pinch, many of these folks with shiny new handymans will be injured using them for the first time.
I’m really starting to wonder how I managed to survive a few decades working in the woods with a bone stock 4x4 base model vehicle.
Truth. And to think when I first started, many of the small consultant companies I worked for still had a few fleet 2X4 single cab pick-ups, complimented with a set of well-used tire chains, a fire shovel, and pulaski. Loose, in the 8' bed, with a set of 2 spares. You were real baller if you had a Honda Big Red in the bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by old_newguy
To add to the gorp on your own vehicle of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn
I have a military surplus hummer jack for our van
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Fortunately, that's never gonna happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conundrum
Is it fortunate? What harrowing stories can these folks tell? Well, Whole Foods was out of non-GMO cumquats so I risked it and that's when I needed my overland toilet on the second I15 exit? Really going to up the online dating close ratio...
That's right, scars tell stories.
It takes a pretty massive dump to require a hi-lift to clear it. Impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conundrum
There's a CRV around here that's pretty well set up other than the stretched CV joints from a piss poor driveway made lift kit. I parked near it at the supermarket a few days ago and had to look around and when I looked underneath I saw that the guy used two STOP signs for a full underbody armor treatment. The winch wasn't real though, it was like a display unit you'd see at an auto parts store so that made me laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
like i said, this thread does not fail to disappoint.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
My monies on they get injured just taking it off the vehicle..Quote:
Originally Posted by Conundrum