How to operate a "HANDY'MAN Jack" aka "HI-LIFT JACK"

[hunter63]

Here is the instruction manual, check out page 11 for winching:
http://www.hi-lift.com/media/pdfs/jack_instructions.pdf

[Rick]

Yeah, my grandfather did that with a car once and it fell on him. Pinned him underneath for several hours before someone found him. God he was a tough old bird. I would have cried myself to death but he lived a lot of years after that.

Glad it worked out for you, Sourdough. I can't imagine what it would be like to be pinned and see a bear lumber into the yard. Just when you think it couldn't get any worse........

[Justin Case]

Here is the instruction manual, check out page 11 for winching:
http://www.hi-lift.com/media/pdfs/jack_instructions.pdf

Cool ,, Thanks

[crashdive123]

I started reading the thread and thought - what the??????? Could have sworn you did that last summer. Nice to see that I still remember some things.

[Pal334]

Good reminder. When I was a teenager , many moons ago on the farm, had a cousin pin his hand while jacking a hay wagon. We had one heck of a time getting him unpinned. He was understandably upset and the next available jack was almost half a mile away. I guess he was one of the lucky ones, he kept his hand and fingers, just has limited mobility.

[Camp10]

Love those Jacks, Priceless when you get stuck in the sand, Just Jack one end up all the way , The "Push" the vehicle and it fall on flat again, If you buried both ends, do it to the other as well , One man 20 min tops

We use this technique to get out of mud as well. I wouldnt drive into the woods without my hi-lift, and a good chainsaw.

[trax]

AKA the "jack-all" when I worked on drills in the bush we used those suckers for everything. I know a few fellas with fairly misshapen knuckles courtesy of those things (fortunately I'm not one of them although I found plenty of other ways to mash my knuckles over the years). That lever can come back on a body in real hurry sometimes.

One job I worked we followed another company's road that they'd cut in to the area we were drilling, apparently these guys went broke on that job. When I saw how they cut roads I could see why they went broke, they had more unnecessary switchbacks and huge u-turns than you could imagine. I don't know how many hours I spent using one of them jacks just lifting our bunkhouses and kitchens back onto their skids, righting the drill after it did about a 40 degree lean to one side, fun things like that. One guy on a jackall on one side, another guy on a come-along on the other side.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Keep some motor oil around. They need a splash on a regular basis.

[jrock24]

Ok so I have a Harbor Freight version, and I have used it about 5 times to jack up my Ford Bronco.
I don't understand what you mean about only using one hand, I would think 2 hands on the handle gives more control. Luckily I have not had any issues with mine.

[hunter63]

Ok so I have a Harbor Freight version, and I have used it about 5 times to jack up my Ford Bronco.
I don't understand what you mean about only using one hand, I would think 2 hands on the handle gives more control. Luckily I have not had any issues with mine.

They are just telling you to keep your hand/self out of the way, it's bad habit reaching for something falling, slipping or steadying.

[Sourdough]

If you are jacking with your right hand, there is a "NATURAL" tendency to stabilize the jack or push against the top of the jack, It a natural place to rest your left hand is to grip the top of the jack. Just keep your left hand off the jack and you will be happy.

[trax]

and always make sure you follow through on the down movement so that the jack locks into it's next 'notch' or the backswing could cost you a paw.

[hunter63]

and always make sure you follow through on the down movement so that the jack locks into it's next 'notch' or the backswing could cost you a paw.

Or a voice changing experience, I hear ya.

[oldsoldier]

Next best thing to a good winch. I've got one mounted on the roof rack of my jeep on the drivers side. ( shovel and axe on the other side) I bet I,ve used mine a couple hundred times to unstick vehicles, change a tire, move something heavy over, and even used it to "pull" a couple of small tree stumps.