highlif jack/ farm jack

[jeepwrnglr92]

Ok I tried a search but nothing came up.


I was looking at the harborfreight farm jack and the hightlift jack. Will the Harborfreight one dow what I want with a jeep?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=6530


http://www.rockymountainsusp.com/Hi-Lift%20Jack.htm

[Ares]

Originally Posted by jeepwrnglr92

Ok I tried a search but nothing came up.


I was looking at the harborfreight farm jack and the hightlift jack. Will the Harborfreight one dow what I want with a jeep?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=6530


http://www.rockymountainsusp.com/Hi-Lift%20Jack.htm

Im not sure if it will dow what you want, but it should do what you want fine

They are in essence the same thing

[yj_hank]

My understanding is that the farm jack is not nearly as strong as the hi lift jack. I picked up my hi lift at tractor supply for about $60.00. Do you really want to be working on your vehicle with a chance of the jack breaking? The extra money would seem well spent at this time.

Henry

[goatboy]

Probably will work just fine...Don't know if anybody can answer whether it's as durable...for my money, and for being able to depend on it when I really need it, I'll pony up the extra bux for a HiLift, but, hey, that's just me...

[Big-n-Broke-YJ]

a jack is not intended to hold the jeep while you work on it. you should ALWAYS use jack stands. i think that falls under the darwin category.....


my farm jack rusted quicker than my hi-lift.

aside from that, it served it's purpose just as well up until the elements rusted it away.

-Erik <---- totally satisfied with the $29.99 harbor freight farm jack

[Joe Dillard]

You might want to try doing some yahoo/google etc searches and try using "cheap junk jack" or "junk chinese jack" or "POS Chinese jack" or "imitation hilift jack". Key here is to use search words that reflect what folks often have to say about those (or similar other knockoff) jacks.

I have read countless posts over the years which discounted using/buying a cheap knockoff Hilift. Safety issues seemed to be the biggest concern.

IMO, Hilift jacks are dangerous enough in-of-themselves unless very carefull operation and use is taken. I wouldn't settle for something less.

I have a Hilift jack. I use to carry it attached to my Canyon City can & tire carrier for ~11 years. In those 11+ years, I think I used it 3 times. It now sits in the corner of my garage & I use the handle as a breaker bar frequently. I carry 2 bottle jacks instead. Almost never deep mud where I usually wheel.

[jeepwrnglr92]

I can spend the extra $$$ but I have a harborfreight localy so thought I would pikc one up instead of mail order if it was worth it.

[Big-n-Broke-YJ]

joe's point was very good and i think overlooked by many....

you don't need a hi-lift 90% of the time.... a bottle jack or regular ol hydraulic jack will work just fine in the driveway and most of the time it'll do just fine on the trial. most people buy hi-lifts b/c they think they are necessary......

I think I've used mine 3 or 4 times since i've had it.... on the other hand i've used the bottle jack out on the trails once or twice and the regular old hydraulic jack in my driveway 1,000 times.....

maybe the better question would be, do you need a jack? if so, do you really need a hi lift? or would a safer smaller jack work better for your needs?

[Ares]

Originally Posted by yj_hank

My understanding is that the farm jack is not nearly as strong as the hi lift jack. I picked up my hi lift at tractor supply for about $60.00. Do you really want to be working on your vehicle with a chance of the jack breaking? The extra money would seem well spent at this time.

Henry

The jacks are rated at 3,500lbs which is more then most hydrolic jacks you buy. I think for the given amount of times you'd be using it, it would be fine.

[Jesse-James]

If you ask me Hi-lifts are dangerous enough. Why add to it by using a Chinese knock off.

[Big-n-Broke-YJ]

i'm all for american made products but don't you think it's pretty harsh to say that it's crap b/c it's made in china? how many things in your house are made in china and you still use them everyday..... i'd be more scared of my made in china ceiling fan decapitating me in my sleep than my hi-lift killing me.

-Erik <--- finds it funny how many people put blame on a "bad" product when in reallity they should blame their parents for raising an idiot (not directed at you jesse-james, or anyone on this thread, just in general)

[jbolty]

I have the harbor freight version and used it to lift a corner of my house plus I bent the handle a little using a cheater pipe on it while trying to pull out a stump. So far, so good. I do like to wooden handle on the old, old original version though. Just makes it a little lighter.

my 2 cents.

[jeepwrnglr92]

i have a small jack I can use. Guess from what I am reading not really needed.

[Jesse-James]

Been burned too many times by "made in china". Bought an automatic pipe threader to find the casting was so porous it sprayed the room with cutting fluid if you attempted to use it. Sent it back and bought the Rigid. Then picked up a standing mill in which the cast frame cracked shortly after delivery allowing the motor to throw the belt if you cut anything heavier than say...paper. Sent it back and bought a Bridgeport.

I don't say everything made in China is crap.......ok so I do, but China and cast parts don't mix and I will refuse to buy the two in conjunction. When you're talking about a $10.00 price difference why the hell would anyone else?

[Big-n-Broke-YJ]

the harbor freight is $29.99
the hi lift is about $60

if it wasn't double the price sure i could justify the price difference but until hi-lift's prices come down.... made in china i stay.

-Erik <--- has also had horrible luck with made in china power tools