Harbor Freight Hi Lift Jack?
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RangeBrover
Explorer
Have to agree with bfdiesel, a hi lift failure could have dire consequences, I'd spend the extra cash for some piece of mind.
SilverBullet
Explorer
Just food for thought, I bought my "High Lift" jack from HF over 10 years ago. They call them Farm Jacks. My 60" has never failed, never bent, and I have never had to oil it like High Lifts. They say the old ones had a lower tolerance so the pins had more play. What ever the reason, rain, snow, mud, water, etc my jack has never jammed and the pins move free every time.
As for cost, I bout it for $40. What high lift can you get that is 60" for that price or even $20 more?
As for cost, I bout it for $40. What high lift can you get that is 60" for that price or even $20 more?
1stDeuce
Explorer
Hahah... I bought my real Hi-lift so long ago that it was only $38 at Pamida. (I think I was in my 3rd year of college at the time.) That jack is still working fine, and has saved my bacon so many times I can't count them all. I have a 10 year old 60" jack too, and it comes in handy around the house, but it's too big to carry in my Jeep.
While a HF jack may work fine, I'd give my money to the company that invented and built the jack for decades if I was going to buy another!! (Though I'll probably die with the two jacks I have now!)
Chris
While a HF jack may work fine, I'd give my money to the company that invented and built the jack for decades if I was going to buy another!! (Though I'll probably die with the two jacks I have now!)
Chris
Idahoan
Adventurer
Simons
Adventurer
I bought a 48" name brand "jack-all" 15 yrs ago that I worked hard, it was always jamming up in the mud and eventually bent. I foolishly kept using it untill it "bit" me, it slipped a pin and "thwacka, thwacka" down my truck came with that handle flailing back and forth so fast you couldn't see it! It caught me in the back of the neck and again in the forehead as I tried to get out of the way!!
I retired it 5yrs ago and replaced it with a 60" "Hi-Lift" that works much more reliably than the jack-all ever did, and there's much less deflection in the beam.
I retired it 5yrs ago and replaced it with a 60" "Hi-Lift" that works much more reliably than the jack-all ever did, and there's much less deflection in the beam.
Mc Taco
American Adventurist
So it will raise the vehicle, but you can't get it to lower?
Sorry to be a smart aleck, but I could not resist.
RangeBrover
Explorer
IdaSHO
IDACAMPER
Agreed
Mine has never failed to lower, even when caked in mud.
if it is THAT dirty though, it just takes a couple of smacks to get the pins to slide.
Even then, mine is now more than 20 years old, and is working fantastic. And it has NEVER been covered.
A few months ago I refreshed it, for the very first time. one pin was a bit bent, but straightening it was easy enough and didnt even warrant replacement.
Mine has never failed to lower, even when caked in mud.
if it is THAT dirty though, it just takes a couple of smacks to get the pins to slide.
Even then, mine is now more than 20 years old, and is working fantastic. And it has NEVER been covered.
A few months ago I refreshed it, for the very first time. one pin was a bit bent, but straightening it was easy enough and didnt even warrant replacement.
nb11
New member
I have a Smittybilt 54" jack that has served me well. It stays in the back of my truck all the time, and it's a little rusty, but still always works fine. What I found that is really good for keeping it working well is spraying it down with motorcycle chain lube (I use Maxima Chain Wax). One spray every couple of months and its good as new.
