Bill wrote:

In message , Paul - xxx
writes
I have a hi-lift for the Disco, we off-road a lot .. you can see it
on the back at 30 secs+ http://youtu.be/vX6EkDuYYOg

I assume that the Disco in that video has some non-standard places to
use as jacking points. My rear bumper has a big rust hole in it (I'm
being told the bumper is "just decorative") and only last week I had
to have the offside running board mounting welded back up after it
collapsed under me. It looks as though an adapter for a high lift
jack would add about 50% to the cost of the jack?

Yup, we have rocksliders where there were sills, (roughly 150 x 50 x
5mm box section) and use, as you say, an adaptor onto the hi-lift for
side jacking. We've actually found it easier to use the front bumper
mount areas to lift the front though.

Those were some of the other types of job that were attracting me to
one of these jacks. My son has bought a house with a garden that
needs work on fences, trees etc.

The fence posts I pulled were 4" square, 2" deep and post-creted in. I
just used an old strop wrapped around the wooden post and lifted, strop
tightening down on itself to grip and it brought them up a treat, no
effort at all, compared to jacking the Disco!!


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Paul - xxx
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