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Winching with a hi-lift

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Eeyore:
Highlifts don't lift the vehcile form underneath the axle, they lift them from the side, therefore if your wheels have got a lot of travel, you need a lotta jack.  This also means (in theory) you don't have to dig a jack in to lift the vehicle. There's nowt worse than having to crawl in the mud to pick up a Disco with it's ikkle jack because a highlift won't fit - foul job.

It has to be said that for either winching or lifting a highlift makes a powerfull enemy. Treat them with lots of respect and they will see you right.

HTH
Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

datalas:
well, again it depends on your point of view.

Should you get a puncture in the middle of a ploughed field when up to your axles the likelyhood of you getting the little bottle jack under it to change the tyre is quite slim (the fact that there are no jacking points on a standard disco will be overlooked for now)

Similarly it can be used to lift the vehicle up when it has sunk to put waffles underneath it (mmm waffles) or it could be used to put trailers on things when the jokeywheel has given up the ghost.. etc etc :D

Eeyore:
mmmmmm waffles...... =P~

 :wink:
Eeyore

rokcrawlin:

--- Quote from: "Wanderer" ---Tirfors are the best manual ones. They'll pull a tree down.

Ed
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usually the only one near you that you are recovering off :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

hobbit:

--- Quote from: "Eeyore" ---Highlifts don't lift the vehcile form underneath the axle, they lift them from the side, therefore if your wheels have got a lot of travel, you need a lotta jack.  This also means (in theory) you don't have to dig a jack in to lift the vehicle. There's nowt worse than having to crawl in the mud to pick up a Disco with it's ikkle jack because a highlift won't fit - foul job.

It has to be said that for either winching or lifting a highlift makes a powerfull enemy. Treat them with lots of respect and they will see you right.

HTH
Cheers
 8)
Eeyore
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Actually I saw an item that at Driffield, could lift your wheel which attaches to a Hi lift jack. Its like 2 hooks on straps that attach to the wheel, raise the wheel, then chock under axle for a wheel change, or fill out the hole for freeing it from being stuck

Not seen them since, interesting item though

Kev

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