Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

The bumper jack is probably the biggest reason all cars today have
radius fender wells, rather than the aerodynamic designs of the past:
http://pages.prodigy.net/mopar-man/_...n-53Hornet.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> For some reason, there seems to be quite a few people around here that
> believe that the Hi Lift jacks are unacceptable from a danger standpoint for
> use in changing a tire... The cars that I grew up with all had jacks similar
> to the Hi Lift type and although you probably had to be a little more
> careful with them, it wasn't a big deal to change a flat with them... Of
> course, back then, the only other choices were the 'bottle' hydraulic jacks
> and the rolling hydraulic floor jacks... The 'bottle' jacks were too slow to
> raise the vehicle and the rolling floor jacks were so large that they were
> only for garage use... I've changed *a lot* of tires with the Hi Lift type
> jack since back in those days, I was so cheap (back in the 'poor student
> days') that I didn't get a new tire until the previous one had
> catastrophically gone flat... The main things that you need to remember are
> that you should be very careful that the jack is lifting straight up such
> that there won't be a tendency for it to slide sidewards and you should
> chock your wheels and use jack stands so that the weight is supported by the
> jack for the least amount of time...

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

The bumper jack is probably the biggest reason all cars today have
radius fender wells, rather than the aerodynamic designs of the past:
http://pages.prodigy.net/mopar-man/_...n-53Hornet.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> For some reason, there seems to be quite a few people around here that
> believe that the Hi Lift jacks are unacceptable from a danger standpoint for
> use in changing a tire... The cars that I grew up with all had jacks similar
> to the Hi Lift type and although you probably had to be a little more
> careful with them, it wasn't a big deal to change a flat with them... Of
> course, back then, the only other choices were the 'bottle' hydraulic jacks
> and the rolling hydraulic floor jacks... The 'bottle' jacks were too slow to
> raise the vehicle and the rolling floor jacks were so large that they were
> only for garage use... I've changed *a lot* of tires with the Hi Lift type
> jack since back in those days, I was so cheap (back in the 'poor student
> days') that I didn't get a new tire until the previous one had
> catastrophically gone flat... The main things that you need to remember are
> that you should be very careful that the jack is lifting straight up such
> that there won't be a tendency for it to slide sidewards and you should
> chock your wheels and use jack stands so that the weight is supported by the
> jack for the least amount of time...

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

On the subject of jacks, anyone see the article on CNN where the kid
in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
alone??

<http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/09/trapped.driver.ap/index.html>

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:30:37 UTC "MudPuppy1976
<\"moc.rr.pacyn\"@67lamina" <--BACKWARDS> wrote:

>
>
> ABanks5@columbus.rr.com wrote:
> > Is a high lift jack a good jack for the garage or simply meant to be used in
> > the dirt? If not what type of jack works the best?
> > And where are good jacking points for a CJ?
> >
> >
> use high lift for barns, trees, and offroad use ONLY (probably ok to
> beat up drug dealers with, but haven't tried it) the best bet is a
> decent floor jack or a bottle jack under your frame rails.
>
> i bought my 93 yj 2 years ago and it had as a jack some toyota scissor
> jack which even at full extension doesn't even touch my frame! funny.
>


--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

On the subject of jacks, anyone see the article on CNN where the kid
in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
alone??

<http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/09/trapped.driver.ap/index.html>

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:30:37 UTC "MudPuppy1976
<\"moc.rr.pacyn\"@67lamina" <--BACKWARDS> wrote:

>
>
> ABanks5@columbus.rr.com wrote:
> > Is a high lift jack a good jack for the garage or simply meant to be used in
> > the dirt? If not what type of jack works the best?
> > And where are good jacking points for a CJ?
> >
> >
> use high lift for barns, trees, and offroad use ONLY (probably ok to
> beat up drug dealers with, but haven't tried it) the best bet is a
> decent floor jack or a bottle jack under your frame rails.
>
> i bought my 93 yj 2 years ago and it had as a jack some toyota scissor
> jack which even at full extension doesn't even touch my frame! funny.
>


--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

On the subject of jacks, anyone see the article on CNN where the kid
in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
alone??

<http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/09/trapped.driver.ap/index.html>

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:30:37 UTC "MudPuppy1976
<\"moc.rr.pacyn\"@67lamina" <--BACKWARDS> wrote:

>
>
> ABanks5@columbus.rr.com wrote:
> > Is a high lift jack a good jack for the garage or simply meant to be used in
> > the dirt? If not what type of jack works the best?
> > And where are good jacking points for a CJ?
> >
> >
> use high lift for barns, trees, and offroad use ONLY (probably ok to
> beat up drug dealers with, but haven't tried it) the best bet is a
> decent floor jack or a bottle jack under your frame rails.
>
> i bought my 93 yj 2 years ago and it had as a jack some toyota scissor
> jack which even at full extension doesn't even touch my frame! funny.
>


--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

What timing... are you sure that wasn't someone from this thread trying to
prove a point?

JimG

"Will Honea" <whonea@codenet.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-SfQgYd1hFmNE@anon.none.net...
> On the subject of jacks, anyone see the article on CNN where the kid
> in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
> used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
> couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
> alone??
>
> <http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/09/trapped.driver.ap/index.html>
>

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

What timing... are you sure that wasn't someone from this thread trying to
prove a point?

JimG

"Will Honea" <whonea@codenet.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-SfQgYd1hFmNE@anon.none.net...
> On the subject of jacks, anyone see the article on CNN where the kid
> in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
> used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
> couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
> alone??
>
> <http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/09/trapped.driver.ap/index.html>
>

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

What timing... are you sure that wasn't someone from this thread trying to
prove a point?

JimG

"Will Honea" <whonea@codenet.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-SfQgYd1hFmNE@anon.none.net...
> On the subject of jacks, anyone see the article on CNN where the kid
> in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
> used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
> couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
> alone??
>
> <http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/09/trapped.driver.ap/index.html>
>

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

What was Joshua doing in Utah?

>are you sure that wasn't someone from this thread trying to
>prove a point?
>

>kid
>> in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
>> used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
>> couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
>> alone??



Robert Bills
KG6LMV
Orange County CA

http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/...p-l/billsr.htm
http://www.RobertBills.com

Re: How to jack up a Jeep with 33s
 

What was Joshua doing in Utah?

>are you sure that wasn't someone from this thread trying to
>prove a point?
>

>kid
>> in Utah rolled his Jeep, got his leg trapped under the roll bar and
>> used the jack to lift the thing off his leg? Of course that raises a
>> couple of points: where was the seat belt and why was he wheeling
>> alone??



Robert Bills
KG6LMV
Orange County CA

http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/...p-l/billsr.htm
http://www.RobertBills.com