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Gumarcel

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actually koby, I never did see it. I thought Ron was talking about a hi-lift earlier. That is what I thought he was talking about, that is why i was confused. Se my jack does not go up that high for some reason. I got it now, sorry I guess I am just quite lame. :eek: ;)
 
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JacIntyre

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Oil in jack

I believe the bottle jack has an opening to fill to the appropriate level. Maybe yours is a liitle low on oil and will not extend all the way.
 
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Gumarcel

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Thanks koby and Ron, i actually got it to work. Funny thing, I would try to jack it up and the 2nd sleeve never came up, it just would be very hard to push down and nothing would happen. So i put the offroad base (ordered it last week form ee) under the jack and it was almost at the axle. Then the second sleeve came out when i started to pump it more. So I don't know what the problem was, but thank you guys for the help.
 

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p m

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a bottle jack is a nice and simple tool, but, in most off-pavement conditions, it'll make your life miserable.
I found that a cheap trolley jack, with a proper-size piece of 1" marine-grade plywood, works well. Also, it is more stable on an incline (put along the gradient).
 
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Gumarcel

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p m said:
a bottle jack is a nice and simple tool, but, in most off-pavement conditions, it'll make your life miserable.
I found that a cheap trolley jack, with a proper-size piece of 1" marine-grade plywood, works well. Also, it is more stable on an incline (put along the gradient).
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Something like this? Where do you put the plywood at?
 
koby

koby

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LOL, try taking a floor jack like that on the trail. Yikes, talk about a miserable life.
 
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scubaman99

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Yeah ask JimM about being careful when jacking up your rig on the trail!!!!!

what you cant see is 6 guys scrambling around trying to figure out how to lift his rig off his arm without cutting it off....

if you look closely to down.jpg you can see the hand prints on the wheel whell :eek:
 

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p m

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koby said:
LOL, try taking a floor jack like that on the trail. Yikes, talk about a miserable life.
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yes, that was the jack I was talking about.
And yes, I do take a jack like that on the trail. And I've used it in this situation - a 4-foot Hi-Lift was unable to lift the tire off the ground here, and I wonder how less miserable would be to use a bottle jack...

Ken - yes, the photos you've posted are yet another example.
 
koby

koby

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Don't be ridculous Peter, both you and I know a bottle jack would be close to useless in that situation.
 
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p m

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I had to dig out an excuse :)

However, I just happened to be in this and similar situations about four times in the last 2 years. One time it was halfway up that double-whammy on Poughkeepsie Gulch in Colo, with larger than stock tires, and stock bottle jack.

What happened to airbag jacks? Does anyone sell them anymore? They have the best extended-to-collapsed height ratio.
 
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