Stock Disco and a Hi Lift jack

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Author Message   RayDunn (Raydunn) New Member Username: Raydunn Post Number: 21 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 10:57 am:    I always hear people talk about how important a Hi Lift is offroad, but I have stock Disco and there are no jack points on it. Is there any reason, other than to have a new toy, for me to have one of these?   CALM (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 1025 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 11:02 am:    Well the only jack point is the rear hitch. You can buy a Terrain Master front skidplate that has jack all adapters and buy a jackall. Those are just some options that you might not be aware of. But I don't know exactly, you can winch with it and it looks nice.   Sergei Rodionov (Uzbad) Member Username: Uzbad Post Number: 124 Registered: 08-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 12:27 pm:    Ray - if you dont have locks and stuff - it might help you to get unstuck. Its not just to lift things with it - you can use it as the "poor man winch" to get yourself out. I think Bruke (4Wheeling America) used to have quite nice articles set on how it can be used on different conditions. High-lift + couple of tow straps (recovery straps wont do in this case as they are stretching) will get you out from very nasty places. Also its good to get you off if you managed to high-center on some boulder while wheeling   RayDunn (Raydunn) New Member Username: Raydunn Post Number: 22 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 04:33 pm:    Thanks for the advice. Now I have a good reason to get a bullbar bumper.   Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 1091 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 05:10 pm:    Sergei - have you EVER tried using hi-lift as a hand winch? Let me tell you for starters - a 30-ft strap will stretch about 2-2.5 ft. A couple of straps... At a very least, I'd say a jack and towing chain. But even in this case, you'll be losing a pound or two every hour. Ray - at a small risk of marring your alloy wheels, you can actually use the hi-lift to lift the wheels off the ground. Most 15" and 16" steel wheels and many alloys (including most LR wheels) have a little groove along the circumference of the rim, and the tongue of the hi-lift jack fits there perfectly. You have to be very careful - if the jack base is slippery, you'll be looking for trouble. Whenever I do it, I slip a roll of shop towels on the jack tower (or jam it between the jack tower and fender/quarter panel).