| Author | Message | ||
     Bill Collett (Bcollett) New Member Username: Bcollett Post Number: 38 Registered: 07-2003 |
I just got a High Lift Jack and I am trying to figure out where to mount it. I don't have a roof-rack or heavy duty bumpers yet and EE says not to mount them to your spare tire. Where can I mount this so it will be safe and out of the way? Thanks, Bill | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Senior Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 276 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hi Bill!, you can get one of the high-lift vinyl covers or the hard plastic kind and strap it to the rear cargo floor. It will fit under the seat on the drivers side if you lay it inline on the floor with the top under the seat, maybe not with the hard plastic cover. If you want it to lay a bit flatter, pull the pin that holds the base plate on and store the base plate in the pocket in the rear door. My TReK had the Safari Guard spare tyre mount and this weekend I caught the jack coming off some steep slickrock and cracked my spare tire bracket. My spare's now on the roof rack and I have an order in for a rack mount for the jack. Don't be afraid of taking the jack apart (remove base plate, slide the handle out and seperate the jack from the bar) to make it easier to store. A buddy has his mounted under the hood of his Jeep. Feel free to get creative! If you get over to Moab from Denver look me up, we'll go do some wheelin! Lewis | ||
| Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco) Senior Member Username: Offroaddisco Post Number: 1627 Registered: 04-2002 |
Bill, What size jack and do you have a front bull bar? | ||
| Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Senior Member Username: Muddyrover Post Number: 947 Registered: 02-2002 |
"I don't have a roof-rack or heavy duty bumpers yet" | ||
| Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco) Senior Member Username: Offroaddisco Post Number: 1628 Registered: 04-2002 |
doh... I missed the bumper comment. Well... if your jack is a 48" jack I would mount it inside as Lewis said until you find a need for a 60" jack. The 48" jack also fits nice on the floor of the back seat. Just make sure you tie it down. | ||
| Rick Neff (Lostinboston) Member Username: Lostinboston Post Number: 247 Registered: 06-2003 |
has anyone mounted a jack to the roof inside? I dont like to put things on the floor, it gets pretty messy down there. I have a rack and usually have it mounted there, but it takes a beaating up there. | ||
| Tom Fioretti (Tom_in_md) Member Username: Tom_in_md Post Number: 125 Registered: 02-2003 |
Would worry me to have that hunk of iron over my head while bouncing around the trail. | ||
| Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco) Senior Member Username: Offroaddisco Post Number: 1632 Registered: 04-2002 |
not to mention the mud and oil from the jack would do wonders to a headliner. | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 841 Registered: 08-2002 |
I have heard a lot about not carrying this or that on the rear door, but know a bunch of people that do it. lLrger tires, mounting toolboxes on the door and many that do the highlift. Granted having a big meaty tire, toolbox AND highlift could be an issue. But I know many that carry the highlift back there without issue. With the Disco door, you are looking at adjusting the rear door occasionally anyway if you offroad and use it a lot. That is without any added weight. Personally I don't believe that just the highlift has much change to the equation and for people with 60" jack (don't even bother with 48"), no roof rack it is the best option. Get the jack repair kit, place a gator over the mechanical parts and place it on the rear wheel. Likely you will not have significantly more issues with the rear cargo door than others. Here is another option for the rackless. http://www.pbase.com/image/23098371 Brian | ||
| Bill Collett (Bcollett) New Member Username: Bcollett Post Number: 40 Registered: 07-2003 |
Sorry it has taking me so long to get back to you guys. Al the jack is the 48". Is 48" enough or should I exchange it for a 60"? Bill | ||
| Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco) Senior Member Username: Offroaddisco Post Number: 1642 Registered: 04-2002 |
The 60" is really the better of the two. If you want to use it as a backup winch (emergency use) or if you lift your Disco the 60" is a must. But if you're going to keep your Disco stock height then the 48" may be okay but not ideal. That said, without a bull bar you may not have many points to jack with. You'll need to keep that in mind when using your jack. | ||
| Bill Collett (Bcollett) Member Username: Bcollett Post Number: 41 Registered: 07-2003 |
Thanks Al. I will return the 48". I'll probably add the bull bar within the next year and mount it to that. Bill | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Senior Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 288 Registered: 10-2003 |
Brian, my comments on keeping it off the rear door are departure angle related. I'm not reading any jack/rear door weight info....are you thinking about a different thread? | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 842 Registered: 08-2002 |
Ah, but departure angle on the rear tire is not an issue, the Safari Gard high lift mount mounts olmost anywhere to the jack. You will keep it up quite high. Here is a pic http://www.discoweb.org/ericpena/DSC01650.jpg It may effect departure angle for some extreme cases but 99% of the people out there will never have an issue, you'd really be doing vertical stuff if you hit it. BTW I have a Disco Series II SG highlift mount for the spare if interested. Can come with the 48" highlift if desired. Mount is like new highlift is used about 12 times in 6 years, still works well.  | ||
| Jim Reynolds (4x4xfar) Member Username: 4x4xfar Post Number: 216 Registered: 05-2003 |
Brian how much?? | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Senior Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 289 Registered: 10-2003 |
i've got a cracked spare tyre mount from the jack on the S/G mount. It was mounted up as high as it would go. It stuck out to far, it didn't hang too low.... And those S/G mounts are $85 where it was  now gone inside...  | ||
| Andrew Maier (Newman) Senior Member Username: Newman Post Number: 443 Registered: 04-2003 |
Lewis, your truck looks like an '05 now!  What I did for my 48" jack was to lay it down in the rear of the cargo area, between the door and the rear-most edge of the wheel "humps," and used a 2x4 bolted into the floor to snug it into place. The jack's wrapped in a blanket that also houses my breaker bar. Everything is snug and doesn't rattle, and it's inside yet near the door so I don't have to tear apart the inside. Keep that in mind if you mount under the rear seats or on the floor behind the front seats -- you might be dumping a lot of shit into the mud just to get to the jack...that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Then again, I don't really see the need to carry a High-Lift jack around town, so it's only in mine when I'm getting ready to go on the trail. This is a website for people happy to cram everything into their rigs regardless of when the next offroading excursion will occur, though, it seems... | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Senior Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 291 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote"This is a website for people happy to cram everything into their rigs regardless of when the next offroading excursion will occur, though, it seems..." Yes it is! Although in my defense, I live in a very wheelin friendly part of the country and i'm always taking off down a trail. I took a long lunch break today and ran SteelBender...just another day here! I'm on the trail every weekend and many days during the week. Heres a pic from today after supper by baby lions back...  | ||
| Jamil Abbasy (Jamooche) Member Username: Jamooche Post Number: 238 Registered: 05-2003 |
How dare you Lewis! JK...It sucks out here where I live, Boston, and there is almost no where to go unless in a group since almost everything is off limits and private. I have no choice to keep everything in the truck...a problem with a studio apt. in the city...I can't wait to graduate and get away from here. Jamil | ||
| Andrew Maier (Newman) Senior Member Username: Newman Post Number: 444 Registered: 04-2003 |
Understood. I have a garage and basement with shit stacked in them, and this area's not friendly to wheeling. If I lived in VA, or NC, or CO I probably would carry everything every day. In Wisconsin things are different... |
