Am new to the scene and need a jack for offroad use, hi lift seem to be the way to go but 4ft or 5ft?
have a winch so just for lifting really.
preferences please?
ps any stockists in wiltshire,hampshire or dorset as i travel about a bit and dont want postage costs.
cheers

Speak to Nick Jennings Landrox4x4 who had some on special offer.

Phone: +44 (0) 1869 354073
Mob: +44 (0) 7970 844785

£30 ! New

Tell him Nigel Barker - HBRO pointed you to him, he's based your area

HTH

NIge

4ft should be ample

Agreed, 4ft is ample.

Also, 4ft ones just about lie lengthways on the floor of the 90 tub, 5ft
ones have to overhang the bulkhead or go diagonally.

Agreed - I'd say 4ft.

IIRC the extra foot has a reduced lift rating (?) and anyway if you ever need that extra foot of lift then when you get up there you'd better make sure you are wearing heavy duty underpants... Two tons of Rover on top of a spindly bit of cast iron is not for the feint-hearted or weak-sphinctered!

Rog

The extra foot would be useful if you need to use it in a winching situation.
but as the asker says he already has a winch.

Mine is 4ft oo er, and is fine.

Thanks all 4ft it is.

As if by magic... About two hours after posting the above, I was 'testing' my new home made jackable bumper on the RRC and I got the front wheels an inch off the ground and WAHEY!!! off she goes sideways . That'll teach me not to chock it with bricks - they just slid along

Rog (phew! What's that smell?)

4ft is more than enough Know many people who have bought 5ft one and ended up cutting of 1ft
Good things BUt
mmm hi-lifts dangerous bloodly things

must get myself a hi-lift one day, having one bolted on the car looks 'proper off-roader'

not often they seem to get used though.

I hate using my Hi-lift on the front or rear as it is soooo unstable, if you chock the wheels you need to be carefull how you do that as the motor can pivot either way.
You relly need to chock in front and behind the wheel and more that one wheel chocked.
My Hybrid came with rock/tree sliders on and for lifting a wheel it is far more stable as the motor cannot pivot around an axle at one end.

So all agreed 4ft fits in the back and is ample
jackable sills seem a good safety option,thanks for that.
must get something,have nothing to change a wheel yet and my luck will run out!.

Much of the work I am doing involves getting one or more wheels off, and I don't like to leave it wheel-less because it is on the font and I don't want it to look too much like a derelict, so I find that I use the Hi-Lift all the time - much preferring it to the trolley jack due to it's speed and ease of use. I do have jackable sills though and I practiced carefully until I really got the hang of it.. And I am always VERY careful - I read somewhere on here about somebody who was hit under the chin (i think) by a high lift jack handle - just the thought of that make me wince....

Rog

Didn't John Cranfield off the 'old' forum lose an eye & smash up his head in a high-lift accident? Could be my imagination...?

Al.

I use one of these on mine to save nipping my fingers
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£15 delivered

Aye and Will/Exmoor Beast had a nasty incident with one too. Still didn't bash any sense into him though.

I don't bother carrying one anymore, as i've got a winch both ends and the suspension has a lot of (drop) travel, so it has to go a long way up to lift a wheel So i carry a disco bottle jack instead and use the waffle boards to jack on.

Hi-lift are to unstabe/dangerous IMHO, and weight a lot

A hi-lift just to change a wheel?

I've got a bottle jack in the back, about 10 times smaller, cheaper, lighter AND safer!

I reckon it's quicker too, you only need to lift the axle an inch or two, rather than lifting the chassis almost a foot.

of course, i have no bling bolted to the back door/spare tyre/bulkhead

Im liking the bottle jack idea,
seen one 6 ton rating with 20cm to 40cm range, i would imagine that should be enough?
smaller,lighter and cheaper, i like it.

Standard land rover ones change hands for about a tenner second hand. Make sure you get the two part handle with it.