Very true. High Lifts can be found anywhere, but good Scouts are getting harder and harder to find...

If it was a good Scout I would still have it. Don't get me started ....

Dangit, I'm gonna have to put mine back together this spring.
Anyway, guess I'll stop hijacking the hi-lift thread now

I thought of this thread today. I got a Harbor Tools catalog in the mail today and they have Farm Jacks on sale for $29.00 it’s 3 ½ ton & up to 48 inch lift.

I used a generic once. It worked, but just didn't have the smooth feel of a real High Lift. But for sure better than not having one at all...

I was just looking at these myself, I didn't realize they are in several different sizes. I have a full size truck, stock height with larger tires, how big of high lift should I look at. I'm guessing the 48" will be fine.

Hi Eugene,

I normally carry the 48" one in my trucks but have a shorter one in the garage. The 48" has always got me out of trouble in the past? Be sure to buy the correct hook-up for your vehicle (e.g. bumper hook, top loop). On my work truck it is in a bracket-holder mounted to the front of the box.

It is common to jack-up a truck stuck in a ditch then push it sideways off the jack so the truck will land back on the road. This is da*n dangerous and often hard on the body metal of the truck but it works.

Mike

Some friends and I were 4wheeling up near Buena Vista Colorado. I was in a buddy’s K-5 blazer when he decided to bust through a snowdrift. The blazer, my buddy, and I slid down the side of a very steep incline sideways. About 30 feet down we wedged in a couple of aspen trees. With the help of our friend who were behind us laughing we started getting things back on the road. It took most of the day but we pulled the truck up on to the road sideway with only ropes and two high lift jacks. they are like the american experss card, We don’t leave the road with out them .

Good Story Raydarkhorse,

Getting stuck in the bush is never planned but it is always an adventure getting out and makes for a good tale later.

If one of my co-workers or I get stuck at work you always try your hardest to get out by yourself, before you have call for help on the radio, that way you avoid the teasing from the others. You end up the butt of all off-roading/driving jokes until the next unlucky person gets stuck and earns the honour.

Mike

Getting unstuck was something I was thinking about, though I also need something more than the factory jack anyway as I've added to the truck, the factory jack is even less useful now.