Light to medium Offroad jack

[Montanaguy]

Hey OB fam!

So, I sold my Hi-lift. There are.many thoughts on those and I felt it was not for me. I get all sides of the conversation, but I have a 2013 dblcb long bed Tacoma. 2.75" lift 285's, no sliders and no armor front and rear right now. I will in the future and at that time, will re-adjust accordingly.

Question is... What do I go with? A buddy of mine has an aluminum floor jack that he uses and I currently have my stock jack and carry 4 piece's of 2x6. Thoughts are, aluminum jack or maybe even ARB's air bladder.

I just want to make sure my family and I are taken care of in most situations. I do not do heavy crawling and usually stick to FS roads and some minor uphill boldering around 2.5-3 on difficultly. Little experience with anything other than that and I know I'll learn as I go. Maybe even learn some hard ways. Lol

Wanted to get some other thoughts from the community. Thank you!

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[southernfire97]

I carry a high lift, but rarely ever use it. I have a bottle jack and board that I use 99% of the time. I keep a floor jack in my truck tool box and the high lift and bottle jack in my Jeeps.


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[Scott]

Take a hard look at safe jack. I'm currently saving for a full kit with bottle jack from them. I know plenty of people that use them and love them. Makes changing a tire offroad at least somewhat bearable...

Www.safejack.com

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[NW David]

Something you may be interested in are the exhaust jack (forgot who makes 'em) and the ARB inflatable jack

Edit: tried to post a link... failed [emoji19]

 

[Vincent Keith]

I use one of these:

It has a wide stable base and the jack stand locks as you go up - so you're not depending on narrow base or hydraulics.

 

[Graeman]

The unijack seems like a better deal than the safejack. Heck, for the same price you can buy some steel and a welder and make those safejack attachments yourself. Just my $0.02

 

[Montanaguy]

Thank you all for the replies! I appreciate the info and will continue my search.

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[Wolvee]

I use my Hilift jack around the property more than I use it for my truck but it's there just in case. So far I've only practiced with it, "Dag-gone Ferd just dunt get Stuck." :)

I'm not sure of a good alternative for offroad use. I always carried a bottle jack, a 4x4x1 and a 2x8x1 in the truck before I had the Hilift. Good luck with the search.

 

[Montanaguy]

I use my Hilift jack around the property more than I use it for my truck but it's there just in case. So far I've only practiced with it, "Dag-gone Ferd just dunt get Stuck." :)

I'm not sure of a good alternative for offroad use. I always carried a bottle jack, a 4x4x1 and a 2x8x1 in the truck before I had the Hilift. Good luck with the search.

Ha! I've heard that same thing from numerous folks. Used more for house/farm/ranch than truck. I appreciate that. Good to know I'm close.

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[Montanaguy]

Something you may be interested in are the exhaust jack (forgot who makes 'em) and the ARB inflatable jack

Edit: tried to post a link... failed [emoji19]

Yes! Thank you! Definitely interested in the ARB inflatable. I wonder how it would hold up on hard surfaces like gravel or rocks that aren't sharp and such...

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[Montanaguy]

Take a hard look at safe jack. I'm currently saving for a full kit with bottle jack from them. I know plenty of people that use them and love them. Makes changing a tire offroad at least somewhat bearable...

Www.safejack.com

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Scott, I finally got the chance to check that out! That is awesome! A bit spendy, but the versatility makes up for it. Especially since I even considered an aluminum floor jack which would be close to the same price. I think I'm going to sit on it for a bit, but most likely pull the trigger on the full kit.

I appreciate the lead![emoji109]

I would rather be on a road less traveled...

 

[BensonSTW]

High lift jack for me. Too many uses to not have with me at all times. I've used it as intended plus as a winch a time or two. Even used it a time or two to keep a tire and broken axle in the axle housing until I could get to a safe enough place to do the repairs.

 

[Scott]

Scott, I finally got the chance to check that out! That is awesome! A bit spendy, but the versatility makes up for it. Especially since I even considered an aluminum floor jack which would be close to the same price. I think I'm going to sit on it for a bit, but most likely pull the trigger on the full kit.

I appreciate the lead![emoji109]

I would rather be on a road less traveled...

Glad the link helped you out. I too have been sitting on pulling the trigger for the full kit. Don't have cash right now, with my relocation to Reno happening, but once I get settled, I'll be sure to grab the full blown kit. Spendy, but worth it, IMHO. I have friends that have the kits, and I have seen them in action. Totally worth it.