Hi-Lift Jack Alternatives | Harry Situations

[@hiliftjacks]

We still here! ;) Hi-Lift Jacks are multipurpose recovery tools designed to do more than just lift. Their value is in their ability to lift, winch, spread, hoist, clamp, etc. - at prices that range from $90 - $130. No other jack on the market can do everything a Hi-Lift can do.

[@soniamx2004]

That H1 siccor jack is genius, I'll have to find one and modify it. Carry an impact all times for lug nuts make sense to have this too.

[@HarrySituations]

I think that there are probably some other applications that use similar scissor jacks. Harbor Freight has them for trailers also but those are rated for static loads so I don’t know if they are as durable.

[@Ali_Mansour_Editor]

Harry is clearly a jack of all trades. I mean, you can’t say he doesn’t know jack about jacks…

[@HarrySituations]

🤣🤣🤣

[@willrector9716]

Haha the jack ass didn't tell us the eagle was total crap!

[@bonespur2728]

This is one of my favorite upscale offroad channels. You are definitely reaching a certain upper scale audience, but you present the information in a way (in part to your own opinion) that makes it seem like you are telling us what you think is worth the money vs. selling your audience things that the everyman doesn't need. I really appreciate that, considering how much other channels seem like they sell out.

[@HarrySituations]

Thanks for the kind words Carson! I really appreciate the encouragement.

[@fitzventure]

Great video. The exhaust jack is pretty wild. Great party trick.

[@AllTerrainFamily]

Thank god the videographer had a Tacoma so he could demonstrate it…

[@frotobaggins7169]

exhaust jack is great for using against say a body pannel where it distributes the load over a large area so as not to crinkle things so much. also great for soft ground, which i think he mentioned in the video.

[@RallyNavigatorOnline]

You guys are crushing these videos - nice work Mike and Harry!

[@DRTMaverick]

Also, pneumatic-powered bottle jacks are a lot quicker if you've got onboard air.

[@johnterpack3940]

The jacks are cool and all... but that truck is gorgeous.

[@garyhankinson5695]

I’m in Australia and follow a KZbinr called Ronny Dahl and he done a similar comparisons with jacks. One of his suggestions instead of getting a high lift jack which is big, heavy and dangerous if you don’t know how to use it right was to have 2 bottle jacks. One standard size to suit the vehicle and a larger one. The advantage of bottle jacks also is you can drive off them if need be and just pick up your jack. I have a hilux Ute and a 2ton and 4ton bottle jacks have been all I need and as you say are compact to take with you. Cheers!

[@gregorycary9982]

I always carry a piece thick plywood to use as a base. If your tire is flat you might need one jack to raise up the vehicle enough to get the other jack underneath. IE low profile bottle jack or scissor. never trust any jack if you can help it. Let the air out of one of you tires and find out what you will need to change it. might be eye opening. Made me reconsider carrying a high lift.

[@jeepinwithjulia]

My Jeep goes in to Nate on Monday for a lift, new wheels and tires! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@AnthonyLovato]

The one Jack I will never use is the scissor Jack. I had one fail on me and van fall on me. God was with me and I was able to come out relatively unscathed. I will never use the Jack of death again. Thanks Harry for the great content. 👍

[@HarrySituations]

Wow!

[@frotobaggins7169]

scissor jacks are extremely sensitive to side loading, especially left and right and will suddenly fold like a cheap suit. whatever that means. lol It's best to make sure the vehicle can NOT move creating any kind of side load on the jack. they are also sensitive to placement and easily slip, most are intended for the pinch weld of light cars. then there's the high torque while jacking which twists the jack making for a sketchy situation. I find grease on the screw helps but they are always a sketch fest to use. I prefer not using them unless i absolutely have no choice.

[@4x4_mark]

Scissor Jack's are my favorite compact and lightweight 🤙🏼

[@qwerty2008100]

I keep a combination jack in my truck. It looks like a jack stand with a flat bottom plate. There's a bottle jack under the Saddle. It also has an extension so you can get about another six inches out of it. It's the most stable jack I've used, with a wide flat base. The bottle jack is easy to pump up and it locks like a jack stand for extra safety. The only downside is that it is too tall to fit under most cars. It'll only really work with a truck or SUV.

[@batmansprotege1569]

Beautiful truck brother

[@Darley_Alex]

I love my pro eagle. Great for on the trail and at home

[@SteveSRT]

I’ve always wondered about the exhaust jacks. Looks like I’ll be picking one up. Something to note for people not familiar, the higher the capacity rating on bottle jacks the less mechanical force is needed by you to get them to raise your vehicle. But this can also make them slower.

[@douglaswhite9004]

Have you seen the Bottle Jack Buddy? A super nifty, compact and inexpensive accessory (under $60). 100% USA made and powder coated. It's probably the best tool (axle saddle) I always keep in my vehicle to be safe.

[@Steven-hf7rg]

I wouldn't touch any of those after the bottlejack/jackstand combo came out. Maybe still carry a hi-lift for pully reasons

[@JasonWh]

I have a '23 PowerWagon and the ARB Jack. I've used it in the field and it works INCREDIBLY well. It's got a solid foot plate and it comes with a foot plate base in the bag. It was well worth the money. I've even used it to lift a wheel and drive off the jack and because it has a pivot in the foot, it articulates long enough to work and then it just falls over. A HiLift jack os FAR too dangerous for the uninitiatied. Now, I have seen an HiLift used for crazy applications horizontally and vertically. Still, the torque pressure on the jack handle is a huge risk.

[@dennisfant2620]

Great video Harry! Full of good information! Loving the Ford truck!! Keep em coming!

[@davidshields302]

I wish you had included one of the long-term staples of off road racing, the Bunderson air bottle jack. The jack is so fast when used with a small compressed gas source (nitrogen, air, etc.).

[@HarrySituations]

Unfortunately I don’t have access to a Bunderson Jack. I wish I did!

[@mattamuskeet]

Nice comparison! Love the mid-70’s Ford. Would love to own one, but not a fan of cut flares tho. Thanks for the info.

[@vanhelzer22]

Great info. Thank you for your time

[@JasonWh]

I"m a wierdo and have the XRanger jack as well. I find it very hard to keep on the exhaust pipe of my PowerWagon. Very hard. I tried filling it with the ARB dual compressor and it was SUPER slow like you said. I put the canvas bag on thop of the bladder where it meets up with the vehicle. I use the pad below it like you did. Use the canvas bag to prevent puncture from a bolt sticking down or the like.

[@HarrySituations]

Good idea with the canvas bag, I’m definitely going to steal that idea the next time I use it.

[@JasonWh]

Look at the magic creeper. It's a more compact and elegant solution than the mat. You can literally use it to easily rull right under your truck, ,front to back.

[@HarrySituations]

Thanks I will check it out!

[@terraltyler1622]

I'll have to agree with you on that the very few times i've used my jack, its usually on someone else's vehicle. The scissor jack is the only way to get under a very low vehicle, or my bottle jack on a tall truck has been more than helpful, granted i can find a 2x4 or 3 to level everything out. I would love a pro eagle or modded aluminum harbor freight jack with skids would be very useful for all terrain, and i think i might get rid of my Hi lift all together.

[@Maxxis1941]

Love my ARB. One thing you didn't mention that puts it miles ahead of a Hi-Lift is that it's infinite. It can be stopped mid-stroke and will hold its position. No need to reach the next ratchet point like a Hi-Lift or farmer's jack. $800 is spendy but well worth it.

[@HarrySituations]

Good point. Another thing I didn’t mention though is that you can’t use it when it is parallel to the ground like you can with a Hi-Lift (for instance if you flop on your side against a rock).

[@Maxxis1941]

@@HarrySituations Good point Harry.🤙

[@frotobaggins7169]

@@HarrySituations i've used bottle jacks on their side. you just have to put the pump side up. may be worth a try. * or is it pump down, I can't recall, it's one or the other.

[@InGratitudeIam]

I'm glad I found your channel. New sub.

[@brpnw4r94]

Rex here.. Good stuff, as always! Hopefully we'll cross paths on the trail sometime! Hopefully I won't have to borrow a jack! 😉

[@55jorge02]

In the garage a floor jack. In the vehicles a scissor jack and a rachet I've been welding the lug nuts in the jacks for a while.

[@cheetawakeboarder]

Throws shade at rooftop tents...... SUBSCRIBE!!

[@tomasher5444]

Amazing after all these years and nothing is as versatile as the high-lift. The the only jack you need to carry.

[@steveornot]

Awesome stuff man. I would love to see those corresponding fittings on the race rig for the scissor jack!

[@HarrySituations]

It is basically a tube bung on the a-arm in the front and on the truss on the 9-inch axle in the rear.

[@HarrySituations]

I took some photos for you Steve but I can’t post them here. Shoot me an email at [e-mail].

[@shawnomeara22]

Great stuff Harry!

[@CXonthefly]

ARB hydraulic high lift Jack $1,000 highlift Jack with new set of teeth $2,000

[@DRTMaverick]

I'd love a pro-eagle if they were priced half the cost. Makes me wonder if I can take an ACDelco and just put larger tires on it. That's really the selling point of pro-eagle.

[@skdemars]

look up 911 motorsports. They have kits to transform a HF Pittsburg Al floor jack to one of these. Still $$$ but less than the Pro Eagle

[@brennanmetcalf]

Toyota mechanical bottle jack.....large range, no fluid to leak, works any angle, can be modded a dozen different ways to make it even better.

[@jameshuggins4300]

BTW love the old Ford looks a lot like my first truck when I was a teenager.

[@moondog573]

behind the scenes footage would include "hey remember that guy that said he couldnt concentrate because the round head lights, lets shoot this entire video with those front and center"

[@HarrySituations]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johnniemeyer3139]

Great video !!!

[@xmo552]

You took the crappiest jack (the scissor) and made it great with your personal mods. I love that thing. On the exhaust jack: Could I unbury an axle and then drive off the balloon to get out? Will the balloon resist puncture from common chassis stuff if it rolls under? I live in Hollister, I think I've seen your truck.

[@HarrySituations]

I haven’t driven off the exhaust Jack, I would be worried about puncturing it. Typically I shove Maxtrax under the tires after I have the vehicle lifted in the air.

[@WilliamCollins-sh6lm]

They push , pull ,.lift an squeeze... Ya just gotta be smarter than what your working with !!! An a few tricks help !!;

[@vicc6744]

HOLY TOLEDO- My Scout isn't worth 900 bucks anymore- sheeesh-

[@ramoncampa9334]

Check out the Harbor Freight off-road jack new product. It's very well thought out. $300.00

[@westcoastbronco]

Good info

[@supersportimpalass]

That ARB looks like a water pump. 😄

[@vanhelzer22]

Btw, what cameras are you using? Fantastic clarity

[@AllTerrainFamily]

Adam, I shoot all this with Sony a7sii and FX3 cameras in 4k. But the rendering and compression which is usually overlooked but has a greater effect on video quality on KZbin comes from Apple's Final Cut Pro and Compressor.

[@joshuakazfields4374]

Love my ARB

[@MegaMarclar]

Thing a out hi lifts, is if you have 20 in of suspension travel you'll need an 8 foot jack lol.

[@HarrySituations]

I usually use a ratchet strap to keep the axle from drooping all the way out.

[@JesusWSalazar]

Question: The provided instructions say not to store the ARB Jack on its side or it will leak. Yet they are all shipped on their side. They also are stored on their side at the distribution warehouse and in delivery trucks. Mine arrived covered in oil because of these reasons. Further, how are we to store the Jack outside the vehicle if it comes in a storage bag that is without mounting hardware and which causes one to assume that the Jack is to be stored IN the vehicle, where it almost always can only be stored on its side, because of its height? Why isnt there mounting hardware specific to the Jack, designed/sold by ARB that is 1) meant to be mounted on exterior and that, 2) incorporates theft resistant features (e.g. lockable hardware)? I'm in the states. These are very popular here but that is changing quickly. I just returned from the Overland Expo and my question above, includes the 2 most heard complaints about this product and are the reasons why so many are now turning to other products. The number 1 complaint however: storing this on its side should not allow oil to leak/this is a very poor design feature! I love ARB but this is money I'm now seeing that was poorly spent, due to an incomplete design and a lack of mounting options, which ARB should've addressed prior to releasing this product. ARB, please address these 3 things, or I fear ARB will see this products interest lose steam. ARB is a solid company but the mark was missed on this one big time.

[@HarrySituations]

Great questions. I share many of your concerns. I do have a clever friend who mounted his Jack upright in the bed of his truck using snowboard binding straps to securely hold it in place.

[@shaolin224]

You can send that high lift jack over to me 😉

[@michaelblock3998]

Hi Lift for the win.

[@corail53]

I hate bottle jacks. Had one slip out and got my hand crushed while i was removing a wheel. Never again.

[@rarecj8jeep187]

I'd like to find a shop creeper with wheels like on the pro eagle. Those smallish wheels grab a piece of sand and makes it frustrating.

[@HarrySituations]

www.summitracing.com/parts/dae-6031

[@GhettoFabulous670]

Could you link those max mats? Could not find them online. And would like to get my dad one since all he use is a thin wooden board to work under cars.

[@HarrySituations]

Sure thing it is www.macscustomtiedowns.com/products/macs-utility-mat-773401

[@spike3834]

I'd just get a porta power set. More useful

[@mamterilleq]

Truck didn’t roll your jack sunk in the sand. I use bottle jacks daily leveling building foundations. Need a larger base for that jack.. would suck to give bad advice and have a truck fall on someone… just don’t use those jacks off-road. If it were my show.. I’d say use them in a shop with a hard level surface. Something it won’t sink into.

[@bigchimpin4215]

The arb hydraulic jack still needs some work. It’s too expensive. It breaks pretty easily and it isn’t too reliable. It’s definitely a luxury item and I wouldn’t keep one on board over a hi lift and bottle.

[@jameshuggins4300]

Good video but you can have my Hi lift when you pry it from my cold dead hands!!!!!!🤣

[@eduardoroblero6534]

That’s one sexy truck!! 😍 same comment as the last vids but damn

[@DavidWakely]

Been looking for a decent bag for my Milwaukee impact. What bag is Harry using?

[@HarrySituations]

It’s from Mastercraft Safety. I love it, has room for sockets and a spare battery. Just store the impact with the detent in the middle/locked position.

[@brisonpalmer6730]

Harry that scissor jack is sweet where did you get one for a hummer?

[@tonyjackson8640]

From a hummer

[@HarrySituations]

My friend Sam raced with Rod Hall for years when they were racing Hummers.

[@NMotorsportscom]

"totally worth it though" LOL Classic

[@JeepnJeff]

If the ARB is akin to the ARB Locker then the Hi-Lift would be a Detroit. And while I agree, the ARB is nice, the price is a bit cost-prohibitive. I carry a few different jacks though. I've found that bottle jacks also like being stored upright. I've had a bottle jack leak out especially in hot weather. I too have a scissor jack as well. Been thinking about trying a modified HF race jack. Take the wheels off and just use a skid...

[@HarrySituations]

That is probably a better analogy. The truck in the video has Detroits front and rear BTW. ;)

[@rarecj8jeep187]

mechanical bottle jack is the answer and since no fluid, no leakage.

[@frotobaggins7169]

might be good to carry a bottle of hydraulic jack oil as well. seems hydraulic jacks are always low on oil when you need them most and all the stores are closed.

[@jessesumrall2449]

How is the ARB any safer than a hi- lift?

[@HarrySituations]

It doesn’t auto ratchet down and knock your teeth out?

[@andrewareynoso9235]

“Probably wont get a flat running nittos” HA, our new 4runner running Terra Graplers with 72 miles got a flat, from a screw yes but still, kinda funny

[@Schramalamadingdong]

What year is the Ford?

[@HarrySituations]

It is a 1977.

[@infernoleviathan8868]

Diferentes tipos de gatos

[@CallsignVega]

lol that silly ARB at $800, that thing cost $30 to make in Chyna.

[@mandingo9471]

Tell me you’re broke without telling me you’re broke. Stay mad poor boy.

[@mrmotorsports3576]

I appreciate the demonnstrations.

[@CruisingTheLand]

Paint your rusted Hi Lift Jack: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpq5pqaiaJubp6M

[@samhanks1594]

not one other jacks lifted the truck so you could get the wheel off, to why are you out of breath?

[@DUNEATV]

Getting a face full of carbon monoxide! LOL!

[@TJ-po9ol]

Free vaping

[@willrector9716]

I bought that eagle jack and it is a complete piece of junk! Worked for a little while then wouldn't work....... company says bleed it..... I did..... like every time I use it. Totally unreliable and company won't help..... do not buy this junk! Oh and the tabs break off for the extension even with the rubber pad on there. It's just overall a really expensive paper weight.

[@travcool1991]

Exhaust Jack: Exists Nazis: 🤔

[@jortizre]

Mucho hablar y poco demostrar