Thread: 4x4 flares

Originally Posted by Gibo

I need a high lift jack, id be poked if i got a flat with this pissy bottle jack

I've come across the odd vehicle where you could only get the supplied jack under it if the tyre you wanted to change had air in it. I used to keep a small trolley jack in the boot.

Originally Posted by Gibo

I need a high lift jack, id be poked if i got a flat with this pissy bottle jack

High lift are the bees knees, so many uses!!

Originally Posted by 223nut

High lift are the bees knees, so many uses!!

Completely agree, but not so good for changing tyres unless you have good steel bar work to jack the wagon up from. Ours sees way more use as a winch and as a rock removal device than it does as a jack

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Completely agree, but not so good for changing tyres unless you have good steel bar work to jack the wagon up from. Ours sees way more use as a winch and as a rock removal device than it does as a jack

Use hi lift under front winch bar or towbar on the back to take the weight off and then use a different jack to change tyre, hi lift uses less energy than a bottle jack (lazy bastard) used to use mine as a winch till I got a proper one, now it gets used to get the truck out of ruts is I run out of clearance. Just make sure you have a good solid base, used it once wih my mu, it slipped and got jammed behind the spare tyre and through the panel behind it still holding some of the weight.... In the middle-of-the-road nowhere of Course!

Bent my old towbar lifting my Prado out of ruts, but yeah, carry a lump of 300x300 x 50 timber as a footing for the jack. they are a good tool if used properly

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Completely agree, but not so good for changing tyres unless you have good steel bar work to jack the wagon up from. Ours sees way more use as a winch and as a rock removal device than it does as a jack

What do you recommend for changing tyres?

Originally Posted by Gibo

What do you recommend for changing tyres?

Oversize tyres on 4x4? I have a hydraulic bottle jack with a good solid lump of timber to place under the jack , Otherwise I use my hi lift off front or rear bar work, and I use a length of chain around the chassis to the axle to stop the suspension drooping. otherwise I run out of jack and the tyre can still be on the ground. Another option with the hi lift is a wheel adapter which you can use to lift the wheel off the ground then place an axle stand or block under the axle, swap the wheel over then use the hi lift and reverse the operation.

Yeah i think having some timber on the back is the go.

All done, piss easy with rivets

looks tidy, job well done

Cheers, now to buff out the marks

Dang @Gibo seeing that has made me add garden edging to my town shopping list! Don't much real 4wd but last week I kept getting snow throuh the drivers window! And no I couldn't put it up as the 3dogs in the back had leftover venison for dinner....

Cost 35 bucks. $20 for 10m of edging and 15 for rivets and washers.