First responder high lift jack

[bob10]

Haven't seen one of these before.

https://youtu.be/nakSPmLpWsI

[ramblingboy42]

very interesting , not being a hi lift jack fan I'd be interested to know if it's potential is much higher than the jacks we commonly see in Australia

I carried a standard hi lift jack, bolted to the rear deck of my work Hilux for more than 2 years and only ever unbolted it to get a load over the lip it blocked.

[bob10]

I found this interesting, an extreme hi-lift has a 5,000lb lift, apparently

https://youtu.be/0xsV2FJin_A?list=PL48CA5F541ED893CB

[bob10]

Don't think I would buy one of the cheap copies, I have an American built original, I wrap the working parts in canvas, and stow it securely inside the bull bar, all its been good for so far is keeping grasshoppers out of the radiator. Touch wood.

https://youtu.be/1ezumvHnvQ0?list=PL48CA5F541ED893CB

[rangieman]

So now first responders are going to get injured as well as the people they are trying to save from a dumb jack:angel:
There is nothing wrong with the jaw`s of life .

[alien]

It's not much more than a fancy foot from what I can see.
It looks like it's been thought through and is fairly versatile but would not have been my first choice of tools to use(no longer involved in rescue).

I've used a Hi-Lift to pop a door as per the clip, it can be done with appropriate care and patient protection.
In the middle of nowhere with a rescue truck hours away if deemed necessary I'd use it.

[Homestar]

It's not much more than a fancy foot from what I can see.
It looks like it's been thought through and is fairly versatile but would not have been my first choice of tools to use(no longer involved in rescue).

I've used a Hi-Lift to pop a door as per the clip, it can be done with appropriate care and patient protection.
In the middle of nowhere with a rescue truck hours away if deemed necessary I'd use it.

And yellow paint... :D

Although it looks like it physically works better than my old cheapy. I have used mine for all sorts - never recovering my vehicles though - I don't seem to get them anywhere close to where they need that... :angel:

[digger]

With 12 fatals in 16 months we have done a lot of cutting lately.

I've never seen such a safe front area as he stood on when doing a dash roll.. usually the firewall has moved due to frontal huge impact collision.. last one was car v car , not braking and both min speed 110. So collision speed 220+ not much bonnet to stand on either car.

As said in some ways on a rural trailer or non rcr set up it could be a cheap back up.. but id even go manual hydraulics tools first if I could.