ARB Highlift Hublifter Lift Mate Action Pics

[haydent]

Out alone, Bogged to the axle near Robe Back Beach, this thing came in quite handy.

$70 from an ARB store (there are some generics on ebay)

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Lift Mate
Providing an alternative jacking point for vehicles, the Lift Mate features heavy duty webbing and plastic coated hooks, and is able to be used on most 4x4 wheels with spokes of some kind.
http://www.arb.com.au/resources/images/products/recovery/lift-mate.JPG

[crump]

Looks like it would pay to let the tyre down before using??

[haydent]

probably, mine were allready down to 10psi, but you could go lower if you had a pump, which i did. though depending on where the padded block lines up it may need the tire wall there (ie if it is too high to rest against the rim)

[haydent]

also note the block of wood under the jack

[haydent]

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[Blknight.aus]

why would ya when you can do the same thing with a 1500KG ratchet strap? and with the money left over you can buy a couple of lenghts of conveyor matting/heavy duty shade cloth, milk crates/bread crates to cut up to use as track matting as well as a tyre pressure gauge.

Word of warning thats a potentially dangerous lifting technique as your jacking up on soft ground near the edge of a hole, once the wheel comes out theres nothing stopping a subsidence of sand into the hole, thats going to cant the jack and one of 2 things will happen.

1. The vehcile will come down and pull the jack into the side of the vehicle denting body work and smashing windows.

2. the vehcile will come down on the jack flicking it towards the operator and down into the sand. Quick reflexed operators will get laughed at, slow reflexed operators will get laughed at and medical attention.

[haydent]

why would ya when you can do the same thing with a 1500KG ratchet strap?

a similiar suggestion to something i read before buying this. i even tried it. problem is you need the block to press against the hub and or tire wall to hold the jack out away from the car.

without it the angle the strap goes in on will pull the jack into the car with the leveraged power of the cars weight and dent it.

your comments on sand hole safety may be valid but i had a very solid thick piece of wood under it which held it from sinking and the angle was such that the tendency wouldn't be for it to slip under the wheel. even if it did sand would go i first and it would be much of a drop/movement.

[Blknight.aus]

if you position the ratchet strap correctly the nose of the highlift will rest in the appropriate position, not that I advocate doing it.

Dont be so certain of the block of wood being the savior.

once the sand slips in the base plate tilts, once the base plate tilts the jack slides that way, unless you have a pegged baseplate that cradles the foot of the jack...

luckilly when this was demonstrated to me it was done so by someone driving a trayback ute and the damage was minor.

[haydent]

if you have the nose against the tire the lift bar that is climbed will be held out by the guard increasing angle to more likely to slip under tire. the lift mate adds needed length to the nose holding the jack away from the body and inverting the angle of jack.

was the demo you had with one of these hub lifters or some improv. method ??

[haydent]

i now actually think these could be better, lighter, easier, and safer:
https://www.maxtrax.com.au/

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