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If you are referring to my comments on Hi-lifts...Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco Muppet
- Because they're heavy
- Because they're outdated
- Because they're cumbersome
- Because they look ****
- Because you never need the damn thing
And because I've seen them tear through and launch from crashed 4wds...
Put it in the shed, next to your 8-track, VCR and your Records... Its time is done....
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Originally Posted by Franz
Franz, mine seems to have brickwalled at approximatley 12L/100 once the Rhino tray got put on. It's not catastrophic, and occasionally it'll go down to 11.5 or so. I used to be able to easily get mid 10's down to low 9's before the tray went on. The 3x Rhino HD bars and foxwing (without tray) didn't alter the fuel economy.
That said, coming back from the 10th anniversary gather last year, loaded up with 3 people, all the camping gear and the usual roof load (oztent, oztent side and front panels,rhino canvas bag with sleeping bags, pillows and air mattresses, and camping chairs) we got 10 L/100 ... and it was driven harder than usual trying to keep up with Chilly (V8 D2 towing a trailer, 1 dog as a passenger).
Always seem to get better fuel economy when loaded and pushing it (that's driving at or just above the speed limit on the open road).
Then, I'm not loosing sleep over 2L/100 either :p
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I have a Hi-Lift. It goes out on every trip I do as it does get used. Sure it's not the most stable device out there but used carefully it sure beats a hydraulic jack to change a wheel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
Of course, you also need some metal at the ends of the car & preferably sides to use it so it may not be a useful item on a newer 4x4.
Just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean it doesn't have it's place in the right circumstances.
I think those might be lost on the average 18 year old :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
Very true words, In all my time 4wd'ing. working on the cattle station and so on I may have seen 1 actually used as intended, and it only because of a "I must, can , will get through there! " driver!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
not to rack...
I carry a hi lift and use it on average 1 out of 3 trips, most often not as a jack but as one (or more) of the following
a press,
a winch
a tie rail.
a guide bar (dis assemble, anchor bent tie rod to it and beat back to straight ish)
2 of them make great line spacers for bush cloths lines
vice bar
a vice
bead breaker
brace bar for a deadman anchor
ground anchor stake retriever
tie of point for swags (when vehicle mounted)
a place to store a spare cheater bar
a frame splint for a trailer
I have the alloy tjm rack that follows the roof line with an awning that I could be persuaded into selling