Cool & functional off-road floor jack acessory

[TwinStick]

http://dmzfab.com/product/jack-skid-pla ... cing-jack/


I thought this was neat.

[Mexican Import]

Better not use that thing on a hill... or its gonna be a ski trip for your truck if not worse. Better get one with crampons.

[TwinStick]

Really though, why would you use ANY jack on a hill ?

[verdesardog]

A base with teeth instead of a ski would be more useful.

I'm still thinking about the hilift base I made. My original idea was to put four points on it but got lazy and left it as a channel:

[TwinStick]

That will work fine just the way it is. If you really want to, it would be easy enough to make shark teeth in the channel with an angle grinder/cutoff wheel.

[Pit Slave]

http://dmzfab.com/product/jack-skid-pla ... cing-jack/


I thought this was neat.

yup, it's used mostly in sandy and soft applications where a normal jack would sink into the ground (much more dangerous).

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[Mexican Import]

I have been stuck on a hill and used a jack to keep my sheet metal out of trees, and a few other times like steep washed out roads. I don't really like using a jack on a hill but sometimes it's the only option. I'm not saying this thing is useless I just wanted to point out that a sled isn't my first choice when it comes to something I want to stay where I put it and not spit out.

[TwinStick]

Understood. It is probably for use in sand or soft dirt on a flat surface. At least that would be my guess. Keeps you from having to use a piece of wood or the plastic jack stand on a high lift. IMHO, a high lift with the base shown above is the ticket. You want the base attached in a substantial fashion.

Or this one: http://www.thefirestore.com/store/produ ... Ogod-wwAlg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nakSPmLpWsI

[Fireman78]

Cool. I look at is a yet another arrow to be carried in the recovery quiver. Not "Choose One".