Dan Fredrickson
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- May 25, 2007
- Location
- Sacramento
The first thing I should say here is, was there ever a time you felt comfortable using a Hi Lift Jack? They scare the crap out of me! You have 1 eye on what you are working on and the other on the jack.
I am seeing the rock crawling crowd go along with the desert guys on this and are switching to a skid mounted floorjack. There is still a need for a Hi Lift now and then but most avoid it if at all possible.
We are just finishing up our Craftsman 2 Ton and HF 3,000lb skids, these 2 jacks are by far the most popular. There are definately better jacks available but not til you spend over $750. These 2 cost $239 & $139 respectivley. They both have their fans but in my opinion are really about equal, definately not the best (Best=$750+) but pretty good jacks. Both are also well under 40lbs set up this way, the HF is only 32lbs.
I put 2 holes in the wrong place for the Craftsman so it won't be ready til Monday but here you are with the HF. It is made from 1 piece of .125 Aluminum with only 4-1.5" welds. The ends actually form a ski tip shape so it can slide over anything. There are 6 bolts per side holding them on and they came with your jack so they don't add to the cost.
There is a handle built into the back of the HF Jack Skid, the Craftsman has holes to mount the handle that came with it...We left the factory handles on for ease, some will want to use them and some won't but they are setup to use them if you want. I like them with the left side handle on because I am left handed but they aren't really needed.
With the very tight tollerances we build into these they don't have to be any thicker, we first made them from 3/16" plate and it was just adding weight.
We set these up with the rollers still in place so they can still be used easily around the shop and they don't slow you down offroad either...
I am not yet certain of the price yet but they should be in the $90 to $110 range and at the end of next week we should have something else to go with them that you will want so keep your eyes open!
I am seeing the rock crawling crowd go along with the desert guys on this and are switching to a skid mounted floorjack. There is still a need for a Hi Lift now and then but most avoid it if at all possible.
We are just finishing up our Craftsman 2 Ton and HF 3,000lb skids, these 2 jacks are by far the most popular. There are definately better jacks available but not til you spend over $750. These 2 cost $239 & $139 respectivley. They both have their fans but in my opinion are really about equal, definately not the best (Best=$750+) but pretty good jacks. Both are also well under 40lbs set up this way, the HF is only 32lbs.
I put 2 holes in the wrong place for the Craftsman so it won't be ready til Monday but here you are with the HF. It is made from 1 piece of .125 Aluminum with only 4-1.5" welds. The ends actually form a ski tip shape so it can slide over anything. There are 6 bolts per side holding them on and they came with your jack so they don't add to the cost.
There is a handle built into the back of the HF Jack Skid, the Craftsman has holes to mount the handle that came with it...We left the factory handles on for ease, some will want to use them and some won't but they are setup to use them if you want. I like them with the left side handle on because I am left handed but they aren't really needed.
With the very tight tollerances we build into these they don't have to be any thicker, we first made them from 3/16" plate and it was just adding weight.
We set these up with the rollers still in place so they can still be used easily around the shop and they don't slow you down offroad either...
I am not yet certain of the price yet but they should be in the $90 to $110 range and at the end of next week we should have something else to go with them that you will want so keep your eyes open!