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One thing most wheelers carry is a hilift jack. It seems like every time it is used the jack has a tendency to slide on the sliders and seems very unstable. I built the bracket below to help grab onto my sliders and hopefully make it more stable.
Here is the bracket.
20150901_134556 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
It mounts onto the jack with a 1/2" bolt holding it to the jack.
20150901_134829 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
Here is how it latches onto the sliders. Mine are 1.5" tube. I forgot to account for the weld on the back side so version two will be changed there.
20150901_135037 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
Here it is lifting the truck. For the front I carry a chain to limit wheel travel so I don't have to jack so high.
20150901_135246 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
20150901_135302 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
Toss it in the toolbox and hopefully I will never have to test it for changing a tire.
Here is the bracket.
20150901_134556 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
It mounts onto the jack with a 1/2" bolt holding it to the jack.
20150901_134829 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
Here is how it latches onto the sliders. Mine are 1.5" tube. I forgot to account for the weld on the back side so version two will be changed there.
20150901_135037 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
Here it is lifting the truck. For the front I carry a chain to limit wheel travel so I don't have to jack so high.
20150901_135246 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
20150901_135302 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr
Toss it in the toolbox and hopefully I will never have to test it for changing a tire.