Bottle Jack help!!

[PAExplorer]

Hey all,
I need to get a beefy bottle jack with at least 25 inches of extension to fit in my truck for changing tires and such. I've looked all over the place with no luck. I need to get my truck up on jack stands this weekend to replace the rotors and brake pads, but I need to get the jack stands under the truck first. Anyone know where to get such a bottle jack? Please let me now.
-E

 

[spindlecone]

Nope, is no such animal with 25 inches of lift in a bottle jack, get a floor jack

 

[Blee1099]

The most lift you can get from a bottle jack is 20" I have a heavy duty commercial version somewhere but I usually just carry a regular bottle jack and a 4x4 to jack the truck up when I need to change the tire till I get a hi lift jack.

 

[PAExplorer]

Spindlecone,
Check it out. http://www.hyjacks.com/tall.htm
Too expensive for me though.
-E

 

[AspenX]

How would you get a jack that tall under the truck to start with?

 

[PAExplorer]

The second one down is only 12.5 inches tall and extends to 21 inches. I have 18 inches to the bottom of my frame rail, so there's pleanty of room.
-E

 

[PAExplorer]

I just got a massive floor jack that extends to 24 inches. I think I'll build a lock box for it and mount it under the back in the empty spare tire space. That way I don't have to keep it in the cargo space. Plus I've got a big tool box back there as it is.
-E

 

[Positive Vibes]

Why wouldn't you just get a Hi lift jack? Cheaper. Lighter. More versatile etc.

 

[PAExplorer]

I don't have sliders or bumpers I can lift off of, so a high lift jack does nothing for me. I have one to use as a winch, but for changing tires and such, I needed a bottle or floor jack.
-E

 

[Hartman]

Makes no sense to me to carry a huge ass floor jack with you all the time. How are you gonna use that on the trail?

 

[PAExplorer]

I've got a hi-lift for serious situations, but for regular road use (changing a tire), I can't use a hi-lift because there is nowhere to lift off of! I would only risk using a hi lift if I had no other choice. It's mostly for winching.
-Eric

 

[glfredrick]

Make yourself some extra pieces for the high lift - incorporate them into your bumpers, and you are all set.

For mine, I got a length of hardened chain, a couple of small clevises and a couple of hooks. I can reach under the body and hook to the frame if need be (pad the side of the truck for dents!). You could do something similar by making a place under your existing bumpers for a chain to hook into, and then just use what you are already carrying.

BTW, High lift makes a bumper accessory in a similar way, I just found it cheaper and more custom to my needs to make my own out of chain. There is also an accessory that hooks into the holes in the rim to lift it, but you would still need to block the truck up some way to remove the tire so that likely isn't an option.

 

[Hokie]

The stock bottle jack doesn't work? They tell you to lift off those hooks of the front A arms or the rear axle tubes

 

[GJarrett]

Hokie, try doing that when you've got 35" tires and those jack hook attachment points are several inches higher off of the ground, lol.

 

[Positive Vibes]

Gerald didn't you have some metal welded under the front bumper for a hi lift point or was that Ray? Maybe you could post a pick?

Also what gl said, they make an adapter to attach to the edge of the bumper but that still doen't help you for the sides.

 

[spindlecone]

Someone has got to consider an indy car type hydraulic, built in system, no more jacks

 

[Hokie]

Hokie, try doing that when you've got 35" tires and those jack hook attachment points are several inches higher off of the ground, lol.

He's got 33's.. thats only 1.5" higher...

then again, I have no idea what the stroke of that jack is

 

[GJarrett]

That must be Ray. I do have 1"x2" channel steel under my rear bumper at both frame rails that make perfect HiLift points for my rear bumper, but nothing for the front bumper.

Gerald didn't you have some metal welded under the front bumper for a hi lift point or was that Ray? Maybe you could post a pick?

Also what gl said, they make an adapter to attach to the edge of the bumper but that still doen't help you for the sides.

 

[Positive Vibes]

That must be Ray. I do have 1"x2" channel steel under my rear bumper at both frame rails that make perfect HiLift points for my rear bumper, but nothing for the front bumper.

Front? Back? Same difference.

 

[GJarrett]

Big Difference on mine - I'd have to hack out the middle of my front bumper to have those channels sticking out through the middle of it.