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Anyone used a hi-lift jack?

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Old 11-11-2009, 08:48 PM
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Yeah, I'd be afraid that by the time you get some weight on it that it'd peel the bumper like a pop top. You might do better with the wheel strap and jack the wheel up instead of from the bumper.
 
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Yeah, I'd be afraid that by the time you get some weight on it that it'd peel the bumper like a pop top. You might do better with the wheel strap and jack the wheel up instead of from the bumper.
If I was jacking from the wheel how would I change the tire?
 
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