Can my back bumper hadle this?
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Grand Champion
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From: Lee County, North Carolina
I just realized that I spelled handle wrong. I think my keyboard batteries are dying.
Anyway, I know about the safety issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrfbR4REV-s
And I was thinking about this one or the Big Red jack because they are stocked at Tractor Supply and they are half the price of a High Lift jack.
This would come in handy if I were to blow a tire in a spot where I couldn't get a jack under the truck, along with its many other uses.
As far as the front end goes, the mounting hardware on the brush guard is all 1/8" steel, so I can just weld some little legs on each side (probably level with the bottom of the bumper) for the jack to contact.
Anyway, I know about the safety issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrfbR4REV-s
And I was thinking about this one or the Big Red jack because they are stocked at Tractor Supply and they are half the price of a High Lift jack.
This would come in handy if I were to blow a tire in a spot where I couldn't get a jack under the truck, along with its many other uses.
As far as the front end goes, the mounting hardware on the brush guard is all 1/8" steel, so I can just weld some little legs on each side (probably level with the bottom of the bumper) for the jack to contact.
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this is just one of those "wild ideas" that pop into my head every now and then but if you got the skills its possible. Lets say for arguement sake that your driving down the highway and you see a damsil in distress with a flat tire on her well why not ford lightning, ya pull over and help her out, instead of reaching for the jack you bust out your inventive airbag jack, yep thats right build a bracket to keep it flat on the ground and then for the top of the airbag make a universal bracket like the top of a jack stand with the indent for the axle to rest on, hook it up to your air tank hoist the truck, get out your air ratchet and commence your own version of a NASCAR pit stop. i'm sure some of you will come up with negative thoughts about this but that ok cause i would love to hear them, i am thinking about doing this, would save alot of time in the rain/snow/tsunami/tornado/hurricane or a very hot summer day.
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If you're talking about jacking the truck up with it, then no i doubt it would hurt as long as you jack the truck up in the ballmounts area on the rear bumper. as far as the front i dont think you could find a spot because these bumpers arent soild steel like they use to be.
And that mud jack you're looking at we have 3 or 4 of them on the farm to change tractor tires with. they are were orginally designed to copy the oldschool bumber jack's of the 60's and 70's.
the reason why they dont use that style now is because the cars and trucks now adays are built like ****.
And that mud jack you're looking at we have 3 or 4 of them on the farm to change tractor tires with. they are were orginally designed to copy the oldschool bumber jack's of the 60's and 70's.
the reason why they dont use that style now is because the cars and trucks now adays are built like ****.
They're called man-killers...
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I hate those things
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From: Appleton, WI
Those jacks are great when your a$$ deep in the mud or sitting on a sandy shoulder. I don't know about the new models, but have the one Gramps bought from before 72 and it still works. Stupid bottle jacks or what ever they call that "thing" that comes with the truck just ends up p1ssing ya off when your on the side of a busy interstate trying to replace a blow out.
I should really throw mine in the truck so I don't have any more excuses.
They are all dad ever used I were a wee lad. Scared to death of the thing. Was like a wild animal. No matter how well it's trained sooner or later it's going to bite you.
I should really throw mine in the truck so I don't have any more excuses.
They are all dad ever used I were a wee lad. Scared to death of the thing. Was like a wild animal. No matter how well it's trained sooner or later it's going to bite you.
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I was just reading Pavementsucks for a while and I saw where a lot of guys just use their receivers as jacking points with a High Lift jack. I thought about that at first but I wouldn't want the truck to teeter and kick the jack out sideways.
I also found out that Aussie lockers are ok for the most part on a Dana 44 (another question I was looking up) as long as you don't drive as you would with an open diff during full lock turns off road since you will actually have traction with the locker. The guys that snap u-joints with the lockers always do it in a full lock turn when they're romping on it, so I think mine will be fine with one installed, what do y'all think?
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From: bellefontaine ohio
Im also interested in an aussie locker, I run my truck pretty hard though so im kinda shy of a locker for the front