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Farm Jack, Off Road Jack, Wagon Jack, (The Kleenex name is Hi-Lift Jack).
Lots of people make them with the most famous being Hi-Lift, the most
common probably being Harbor Freight, and the crappiest probably being Reese.-a Most of us know what they are, and those of us who have one (or more) have probably used them for some pretty sketchy stuff.
I was using one yesterday to lift up a big heavy steel work bench to
slide a furniture dolly under two of the legs, and I thought it would
sure be handy if somebody welded a hook or a ring on the two cross pins
to make it easier to pull out the pin that should click out on its own
but doesn't because the jack is dirty, stained, and grungy from the last
job and rarely gets maintained.-a On my last truck I used to keep a can
of silicone dry lube in the tool box just to spray down the action of
the jack when I needed it.
Now I am sure somebody would get pinched putting their finger near the mechanism, and some real genius would find away to pull the p[in out
that's supporting the lad and kill somebody, but it sure would be handy
if there was a hook of a ring welded to those two cross pins so I
wouldn't have to stop mid job with me keeping the load from falling by pushing with my knee and go find some cleaner and some lube for the jack.
Farm Jack, Off Road Jack, Wagon Jack, (The Kleenex name is Hi-Lift Jack).
On 8/8/2025 4:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:J.C.Hallman Manufacturing here inWaterloo County (Kitchener)Ontario
Farm Jack, Off Road Jack, Wagon Jack, (The Kleenex name is Hi-Lift Jack).
Lots of people make them with the most famous being Hi-Lift, the most
common probably being Harbor Freight, and the crappiest probably being
Reese.a Most of us know what they are, and those of us who have one (or
more) have probably used them for some pretty sketchy stuff.
I was using one yesterday to lift up a big heavy steel work bench to
slide a furniture dolly under two of the legs, and I thought it would
sure be handy if somebody welded a hook or a ring on the two cross pins
to make it easier to pull out the pin that should click out on its own
but doesn't because the jack is dirty, stained, and grungy from the last
job and rarely gets maintained.a On my last truck I used to keep a can
of silicone dry lube in the tool box just to spray down the action of
the jack when I needed it.
Now I am sure somebody would get pinched putting their finger near the
mechanism, and some real genius would find away to pull the p[in out
that's supporting the lad and kill somebody, but it sure would be handy
if there was a hook of a ring welded to those two cross pins so I
wouldn't have to stop mid job with me keeping the load from falling by
pushing with my knee and go find some cleaner and some lube for the jack.
We called them HandyMan Jacks where I grew up . But then where I grew
up it was "Yippee-I-O-Ki-Yay too so go figure .
On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 17:24:09 -0500, Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:
On 8/8/2025 4:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:J.C.Hallman Manufacturing here inWaterloo County (Kitchener)Ontario
Farm Jack, Off Road Jack, Wagon Jack, (The Kleenex name is Hi-Lift Jack). >>>
Lots of people make them with the most famous being Hi-Lift, the most
common probably being Harbor Freight, and the crappiest probably being
Reese.-a Most of us know what they are, and those of us who have one (or >>> more) have probably used them for some pretty sketchy stuff.
I was using one yesterday to lift up a big heavy steel work bench to
slide a furniture dolly under two of the legs, and I thought it would
sure be handy if somebody welded a hook or a ring on the two cross pins
to make it easier to pull out the pin that should click out on its own
but doesn't because the jack is dirty, stained, and grungy from the last >>> job and rarely gets maintained.-a On my last truck I used to keep a can
of silicone dry lube in the tool box just to spray down the action of
the jack when I needed it.
Now I am sure somebody would get pinched putting their finger near the
mechanism, and some real genius would find away to pull the p[in out
that's supporting the lad and kill somebody, but it sure would be handy
if there was a hook of a ring welded to those two cross pins so I
wouldn't have to stop mid job with me keeping the load from falling by
pushing with my knee and go find some cleaner and some lube for the jack. >>>
We called them HandyMan Jacks where I grew up . But then where I grew
up it was "Yippee-I-O-Ki-Yay too so go figure .
built a highlift jack and sold it under the "JackAll" brand. I think
Harrah Manufacturing in Bloomdield Ill had the original genuine
"HandyMan"