Trigger Mike Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I just bought a truck and it came with a 6 inch lift and 37 inch tires on 18 inch wheels. The spare it came with is the same size. It is a specialty truck. It came with a stock jack. What type jack would I need to change the tire with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Go to TSC and check out their high lift agricultural jack. Lots of the 4WD guys use ‘em!! (Tractor Supply for you city folks!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Out here near Moab most of the Jeepers carry a highlift like Blackwater mentioned (highlift brand is the best) For the biggest trucks look at the following: roughcountry.com offroadpowerproducts.com 4wheelparts.com offroadwarehouse.com I don't know how to post "links" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 This is what I use for my Jeep: https://www.amazon.com/Arcan-48-Inch-Ratcheting-Design-ALFJ48/dp/B07VQHS74R/ref=sr_1_7?crid=Z05G9J8D4FPU&dchild=1&keywords=high+lift+jack&qid=1634830076&sprefix=high+lift%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-7 LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 The above is also used in Fencing, to Tighten Wire . Here is Cow Country Alberta where 3,500,000 Cows out number the 12,000 Folk. Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Go to TSC and check out their high lift agricultural jack. Lots of the 4WD guys use ‘em!! (Tractor Supply for you city folks!) That's what I use. Carry a 12"x12" X 1" board with it for soft dirt. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchester Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 For wheelin’ the hi-lift is prob the way to go. I got one of these for the garage https://www.proeagle.com/collections/shop/products/3-ton-big-wheel-jack-kratos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: This is what I use for my Jeep: https://www.amazon.com/Arcan-48-Inch-Ratcheting-Design-ALFJ48/dp/B07VQHS74R/ref=sr_1_7?crid=Z05G9J8D4FPU&dchild=1&keywords=high+lift+jack&qid=1634830076&sprefix=high+lift%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-7 LL Reminds me of the old "bumper jacks" every car came equipped with when I was a kid. Those came with a part that matched the car's bumper. A fair system at best, with the flimsy bumpers of the period. So with this modern version, what the heck do you use for a "lift point" on a basic pickup type vehicle? 'Specially the front end?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: So with this modern version, what the heck do you use for a "lift point" on a basic pickup type vehicle? 'Specially the front end?? Most people that 'wheel will have a decent steel bumper replacing the plastic garbage that the factory installs. A lot of 4X4 trucks have towing or lifting eyes that a jack could get hold of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 ...... mobile phone and the "right" phone number ...... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ...... mobile phone and the "right" phone number ...... ? I was going to buy my son-in-law a high lift jack for his birthday, since he had a Ford Explorer. He asked me what we were doing at the store, and I told him, and he told me he did not need one. He did not go off-road, and if he got a flat tire he called the auto club. When I was visiting my daughter she got a flat in her minivan and called me to come assist. I could not find any place to put the jack. When I returned home I got in touch with high lift and ask them how you're supposed to do that with the new vehicles with their plastic bumpers. They make an attachment it hooks on the two lug nuts, and you pick the car up at the wheel. Then you get your jack stand, because you should always have a jack stand, and put that under the axle, so you can take your jack off of the wheel, so you can change the tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltbush Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 couple blocks of wood help too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 So the bottle Jack's that hold 20 tons and go 17 3/4 won't do will they? Only the highlifter or the floor jack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulshan 20262 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Your bottle jack will work with the proper wood blocks. Off road you can't always get a jack under the axle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 A scrap piece of 2x12 (it's about 12x14) for a base and used brick for a wheel chock stays in the truck. The brick is just throwed in the bed since it ain't like somebody's going to steal an old used brick while the 2x12 is in the bottom of the tool box under the tool bags to keep it from rotting away. There's also an old shower curtain liner in a ziplock bag on the passenger's side of the toolbox, too. I've only changed 1 tire in the last 35 years in a parking lot when it was bright and sunny. That heavy plastic shower curtain liner is handy to have when it's pouring the rain down and you're on your knees in the red mud on the side of the road trying to change a tire (which never happens when you're wearing work clothes, only when you're dressed nice) and it's big enough to keep you relatively (or at least out of most of the mud) if you have to lay down and work underneath the truck for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 Last year between my daughter and wife's car we had 3 flats in 2 weeks. Reminded me of when I was a kid and could only afford used tires from the gas station that were $10 a tire. I had constant flats. I still have ptsd from it. The board makes sense. 4 years ago I had a flat on my dirt driveway and the jack sank in the sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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