Home Curious what everyone carries for a truck jack. Came to the realization that if I ever get a flat while on the road that I have no way of changing to the spare.
As a side note, reassembled my carb with the rebuild kit (after a few side steps - see carb opsie post) and it runs like a top. I had purchased a NOS carb as a back up from VPW - very nice looking carb. Will be sending it back for a refund minus the old restocking fee. But thats what you get when you do something stupid.
Jim Jefferson
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1954 M-37
Truck jack
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jjefferson
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I have a screw/scissors jack supposedly for a Hummer. It gets high enough for me (with a bit of cranking). Caveat emptor reigns supreme on ePay, but this jack and my boarding ladder are 2 of the underpriced goodies that I have found.
You can trust your mother, but you can't trust your ground.
Hi jjefferson,
The only time I've ever had to change a tire while out was, of course, in the dark while raining sideways at about 35 degrees F. Ah, the fickle finger of fate.
I know some folks hate them, and for good cause, but I use a hi-lift. They can be bloody dangerous if you don't know how it operates or pay attention to what you're doing. I carry a set of wheel chocks because it is pretty easy to accidentally roll the truck off the hi-lift when you're lifting by the bumper. You have to jack the truck higher (to let the leaf springs unload before the tire will clear the ground) than you would if using a bottle jack.
I lube and actuate it every time I do my 1000-mile maintenance. They do fit nicely into the tool box.
I like it because I'm not rolling around in the mud/snow to set it, I'm not under the truck when jacking in case the truck slips (as you'd be with a bottle jack), it's a fast set-up, and I can use it as a come-along.
JMHO...
Dave
The only time I've ever had to change a tire while out was, of course, in the dark while raining sideways at about 35 degrees F. Ah, the fickle finger of fate.
I know some folks hate them, and for good cause, but I use a hi-lift. They can be bloody dangerous if you don't know how it operates or pay attention to what you're doing. I carry a set of wheel chocks because it is pretty easy to accidentally roll the truck off the hi-lift when you're lifting by the bumper. You have to jack the truck higher (to let the leaf springs unload before the tire will clear the ground) than you would if using a bottle jack.
I lube and actuate it every time I do my 1000-mile maintenance. They do fit nicely into the tool box.
I like it because I'm not rolling around in the mud/snow to set it, I'm not under the truck when jacking in case the truck slips (as you'd be with a bottle jack), it's a fast set-up, and I can use it as a come-along.
JMHO...
Dave
Dave Ostlund
1941 WC9
1952 M37 W/W
1953 M38A1
M116
RTFB
1941 WC9
1952 M37 W/W
1953 M38A1
M116
RTFB
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peter e mark
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Well, I carry a 12 ton bottle jack, and a 12" length of 3' X 3" , AND 2 lengths of of 2X8 I also carry the military wheel nut lug wrench, the correct bar , and a 5' lenght of 1 1/2 schedule 40 black pipe as a breaker bar. Also in my 40MM tool box, I have a 3/4" ratchet wrench with deep socket for the wheel nuts, and also a 3/4" breaker bar with the correct square drive socket for the dually stud nuts. NO WAY I'M GETTING STUCK BOY ! Anybody going to the MTA show next weekend in New Jersy? There are trail rides there !
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peter e mark
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Yes Knattrass, but i can,t help myself. It's by association: it's like this :Hhmmm flat tire peparedness, need truck jack and associated tools, I'll need them in New Jersy, Trial rides in NEW Jersy... Yes ! Mud, Mud anf more mud, I can't wait !
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I carry both a bottle Jack and a Hy Lift.
Also couple of 2X6's.
J.B.
Also couple of 2X6's.
J.B.
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peter e mark
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I guess it's up to the individual Juan. For me I like to manmhandle the heavyness of the tires once in a while. Seems to fit . Much more challenging with deuce tires too. That's where, in addition to the tools all ready mentioned, you carry PRY bar sets to "manipulate " the tires into place..It becomes a measure of "rigging" talent too.
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Jack...
I have a bottle jack I carry under the driver's seat. Its either a 6 or 8 ton job, can't remember. I did try to buy the tallest lifting bottle jack I could find and remembered what I was told about measuring the height to the axle, then minusing the heigh of the tire so when and if I ever get a flat I am not surprised to find out that I can't get the jack under the axle without digging a hole in the ground.
