New Hi-Lift Accesory
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Christopher Wright
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That's pretty cool
Clearly a lot of thought and effort went into this well-made piece of gear. The price is a little steep and more than the most expensive HLJ even at MSRP. Now, I've never picked one of these up or even handled it so take my opinion for what its worth, but there are other items you could spend your treasure on. Some of my thoughts...
The manufacturer cautions against side loading... I've never used a HLJ that wasn't subject to side loading. The 4 separate asymmetric legs offer minimal support in soft conditions versus the OE base plate, or larger aftermarket base plates at a third of the cost of this device. The last thing you want is a base for your HLJ standard to continuously search for China in soft soil conditions, let alone instability under load under conditions where the standard is buried. I can see a 60" HLJ turn into 48" HLJ in soft soil conditions.
But a base plate with no less than 12 moving parts? And hinges based on a captive pin/external self-locking retaining ring? That's not the most bullet-proof design. Can't say I'm convinced that this is a game changer.
The manufacturer cautions against side loading... I've never used a HLJ that wasn't subject to side loading. The 4 separate asymmetric legs offer minimal support in soft conditions versus the OE base plate, or larger aftermarket base plates at a third of the cost of this device. The last thing you want is a base for your HLJ standard to continuously search for China in soft soil conditions, let alone instability under load under conditions where the standard is buried. I can see a 60" HLJ turn into 48" HLJ in soft soil conditions.
But a base plate with no less than 12 moving parts? And hinges based on a captive pin/external self-locking retaining ring? That's not the most bullet-proof design. Can't say I'm convinced that this is a game changer.
I had many of the same thoughts but didn't want to comment as I'm far from an expert. I've only ever used my HLJ to rotate tires on concrete. Pretty handy for lifting one side from the slider. This looks like it could be useful in certain situations but seems obscene to pay 3-times the cost of a jack for an extra base that is admittedly extra cool and looks like it fell off an Autobot.
Just when you thought you had every HiLift accessory in the world
Like I said (trying to be nice) and yeah, the price tag is obscene.
jscusmcvet
Adventurist
Another item I wish I had the "need for"...Another one of those items you wish you had when you need it
cause it is cool...
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Another one of those items you wish you had when you need it
I figure I'm doomed to get stuck on a pile of logs now and really wish I'd kept my opinion to myself.
I like the ones I built myself better than the two others in this thread:
There you go... stupid-simple and an improvement on the original base plate that was spawned from the knowledge of local conditions.I like the ones I built myself better than the two others in this thread:
Nice work @verdesardog!