Re: Hi-lift no good on DAK - any suggestions?

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 13:26:01 EST


In the rear, use your Class III/IV trailer hitch (you do have one,
right?). David Martin and/or Jon Steiger and/or Adam Blaster, what did
you guys use when Adam blew out that sidewall last summer? I thought it
was the front tow hook? In any case, they used a Hi-Lift just fine.

-andy

Jack Paulson wrote:

> I wanted to get a hi-lift jack for off roading so I
> asked the company if it would work - no go.
>
> Any suggestions for a substitue?
>
> --- Brian Thomas <bthomas@hi-lift.com> wrote:
> > From: Brian Thomas <bthomas@hi-lift.com>
> > To: Jack Paulson <cybermail1@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: RE: Information Please
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:50:06 -0500
> >
> > Mr. Paulson,
> > Thanks for your interest in our products.
> > Currently, there is not a
> > 'good' Hi-Lift lifting point on most of the newer
> > trucks on the market. The
> > plastic moldings and bumpers will not support the
> > truck on our jacks. I
> > have seen a few attachments made by other
> > companies(I'm not sure who) that
> > come off of the frame for the sole purpose of using
> > a Hi-Lift Jack. Of
> > course changing bumpers would work, but also would
> > change the look and cost
> > of the truck. Please let us know if we can be of
> > any other assistance.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jack Paulson [SMTP:cybermail1@yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 12:17 PM
> > > To: webmaster@hi-lift.com
> > > Subject: Information Please
> > >
> > > I have a dodge dakota Sport model and would like
> > to
> > > use the hi-lift jack when I'm off roading but, I
> > don't
> > > see where on the front or rear bumper where I can
> > > connect the jack.
> > >
> > > Can you tell me if I can use the Hi-lift on my
> > truck
> > > to raise it to change tires?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > =====
> > > 2000 Quad Cab 4X4-Sport V-6 Automatic Sports Plus
> > Package
> > > 31X10.5 tires Limited Slip 3.55 Trailer Tow Group
> > > HD Package Skid Plates Added:Airaid air
> > filter,Flowmaster 3 chamber,
> > > Steel Horse Torneau cover, Autolite Double
> > Platinum 3923 Plugs,
> > > Removed air horns from Throttle Boddy, added new
> > TB bolts,
> > > Cool Tape around air filter and A/C tubes-Smyrna,
> Georgia
>
> =====
> 2000 Quad Cab 4X4-Sport V-6 Automatic Sports Plus Package
> 31X10.5 tires Limited Slip 3.55 Trailer Tow Group
> HD Package Skid Plates Added:Airaid air filter,Flowmaster 3 chamber,
> Steel Horse Torneau cover, Autolite Double Platinum 3923 Plugs,
> Removed air horns from Throttle Boddy, added new TB bolts,
> Cool Tape around air filter and A/C tubes-Smyrna, Georgia



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