Where to mount hilift jack on series 88 with soft top.

[pjsank]

Bottle jack is easier to deal with IMHO. If you are just changing tires or checking play on the truck, a bottle jack does the trick. Of course you need a pair of jack stands.
Where do you actually place the Hi-Lift to jack up the vehicle for a tire change? I went for the wheel yoke attachment after I got some Wolf vented wheels. I couldn't get the hooks of the yoke into the old style wheels. This setup still requires jack stands to support the vehicle.

[I Leak Oil]

I think it's generally accepted as being ill advised to use a farm jack to change a tire without using that wheel attachment. By the time you get the body up enough to take up the suspension droop the vehicle is pretty unstable. In most situations a bottle jack is a much better tool for simply changing a tire. Bottle jacks can also be use to bend you junk back into place and they fit into a lot of places a farm jack does not. Again, just another tool.

[John O from Jersey]

Just a note on the bottle jacks. If you don't mind "non-originality for your Series, the Disco and Rangie hydraulic bottle jacks are the ticket.

Like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAND-ROVER-D...65343c&vxp=mtr

They're 2 stage so they have plenty of lift distance, well made, and if you're patient, you can get one pretty cheap on Flea-Bay. (I think I paid 30). You could probably get one for 5 bucks if you know the right junk yard guy.

JO

[east high]

Tools, yup. I noticed LR bottle jacks have a half loop on top to cradle the axel housing. Do you think a bottle jack from a Disco or RR would be tall enough for a series with 16" wheels?

[John O from Jersey]

yup - it's a 2 stage piston so it's twice as tall as it looks in the picture. I have 235/85 16's on my Series and it cradles under the axle perfectly and lifts as high as I could ever ask.

JO

[Alk-3]

I'm surprised by many of you guys saying you don't use one, or that it's not worth carrying one around. I had not really thought too much about the bottle jack, which would work fine I suppose. My truck came with a high lift, and it's mooted in the back along the floor against one of the wheel wells. it's a real pain to hget at, especially with anything in the back. I purchased the mounts that the OP shows, and was planning to mount the jack on the rear of the truck, standing up. I have not done it because I'm concerned with corrosion.
All that aside I use my jack at least once a month. I use it for changing tires (tire rotation), which I do every time I change the oil. I also use the jack when I'm working on the truck, if I need to. I jack the truck up using the rock sliders that are on my truck, or even the bumper if need be.
Anyway, I'm interested to hear more about where you guys would mount the jack, as I'm tired of struggling just to get it out of the truck.

[o2batsea]

I'm surprised by many of you guys saying you don't use one, or that it's not worth carrying one around. I had not really thought too much about the bottle jack, which would work fine I suppose. My truck came with a high lift, and it's mooted in the back along the floor against one of the wheel wells. it's a real pain to hget at, especially with anything in the back. I purchased the mounts that the OP shows, and was planning to mount the jack on the rear of the truck, standing up. I have not done it because I'm concerned with corrosion.
All that aside I use my jack at least once a month. I use it for changing tires (tire rotation), which I do every time I change the oil. I also use the jack when I'm working on the truck, if I need to. I jack the truck up using the rock sliders that are on my truck, or even the bumper if need be.
Anyway, I'm interested to hear more about where you guys would mount the jack, as I'm tired of struggling just to get it out of the truck.

This is how we thin the herd. While you may find doing work with the truck up on a Hi Lift perfectly OK for you, I wouldn't get anywhere near one jacked up like that.

[Cutter]

Aye I use a jack stand if I'm doing something at home, but I guess I'm wild and crazy and would be ok changing a tire if needed with it...

[Alk-3]

This is how we thin the herd. While you may find doing work with the truck up on a Hi Lift perfectly OK for you, I wouldn't get anywhere near one jacked up like that.

I don't work on it while it's on the jack. I use the jack to get the truck onto jack stands.