THanks for all the info. I have a winch and a hi-lift. The winch wouldn't do much good when chaging a tire. I think I'll stick with keeping it on the roof rack or the rear bumper.

When I get to the point of being quite stuck, I'm not going to be in a hurry because I know I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. The last thing I'd want to do is dent my truck or my head, so I do take my time and I'm quite careful. I make sure I have solid footing and can handle the jack. I haven't had an issue with it yet, and I doubt I will. I'll keep it where it is.

Plus, it stays out of the mud or water. And I don't have to open a door to get to it.

I wasn't saying that you would, but most do. I have seen numerous cases of people freaking out and trying to get out and get their trucks/jeeps out. Maybe your not most, and you dont get ancy when your truck is bumper deep in mud....

Most of the time, when you get stuck, their isnt much solid footing, because your usually pretty deep in mud, or your on rocks etc... maybe you have had better luck then me, but I dont think I have ever been stuck some where that the footing is ideal to reach to the top of my truck, stand on my toes and pull down a heavy ass awkward piece of metal without having any worries of hitting myself, someone around me, or my truck. **** happens, even if you are being careful. Like I said, nothings happened yet to you, and who knows, maybe nothing will happen in your case, but it happens all the time. I personally know three people who have done it, and I have heard stories of other's who have as well. Its not a rare case of someone getting stuck, or someone in their driveway trying to pull their highlift off and hitting something with it.

Hypothetically speaking, lets say you do get stuck, nobody is around so your going to have to rely on yourself to get your truck out, the first thing you do, is get that handy dandy shovel down. You start digging yourself out, and finally after an hour of labor you realize your going to need to winch yourself out. So you go and grab your high-lift to use as a make shift winch. Maybe your a body builder, and at this point your not tired as **** like most normal human beings would be, so you have no issues reaching to the top of your truck and grabbing your 40 pound piece of awkward metal.....As for the rest of us, we grab it, and have an issue getting it down (This is a normal time when **** happens, and it goes through one of your windows). You winch yourself out (another 30 minutes to an hour of hard labor). Then you go back and try to put it up. I dont care who you are, or how much of a body builder you are. Your going to be tired as ****, and this is when your highlift usually goes through your window, or on your head, or on your girlfriends head, or on your foot (I could go on all day with where it could fall and what damage it could do).

But, you havent had any issues with it yet, so keep on trooping.

Along with the mud and water thing, if you keep it up there all the time, its still going to experience all the seasons, and its still going to rust, and the grease is going to fail, and the one time you will actually need it, its not going to work. Unless your one of the few who actually takes it down (without ever dropping it, or hitting it against something) 4 times a year to clean and grease it.



Like I said, I am not trying to say that you will ever drop it, but the odds are against you. Its a great place to store it when you arent wheeling, but I seriously disagree with saying its a bright idea to keep it up there when on the trails and there is a decent chance of you getting stuck somewhere.

I see your point. And I must say I agree with it. I wasn't at all trying to say you're wrong, because I don't think you are. Haha I'm no body builder and I'm not perfect. You make a really good argument.

When I'm that stuck I'm not in a hurry. I take a breath and try to figure out the best way out of it.

You're right, generally footing is not ideal, but I generally try to make sure I'm somewhat stable before I pull the Hi-Lift down. I do worry about it when I take it down, which is why I do so slowly. And when I'm lifting it up, if I feel it's going to be an issue, which has happened before, it rides in the back.

I'm not saying my solution is perfect, or even a good one, but it seems to work fine for me.

Oh, and I do try to take the jack down and clean it every so often.

I can see what your saying, and I will consider it carefully. But to each his own.

Don't listen to these "You'll shoot your eye out with the damn jack" mentality guys.Just mount it where you want it.If you don't like the location later on or if you find it inconvenient just move it.

Hello, just thought I'd bring some closure to this thread.
I did end up buying a spare tire mount for my hi-lift jack and it works with no issue.
I found guy on ebay thats makes them in his garage. $20.00 They are for Jeeps but I got him to drill the holes for 5x4.75
I've used it a few times and it's great on the trail. I think longterm I would not run it on the spare while daily driving. I've got a wife and kids and it just makes the door too heavy for groceries, strollers etc. Aside from that, I've had no issues with it.

There's a County around here, who has his across the top of his brush-guard, headlight to headlight.

That, I think, will be the solution for me.

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Wow darn good thing you put that disclaimer on your post. Think of all the responses from people without any experience on this matter if you hadn't, LOL. For me I am mounting mine on my front bumper. I have no valid info on the rear door mounting question. Dach.

day to day then mine lives on the floor behined the front seats. When going off road then it sits on the ARB with Hi Lift mounts: