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Originally Posted by Boog
Man, I've never liked those high lift jacks. The first time I used one was on my father in law's '67 Chevy truck. He was a farmer and that was the jack to have back then. Well the tire went down so I changed it for him. I jacked his truck up ok and changed the tire but as soon as I clicked the lever to lower it and pushed the handle down that first time it slipped. The handle came up and smacked the main body of the jack and the truck came slamming down all in one loud bang. Luckily my hand came off the top of the jack before that handle smacked it. When the truck slammed down the loose jack bounced away from the truck. And that was my last time to use one of those jacks. I understand they can be handy and all but they can be dangerous too.
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You just have to know how to use them
If you are stuck in a mud hole they are about the only way to self rescue without a winch. I learned by watching some old "experts" in the business.
You have to treat them something like chain binders on a truck load: stay out of the arc of that handle. When chaining down loads of logs I always got my back to the logs and
pulled the cheater pipe back down towards me so that if it slipped then it would fly away from me.