Mounting Hi-Lift Jack on MU

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Where does everyone mount there Jack on there trucks?

cheers

[geeves]

Some people tie them to the rear floor with a large strap through the already fitted luggage hooks. You can buy or have made a bracket that holds the hi lift to the spare wheel carryer in either vertical or horizintal Theres bound to be other ways as well

[quack]

speeking of highlift jack and a mu, theres not really any jacking points? what have others done?

[geeves]

Bull bar and towbar make good starting points. You can buy a chain extension for the highlift that hooks under the bumper but not sure if the bumpers are strong enough.

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Yeah luggage anchors are usually clustered with ratchet tie down straps (when loaded).

I was more leaning to an external means. The wheel carrier thing was what I was going to use but it would effect my lighting system which is also mounted on the wheel carrier.

Im thinking of bolting it to those 2 chromed panels at the rear above the fuel tank.

Anyone else got any ideas?

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[nig]

On my Rodeo I bolt the jack to my roof bars using the tiedown eye-nuts on oversized bolts. If you have any sort of roof rack this might work for you too.

As for jacking points, I use my slidders, they are pretty solidly built. At a pinch I can also use my bull-bar as it has a flat bottom, but I dont like doing it as it flexes it a bit.

[force]

on my bighorn i made a bracket that bolts to the rear wheel, all i used was a piece of 3 mil flat and galvinised pipe about 25 od, works good can hold the spade there as well, gives me something to wrap the strops around