Jesus wept on the cross! I used this to pull two dozen 4x4 fence posts set in concrete. Holy Mackerel! It was ridiculously easy. It took longer to move and setup on a new post than to jack the post out of the ground. There are several videos on the web that show how to do this. Archimedes knew what he was doing.

I purchased two jacks. Over the course of the day, lifting the same load up and down (a few dozen times) they both progressed to the point where the pin would not actuate (click) upon full extension of the jacking arm/handle. It worked great the first half of the day but it ended up being a huge disappointment. What I did like was that the audible click you hear when the pin actuated was very easy to both see and hear allowing you to more safely make use of this jack.

I replaced it with a cheaper non-domestic made jack from a competitor and found that it operated smoother and gave me no trouble lifting the same load as the Hi-Lift.

Overall disappointed.

The jack just came in the mail today and looks awesome! I purchased the 60", because it was cheaper than the 36" and the 48", at $75. One thing to note is this jack is HUGE! I have a 78 Ford with 35's and the 60" is definitely overkill. If you are debating on getting the 48" or the 60", you will be just fine with the 48". I haven't seen any issue with the paint and the jack ran flawlessly out of the box. I am very happy with my purchase.

I used this to jack up girders on my footbridge to install falseworks under it so as to enable restoration. I do have a porta-power here, but it has a limited travel range, and I needed about 7 1/2 feet to get under the girder .. 2x12 Doug fir x 20'. If you take off the pulling adapter at the top, you will be able to slip a length of 2" EMT over the stem of the jack .. in my case, 5 feet was about perfect. I ground a 2" deep trapazoid out of the upper end to nicely grip the bottom of the 2x12. This adaptation worked so splendidly well, I thought I should share my falseworks installation solution, as yet another use for this equipment. I had bought one from HF maybe 25 years ago and as I recall, couldn't get it to work. This puppy works like a charm. I do wish that the direction lever was easier to operate, but that's just the nature of the beast I guess. The base did find it's purchase in the creekbed easily enough, and the lifting went quite smoothly. 2" schedule 40 may work, but the EMT is considerally cheaper, and I didn't need that degree of strength (compression). Take your jack to the building supply and try before you buy (the EMT or pipe). If the pipe is even slightly bent you won't get a slip fit. Cheers!

Edit:We finally mounted it and it works great. We have used it a few times off road. The one thing to look out for for all these hi-jack lifts is the bottom part could kick out at you and it will hurt and could severly damage something. I would just make sure you are using it very carefully and jacking your vehicle up very slowly.

Holly cow this thing is large. We bought this for our jeeps for wheeling. This is a really great made hi-lift and heavy duty. We have not mounted it yet, but we did buy a mount to have it mounted to the hood.