Hi-Lift Jack Use Alert:
This past weekend at a post-wildfire trail restoration volunteer work project at the Chappie-Shasta OHV Park in Northern California I observed several Hi-Lift jacks actually being used on the trail - to pry out guard rails, wooden barriers and signposts burned or otherwise damaged in the Carr Fire.
No one needed a Hi-Lift to recover a vehicle or change a tire, but the jacks were invaluable trail tools nonetheless. One person commented that it was the first time his jack had been used and he was glad it was for a worthy purpose.
Bottom line: Carry a Hi-Lift jack or don't. There are valid reasons for either decision and which you choose is nobody's business but your own.
This past weekend at a post-wildfire trail restoration volunteer work project at the Chappie-Shasta OHV Park in Northern California I observed several Hi-Lift jacks actually being used on the trail - to pry out guard rails, wooden barriers and signposts burned or otherwise damaged in the Carr Fire.
No one needed a Hi-Lift to recover a vehicle or change a tire, but the jacks were invaluable trail tools nonetheless. One person commented that it was the first time his jack had been used and he was glad it was for a worthy purpose.
Bottom line: Carry a Hi-Lift jack or don't. There are valid reasons for either decision and which you choose is nobody's business but your own.
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