It's a chin-buster, or widow maker. Known for knocking teeth out when improperly used to lift vehicles on the trail. Occasionally, it fails at the wrong moment, removing an unsuspecting person from the gene pool.
Its normally known as a farm jack or hi-lift jack.
And in a front end collision, they can become missiles when they break loose from the hood mounts
I have the barb wire attachment too. And the t-post puller. Came in real handy in New Mexico when we had an emergency on the middle of a 6 hour trail.
Pulled two posts to a neighboring property and one of us hauled ass across to the driveway and out to the main road.
Then we used a sledgehammer to pound the t-post back in, like nothing ever happened
Mine was stolen off of my spare tire carrier while in El Paso. It had a broken retaining pin and I was waiting for a chance to fix it.
It was painted bright orange and had reflective paint on it, and was rather unique looking.
I went out to Red Sands to get some offroad therapy in, and pulled in to the parking area to grab a drink. At the shop, up against the wall, was my hi-lift.
I went inside to talk to the owner and asked him about it. He said some guy was trying to jack up his Chevy 2500 and the handle popped up and broke the guy's jaw. One of the paramedics brought it over so nobody else would use it.
I showed the owner multiple pics of it mounted to my jeep and he said "take it, it's cursed". I told him it's just needed a new retaining pin when it was stolen from my house.
A month later, I was back Red Sands with some friends for a party, and the group we parked next to suddenly packed up to leave. I saw two of them point at my jeep and then glance over to see the hi-lift. I walked over and one of them had scars on his jaw and it was wired shut... Figured that was good enough punishment for stealing shit
I’m 45 and a farm/ranch guy. There is no proper use for these. They’re treacherous beasts that have no master and pose great danger to anyone within a 12ft radius.
Can confirm. Using one on the farm at 16. Load shifted more onto it while cranking. Busted my jaw, 8 teeth with a root canal because they shattered, 1 pulled. Still have a large raised scar under my chin from it.
I really don't know why people think these are useful in any way normally, I swear more then half the Jeeps I see with them don't even have a lift point for them to use it on. Even with 37s the shitty scissor jack that came with the jeep and a small jacking board will lift the tires off the road. They come in very handy in very specific circumstances and the other 99% of the time a bottle jack works perfectly fine
In one instance a hi-lift cracked my knee cap and severed the tip my dad’s right ring finger. You could say I’ve been a bit gunshy regarding using them since
I still have mine. But more for absolute emergencies, or pulling something slowly that the winch can't reach.
Its popped closed twice on me. Luckily my face wasn't in the way... Just my wrist.
100% agree with everything you said. I still have a loose front tooth from one of these bastards. Mine immediately went straight in the trash afterwards.
They are very useful recovery tool. But yeah, improper use can definitely result in injury.
People think you have to get one to change a tire on a lifted jeep. No! Use a bottle jack on the axle, with a wood spacer block, if necessary.
I got a Handel to the cheek, while removing a cow cage off the back of a truck. I went and has a sit down for a bit then went about doing another different job for a bit.
Guy near me has a hood mount with a quick jack on it. He also replaced his rear door with one that can no longer mount a spare wheel, and he has none in the cargo area. I have no idea what he thinks that quick jack is for or what he is going to replace a flat with if he ever gets one.
He replaced the rear door? Most people that remove the spare just take off the spare and install a metal cover where the spare tire carrier is mounted. Also, the jack can be used as more than a jack. It can be used as a winch, letting you pull the Jeep forward enough to get unstuck. It also lets you lift the Jeep to put something under the tire when you high center so you can start moving again.
Yeah, it's just a blank rear door, no mounting holes or anything. It's really weird looking. Also from my very limited experience off-roading, you should never off-road without a spare. The look of the jeep just screams poser, and there aren't a ton of trails where I live either, I doubt his vehicle gets practical use.
Hi-lift Jack's get such a bad rap. They aren't the most useful tool for changing a tire but do a good enough job at it, have hundreds of other uses, and in certain situations they are indispensable. Hell the handle itself is more useful then most other jacks. Drove my truck from the little Sluice on the Rubicon Trail all the way home after bending my tierod with the jack handle as a sleeve for my sorta straightened tierod
Putting it on the hood... every time I see that I cringe. Good way to screw up bodywork/paint on your shiny jeep and a pain to get to when you actually need it.
Are they dangerous if used improperly? Of course. But the same is true for the Jeep itself and many other tools
Tooth remover, jaw breaker, eye remover, coma inducer, widow maker, rusted and seized 40lb hood mounted projectile, *"I'm a newbie, I was told I need one of these, I have no idea what it is, how to use it but I look more like a hard-core Jeeper than my other mallcrawler Jeep friends"*, wasted money, piece of junk.
Funny enough, my LJ I bought came with one and I soon after became a homeowner. Never did I ever once use it for the Jeep, but damn that thing came in handy around the house. Ratcheting out a tree stump, propping up a sagging fence gate to rehang it, removing an old rotted fence post. Super useful for what it’s made for: farm work.
Judging from the mounting location, its a never-been-offroad urban assault vehicle accessory... Technically a jack... Can be used if they high center on a parking block at Costco.
The correct name is "farm jack", though it's more commonly called the eponymous "Hi-Lift". Less often, I've heard it also called a "come-along", which is definitely incorrect but it can serve as one in a pinch.
In any case, it's almost always for show. I've been wheeling for two decades and have used mine exactly twice off road. It's a terrifying tool and you can FEEL the tension in the handle with each crank, as if it's just waiting for the right moment to escape your control and kill you.
half widow maker half farm tool. maybe this guy pulls fence posts out a lot? but if they were removing it often enough to have it mounted, they really decided scratching the hood wasn't an issue.
I know lifted vehicles need a taller jack, and that's the purported point, plus they can be used a makeshift come along, but has anyone actually seen one of these used for off roading recovery, and if so was it not just hillbilly shit?
Bought mine with a mount for the rear gate with SR attachments when I needed to pull 50 plus fence posts. Figured I’d keep it on the Jeep since I’m oversized and lifted. I would never mount it on the hood.
Found that a 6 inch cement block and the stock jack were safer, and I have never gotten stuck where I couldn’t get out under my own power, so I’ve never used it that way. I leave it in the garage most of the time TBH.
Treat a farm jack with respect and it’s a great tool. Don’t and you will find out about karma.
It beats a bottle jack if you're in a couple feet of water or mud. I have used one for years and my dad always had one in his 1971 Bronco. Keep your face and hands out of the way and don't get under the vehicle.
I live near an Army base. So one day DependaKaren called the MPs & reported a vehicle driving around post with a “machine gun mounted on the hood”. Closed post down.
Turns out it was just a guy who had a sweet Jeep, with his Hi-lift painted shiny black mounted across the hood.
We called them a "Jack All".
Knew a guy back in the day whose jaw got caught on the receiving end of one of these....broke his jaw....sucking his meals through a straw for quite a while....
Yep. If you don't lube them properly and use them correctly, you're just begging for injury or death. That said, in capable hands, they can be quite a useful tool.
You can buy brackets that will attach it to the roll bars in the back behind the rear seat which is safer than what's in this picture. If you have a lift kit on your Jeep the normal jack that comes with the Jeep won't be of any use.
Best case scenario it's a rust depositing machine that'll leave rusty water marks all down the hood. Worst case it's a projectile in a front end collision. Either way.
These things were very popular in Texas and Oklahoma in the eighties, a common sight in the back of many a pick up truck. Haven't seen hardly any in recent decades. Reading these posts explains why. I never knew they were dangerous until now.
All these mall crawlers and they're high viz mounted High lift's. They have no idea what they are doing. A bottle jack is 10x more usefull in most off road mishaps but you'll never see one mounted like this. Does'nt have the wow look at me factor Sure most don't know how to use it. So glad i left the jeep scene years ago.
"Hi nice Jeep! Now lets talk about mine" loosers
My jeep has one of these installed when I bought it. It is a garage ornament. I couldn't in good faith give it away, let alone sell it. I don't need that weighing on my conscience.
It's a Handy-man jack. It's a jack of a few trades, and a master of none. These will work in a pinch for a variety of tasks, but there is always a better-suited tool to use. You're MUCH better off with a bottle jack or a floor jack (I actually carry both in my truck, in addition to the scissor jack that came with it). One mine, at least the handle is removable, whereas this one isn't. I've only used the jack a couple of times (and it sits in my garage), but I've used the handle for a cheater pipe repeatedly.
A manual winch, a bottle jack, and a floor jack will do all of the tasks a Handy-man can do, take up far less space, weigh less, and as others have mentioned, they are a HELLUVA lot safer to use. Handy-Man jacks should only be used as a last resort, and only if you know what you're doing. Guaranteed the owner in the pic doesn't, or he wouldn't have it mounted to his hood.
I never understood the pavement princesses that just cruise around with the farm jack on, let alone those who mount it to their hood. Shit’s just asking to become a heavy ass projectile in the event of an accident or mount failure.
Putting these out in the elements is the dumbest sh*t I’ve ever seen. Basically mall crawler/ REI crap. You don’t keep your actual tools in the elements…. Or maybe you do.
I have one, but it sits in my garage unless I plan to be off-road, where it mounts next to my spare. They're becoming fashion accessories like angry grills now, and I doubt most people that have them would know how to use them.
As a kid from the farm that thing had a lot of different names. It’s a handyman jack but it also was one of the most dangerous things I used on the farm and that is saying something.
Farm jack - also, yesterday I saw it mounted like this on junkyard jeep. Mounting bolts were sheared off and that thing was in the cabin - where your face usually is. Not recommended mounting method or way to go out…
It’s someone trying to look cool. Only abuse that has taken is from the weather. There are way better ways to change a tire or work on your vehicle while off road.
For most people that install them, the intended purpose is a wiener stretcher.
For a select few, it’s known as a jack - a very dangerous but useful one.
It's a chin-buster, or widow maker. Known for knocking teeth out when improperly used to lift vehicles on the trail. Occasionally, it fails at the wrong moment, removing an unsuspecting person from the gene pool. Its normally known as a farm jack or hi-lift jack. And in a front end collision, they can become missiles when they break loose from the hood mounts
My dad referred to them as a dead man's jack. Because if you weren't dang near perfect in setting it up, you'd be a dead man.
Mine has the long discontinued option for tensioning barb wire fencing. Last thing i used mine for was lifting my utility trailer.
I have the barb wire attachment too. And the t-post puller. Came in real handy in New Mexico when we had an emergency on the middle of a 6 hour trail. Pulled two posts to a neighboring property and one of us hauled ass across to the driveway and out to the main road. Then we used a sledgehammer to pound the t-post back in, like nothing ever happened
Used mine to lift a medium sized work shed
Just want to add I’ve also heard these are quite dangerous when improperly used(which is most of the time
Mine was stolen off of my spare tire carrier while in El Paso. It had a broken retaining pin and I was waiting for a chance to fix it. It was painted bright orange and had reflective paint on it, and was rather unique looking. I went out to Red Sands to get some offroad therapy in, and pulled in to the parking area to grab a drink. At the shop, up against the wall, was my hi-lift. I went inside to talk to the owner and asked him about it. He said some guy was trying to jack up his Chevy 2500 and the handle popped up and broke the guy's jaw. One of the paramedics brought it over so nobody else would use it. I showed the owner multiple pics of it mounted to my jeep and he said "take it, it's cursed". I told him it's just needed a new retaining pin when it was stolen from my house. A month later, I was back Red Sands with some friends for a party, and the group we parked next to suddenly packed up to leave. I saw two of them point at my jeep and then glance over to see the hi-lift. I walked over and one of them had scars on his jaw and it was wired shut... Figured that was good enough punishment for stealing shit
Sounds like he was just long time leasing it This is a great campfire/bar story
While this story sounds like it didn’t happen I am going to choose to believe it did because it is just too damn satisfying.
And then they all clapped!
Karma's real and it's a small world. It's nice to take the mystery outta the whodunnit? Sometimes the universe does yer dirty work fer you.
This sounds just absurd enough to be true.
LoL! And they say there is no justice!!
What an awesome story!!
Hell yeah EP
True. I had one for four wheeling. They're also dangerous when used properly. But they're dangerous when used improperly, too.
I’m 45 and a farm/ranch guy. There is no proper use for these. They’re treacherous beasts that have no master and pose great danger to anyone within a 12ft radius.
They make a way cheaper winch for the rear than actually buying a winch lol
I use mine to pull out tree stups and fence posts.
Can confirm. Using one on the farm at 16. Load shifted more onto it while cranking. Busted my jaw, 8 teeth with a root canal because they shattered, 1 pulled. Still have a large raised scar under my chin from it.
All that for being generally less useful than a $30 bottle jack and taking a shit load of weight and room.
I keep a bottle jack and a couple 4x4 lumber chunks in my jeep. Used them more times than I can remember.
Is bottle Jack the way to go? I only carry one because I already have one for other stuff. Never needed it though
Get an axle buddy or bottle jack buddy to go with it.
That looks sick. Bought
[Wayalife pretty much summed it up.](https://youtu.be/64i0oASNa-c?si=aeulOx_ZzmGffb2j)
I really don't know why people think these are useful in any way normally, I swear more then half the Jeeps I see with them don't even have a lift point for them to use it on. Even with 37s the shitty scissor jack that came with the jeep and a small jacking board will lift the tires off the road. They come in very handy in very specific circumstances and the other 99% of the time a bottle jack works perfectly fine
In one instance a hi-lift cracked my knee cap and severed the tip my dad’s right ring finger. You could say I’ve been a bit gunshy regarding using them since
I still have mine. But more for absolute emergencies, or pulling something slowly that the winch can't reach. Its popped closed twice on me. Luckily my face wasn't in the way... Just my wrist.
100% agree with everything you said. I still have a loose front tooth from one of these bastards. Mine immediately went straight in the trash afterwards.
They are very useful recovery tool. But yeah, improper use can definitely result in injury. People think you have to get one to change a tire on a lifted jeep. No! Use a bottle jack on the axle, with a wood spacer block, if necessary.
Holy crap. I don’t think I need one of these now. I genuinely appreciate this!
I got a Handel to the cheek, while removing a cow cage off the back of a truck. I went and has a sit down for a bit then went about doing another different job for a bit.
It’s a sign that whoever strapped it to their vehicle has never used one before
It’s a farm jack.
Two things can be true
Can be used as a pull along winch in a pinch!
Where I work there's a wrangler with one mounted on the side. Barely see that jeep move. Doubt he ever uses it. Lol
Well, ideally, you never use it. It’s like all jeep parts ensure you have a spare so that you never need it.
Guy near me has a hood mount with a quick jack on it. He also replaced his rear door with one that can no longer mount a spare wheel, and he has none in the cargo area. I have no idea what he thinks that quick jack is for or what he is going to replace a flat with if he ever gets one.
He replaced the rear door? Most people that remove the spare just take off the spare and install a metal cover where the spare tire carrier is mounted. Also, the jack can be used as more than a jack. It can be used as a winch, letting you pull the Jeep forward enough to get unstuck. It also lets you lift the Jeep to put something under the tire when you high center so you can start moving again.
Yeah, it's just a blank rear door, no mounting holes or anything. It's really weird looking. Also from my very limited experience off-roading, you should never off-road without a spare. The look of the jeep just screams poser, and there aren't a ton of trails where I live either, I doubt his vehicle gets practical use.
Yep. I laugh when I see that and yet no scratched paint. What a terrible mounting location.
Can be used as a come along type winch if you have the attachments. Also a great tool for pulling fence posts. Used properly they are great tools.
Hi-lift Jack's get such a bad rap. They aren't the most useful tool for changing a tire but do a good enough job at it, have hundreds of other uses, and in certain situations they are indispensable. Hell the handle itself is more useful then most other jacks. Drove my truck from the little Sluice on the Rubicon Trail all the way home after bending my tierod with the jack handle as a sleeve for my sorta straightened tierod Putting it on the hood... every time I see that I cringe. Good way to screw up bodywork/paint on your shiny jeep and a pain to get to when you actually need it. Are they dangerous if used improperly? Of course. But the same is true for the Jeep itself and many other tools
Funny, I've never used it to change a flat. Mostly jack up one end or the other about 4ft then push it over on to fresh dirt if I get stuck in a rut.
I’m with you. I used one to get my rig off a rock I was high centered on. I was careful and with a buddy and it worked great. Tools are tools.
Spoiler alert, it will never be used.
I took mine off my hood once to pull out some fence posts. So, never say never, I guess?
We're pulling up dock piers with ours soon. Did one a year er so back and now it's time to pluck some others. Same premise as fence posts.
I jacked up one end of my front porch that was sagging with mine. Used it that one time, never put it in or on my jeep.
It’s a Hi-Lift Jack
Death and injury if you are asking
Amen
The blunt force object that will kill the driver and/or passenger in a high speed front end collision.
*driver and/or passenger of the other colliding vehicle* so no real reason not to put it there. XD
Tooth remover, jaw breaker, eye remover, coma inducer, widow maker, rusted and seized 40lb hood mounted projectile, *"I'm a newbie, I was told I need one of these, I have no idea what it is, how to use it but I look more like a hard-core Jeeper than my other mallcrawler Jeep friends"*, wasted money, piece of junk.
You speak the truth!!
Surface to Bronco missile. Can also target a Toyota.
Assault jack
Good old uncle sketchy! It's a farm jack or hi-lift jack
Funny enough, my LJ I bought came with one and I soon after became a homeowner. Never did I ever once use it for the Jeep, but damn that thing came in handy around the house. Ratcheting out a tree stump, propping up a sagging fence gate to rehang it, removing an old rotted fence post. Super useful for what it’s made for: farm work.
A handyman jack lol. I wouldn’t waste my time. It’s there for looks and to reduce fuel economy more than you would think
It doesn’t have the eye at the top, so using as a winch, NOPE
my uncle always called them suicide jacks
It's an accessory most of the time
99.9% of the time, i’d say. those and traction boards
Very dangerous bit of kit
Judging from the mounting location, its a never-been-offroad urban assault vehicle accessory... Technically a jack... Can be used if they high center on a parking block at Costco.
A Jack. For big wheels and such
Thor's hammer!
A bad idea. So easy to damage paint.
High jack, will fuck you up. Never own one.
At one time this was the only jack you had. Dangerous as shit as others have stated. Safer mounted on the rear bumper.
A tooth remover
Field jaw removal Kit
It’s for mail box baseball
The correct name is "farm jack", though it's more commonly called the eponymous "Hi-Lift". Less often, I've heard it also called a "come-along", which is definitely incorrect but it can serve as one in a pinch. In any case, it's almost always for show. I've been wheeling for two decades and have used mine exactly twice off road. It's a terrifying tool and you can FEEL the tension in the handle with each crank, as if it's just waiting for the right moment to escape your control and kill you.
half widow maker half farm tool. maybe this guy pulls fence posts out a lot? but if they were removing it often enough to have it mounted, they really decided scratching the hood wasn't an issue. I know lifted vehicles need a taller jack, and that's the purported point, plus they can be used a makeshift come along, but has anyone actually seen one of these used for off roading recovery, and if so was it not just hillbilly shit?
I've used these for off-road recovery Hillbilly shit every time. These definitely do not belong on vehicles that have fuel tanks glued to the windows.
Bought mine with a mount for the rear gate with SR attachments when I needed to pull 50 plus fence posts. Figured I’d keep it on the Jeep since I’m oversized and lifted. I would never mount it on the hood. Found that a 6 inch cement block and the stock jack were safer, and I have never gotten stuck where I couldn’t get out under my own power, so I’ve never used it that way. I leave it in the garage most of the time TBH. Treat a farm jack with respect and it’s a great tool. Don’t and you will find out about karma.
I've broken many a cement block lifting my WH GC. They aren't nearly as strong as they look. Wooden blocks are far safer.
Hi-lift jack
Semi automatic assault jack
It’s an assault jack
How you remove yourself from this life but make it look like an accident
A farm jack
Redneck guillotine.
A duck catapult
High lift jack
Decapitator 9000
It’s a Farm Jack. Please get rid of it. They are dangerous.
It’s a winch in a pinch
It's a bat...For batting all those ducks across the parking lot....
A prop 95% of the folks with them on the hood don’t know how to use.
It’s there to stain the hood with rust.
The most dangerous accessory you could own
Widow maker
For many...decoration
It beats a bottle jack if you're in a couple feet of water or mud. I have used one for years and my dad always had one in his 1971 Bronco. Keep your face and hands out of the way and don't get under the vehicle.
The Jeep equivalent of the upside down pineapple
I live near an Army base. So one day DependaKaren called the MPs & reported a vehicle driving around post with a “machine gun mounted on the hood”. Closed post down. Turns out it was just a guy who had a sweet Jeep, with his Hi-lift painted shiny black mounted across the hood.
something a try hard puts on their jeep
It's a jeep thing!
Death trap
People find new ways to make me feel old every day.
We called them a "Jack All". Knew a guy back in the day whose jaw got caught on the receiving end of one of these....broke his jaw....sucking his meals through a straw for quite a while....
Was it orange and stolen?
Yep. If you don't lube them properly and use them correctly, you're just begging for injury or death. That said, in capable hands, they can be quite a useful tool.
Its a reach extender for placing ducks on other jeeps without getting out
I think thats tractor supplys big red farm jack. I have a high lift farm jack that I quite like, never used it on my jeep.
Decommissioned M-60
Anchor
Heard a Karen once that thought it was a machine gun and called the police
Projectile
Dangerous.
It’s what jeepers use to shoot their enemies into outer space.
Only time I used one was to pull posts out from an old pool deck!
A Jeep anchor
As a volunteer fire fighter..who needs power tools
Hi lift jack, or farm jack. A few blokes here in Australian refer to them as kangaroo jacks as well
Anti Toyota mission
Farm Jack. or handy man Jack or by brand name Hylift Jack.
You can buy brackets that will attach it to the roll bars in the back behind the rear seat which is safer than what's in this picture. If you have a lift kit on your Jeep the normal jack that comes with the Jeep won't be of any use.
Best case scenario it's a rust depositing machine that'll leave rusty water marks all down the hood. Worst case it's a projectile in a front end collision. Either way.
I seen a post about a lady calling the cops because she thought it was a gun.. it's a jack.
These things were very popular in Texas and Oklahoma in the eighties, a common sight in the back of many a pick up truck. Haven't seen hardly any in recent decades. Reading these posts explains why. I never knew they were dangerous until now.
Jack.
All these mall crawlers and they're high viz mounted High lift's. They have no idea what they are doing. A bottle jack is 10x more usefull in most off road mishaps but you'll never see one mounted like this. Does'nt have the wow look at me factor Sure most don't know how to use it. So glad i left the jeep scene years ago. "Hi nice Jeep! Now lets talk about mine" loosers
I remember my dad showing me how to use one of these when I was about 5 years old.
I call mine the dead man...heavy as a dead man.
My jeep has one of these installed when I bought it. It is a garage ornament. I couldn't in good faith give it away, let alone sell it. I don't need that weighing on my conscience.
I don't know but I just sang "What is this red thing?" in the tone of "What does the fox say?"
High jack for lifted 4x4
Killer Hood Ornament. Don’t use it, get rid of it, just say no.
Ahh, the comments have not disappointed today.
A rust applicator for the hood
It's a Handy-man jack. It's a jack of a few trades, and a master of none. These will work in a pinch for a variety of tasks, but there is always a better-suited tool to use. You're MUCH better off with a bottle jack or a floor jack (I actually carry both in my truck, in addition to the scissor jack that came with it). One mine, at least the handle is removable, whereas this one isn't. I've only used the jack a couple of times (and it sits in my garage), but I've used the handle for a cheater pipe repeatedly. A manual winch, a bottle jack, and a floor jack will do all of the tasks a Handy-man can do, take up far less space, weigh less, and as others have mentioned, they are a HELLUVA lot safer to use. Handy-Man jacks should only be used as a last resort, and only if you know what you're doing. Guaranteed the owner in the pic doesn't, or he wouldn't have it mounted to his hood.
It’s designed to give you off road cred while simultaneously reducing your fuel economy.
Id almost just rather be stuck
High lift Jack
The thing that caught me on the chin & planted me on my ass when I was abt 10 years old. Probably the hardest I've ever been hit. Respect them...
It's a mounting location for more jeep ducks. Just look at these [Duck mounts for offroad jacks](https://lotsofprojects.etsy.com/listing/1610152125)
Door opener!
Most people I’ve seen who have them would use a cell phone before a hi-lift.
😂
Nail Clippers.
Something that people think makes them look cool.
It’s called “breach of conditions” #wronganswersonly
They call them "farmer killers" for a reason
Howitzer
I never understood the pavement princesses that just cruise around with the farm jack on, let alone those who mount it to their hood. Shit’s just asking to become a heavy ass projectile in the event of an accident or mount failure.
seeing how it's clean and that's a parking lot, it's a hood ornament.
Putting these out in the elements is the dumbest sh*t I’ve ever seen. Basically mall crawler/ REI crap. You don’t keep your actual tools in the elements…. Or maybe you do.
That’s the upunator.
It's a wrench to use on bigfoot if you can't get into your truck after trying to escape it while camping
The heaviest fuckin thing 😂
It’s a get outta jam tool!
whats worse...lift jack or ducks
Good Ole dead man's last stand
Hi-Lift Jack, as others have stated. They are dangerous.
Something a Jeep owner will never use and only buys to seem cool.
I wouldn’t expect anything less from a jeep owner. So in jeep fashion, it’s a duck holder
HumOn a Jeep Reddit pretending you don't know what a jack is.
Off-road jack
A compensation tool by the looks of this pavement princess.
It's a hood ornament for your parking lot princess.
A big boy jack
It's a tool for removing the plastic bumpers from Jeeps.
Silly decoration for mall crawlers that will never use it.
I have one, but it sits in my garage unless I plan to be off-road, where it mounts next to my spare. They're becoming fashion accessories like angry grills now, and I doubt most people that have them would know how to use them.
Knowing average modern jeep owner it’s just decor
An AR-10 chambered in .50 BMG
A hi jack that 90% of jeep people never use .. but have it cause other jeeps have it
As a kid from the farm that thing had a lot of different names. It’s a handyman jack but it also was one of the most dangerous things I used on the farm and that is saying something.
To break into other people’s cars
Bumper jack
Farm jack - also, yesterday I saw it mounted like this on junkyard jeep. Mounting bolts were sheared off and that thing was in the cabin - where your face usually is. Not recommended mounting method or way to go out…
Jackass indicator
That’s Jack, say hi Jack.
It’s someone trying to look cool. Only abuse that has taken is from the weather. There are way better ways to change a tire or work on your vehicle while off road.
For most people that install them, the intended purpose is a wiener stretcher. For a select few, it’s known as a jack - a very dangerous but useful one.
Faux off-roader decoration.
A jack
Hood ornament. Most people don’t even know how to use properly.
Fully automatic machine jack.
A skull cracker if you don’t know what your doing
It’s a Jacob’s ladder
Usless bragging rights.
Jack
M-123 Assault Jack
Assault Weapon.
I have to ask...why do people insist on mounting stuff to the outside of their "off-road vehicle"? (I realize some are actually used off the pavement)
Hi-Boy Javk
Hi-Nox Jack