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Hi-Lift Handle Keeper

Since Hi-Lifts have been around they have been one of two things. A great poor mans recovery gear and a dangerous tool if not used correctly that could hurt you if not used correctly. I've seen countless times where somebody has used the jack to lift their vehicle and never held the handle taking a chance that the handle was going to stay in the place where it was left. For a few years I've kept a piece of rope on my handle to tie off my jack when/If I had to use it.

I was talking with Jerry over at FatBoysOffroad, which is very close to Hi-Lift themselves. A product has been out for a while and thought I should take a look at it. A few days later this package arrives and its a single piece of Poly cut out to fit the Hi-Lift Jack. Of course I threw it on and my initial thought was well it fits. Ok now what? A piece of rope can do the samething. So can a bungee cord or a piece of velcro.

Tools: Time:
None
5minutes

Needless to say after fighting with my piece of rope for 5minutes it became very evident that if I was in a hurry I would be in trouble. Ropes get in knots, bungee cords are loaded weapons waiting to hit you in the face. Velcro straps when they get full of dirt and grime they stop working. This Poly Handle-Holder doesn't care if its muddy, wet, faded its still going to slide on. Also when your using your Jack its a snap to slide back over the handle and keep it from flinging down and hurting yourself or somebody else that is trying to help you. Written by kizer, if you have any questions or comments about this install visit

 


This is the front of my TJ. As you can see I have a lovely piece of rope that holds my Hi-lift handle down to my jack.

With a closer look that rope would take several minutes to untangle from the jack. Believe me because it did. I had the rope on there so long that it must of got tighter due to the weather and constant beating from Washington State rain.

Hi-Lift Handle-Keeper. Its made of polyurethane and appears to be very well made.

It slides right on over the end of the Hi-Lift and over the snatch end and clamp. From what I've read of its competitors there isn't another Handle-Keeper made that allows you to keep the end bolted on and still slide over the Handle-Keeper.

Installed

Much cleaner appearance. =)


Q. Is the Handle Holder snug?
A. From what I've noticed its not snug however it will not allow the handle and Jack to clang against each other.

Q. What happened to the piece of rope?
A. I've decided to wrap the Handle like I had it before, but with less wraps so I can use it for some other trail side fix.=)

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