About this product
Front Runner Hi Lift – in stock at 361 Degrees Adventure in Tanzania.
Anyone who has tried to change a wheel on a lifted, loaded 4×4 on soft ground knows the problem with a bottle jack: by the time it reaches the chassis, it has no travel left, and the wheel is still in the hole. A Hi-Lift jack is the answer to that specific situation – a mechanical jack lifting to 94.6 cm, so there is height to work with however deep the wheel has sunk.
It is rated at 4,660 lb – 2,113 kg – and tested to 7,000 lb, which covers a loaded Land Cruiser or Hilux comfortably. Minimum lift height is 11.4 cm, so it also gets under a vehicle sitting low. The construction is cast and stamped steel parts on a steel bar, built to live on the outside of a vehicle and still work years later.
Lifting is only one of its jobs. With a chain and a shackle it becomes a hand winch for pulling a vehicle a few feet at a time, a spreader for straightening a bent panel, and a way to drag a vehicle sideways off an obstacle that it cannot simply drive off. In a group of vehicles in Ruaha or the Selous, one of these covers several recovery scenarios that nothing else in the kit will touch.
It demands respect. The handle stores real energy under load and will fly up if it is released – that is how people get hurt with these. Keep the handle clipped up when the jack is under load, never get under a vehicle held only by a jack, and read the instructions before the day you need it rather than on it.
Buying a Front Runner Hi Lift in Tanzania
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the front runner hi lift at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every front runner hi lift is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which front runner hi lift suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.
Spare parts and replacements for the front runner hi lift are easier to get here than on an overseas order, which matters once the gear is in use.
Pricing on the front runner hi lift is quoted in Tanzanian shillings, VAT included, so the figure you see is the figure you pay at the counter in Dar es Salaam.
Browse more Recovery Gear in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on vehicle-based touring, see this overview on Wikipedia.
Front Runner Hi-Lift Jack – REQU033