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The (more) versatile ARB jack base

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Nearly everyone I know who owns a Hi-Lift jack also owns one of the ubiquitous red plastic base plates, which hugely enhance flotation in soft sand or mud. Recently ARB introduced their own base plate, which is of course designed to accept the rounded base of the ARB hydraulic jack. However, ARB cleverly molded the recess so it will also accept a Hi-Lift, and furthermore I found it fits many bottle jacks as well, which the red Hi-Lift base plate will not. So if you have a Hi-Lift but haven’t yet bought a base for it, consider the more versatile ARB version. Bonus: If you ever decide to spring for that pricey but superb ARB Jack, you’ll be ahead of the game.

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What are the best options for safely mounting a Hi-Lift Jack in a Wrangler?

A lot of people I see driving Wranglers around Denver have a Hi-Lift bolted on somewhere, bumper, back door hinges, etc.
 
What's the best option for a properly and safely secured Hi-Lift? I don't want to be drilling holes. And by properly secured, I assume not just thrown in the back of the Jeep, either.
 
I think the best I've seen so far is this http://www.quadratec.com/products/92200_9001.htm mounting on the back of the roll cage, where the jack is actually inside and so won't get dirty/rusty, driven into or fall off.

- David Mallinson, Denver, CO, USA (via email)

 

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Overland Tech and Travel is curated by Jonathan Hanson, co-founder and former co-owner of the Overland Expo. Jonathan segued from a misspent youth almost directly into a misspent adulthood, cleverly sidestepping any chance of a normal career track or a secure retirement by becoming a freelance writer, working for Outside, National Geographic Adventure, and nearly two dozen other publications. He co-founded Overland Journal in 2007 and was its executive editor until 2011, when he left and sold his shares in the company. His travels encompass explorations on land and sea on six continents, by foot, bicycle, sea kayak, motorcycle, and four-wheel-drive vehicle. He has published a dozen books, several with his wife, Roseann Hanson, gaining several obscure non-cash awards along the way, and is the co-author of the fourth edition of Tom Sheppard's overlanding bible, the Vehicle-dependent Expedition Guide.