Maybe it's just me, but that thing looks dangerous. Perhaps they should call it the widowmaker
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| Author: | ribbon [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Exhaust Jack |
http://www.airjackusa.com/features.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C970Fxp7 ... re=related Just ordered a 4 ton one. Thought id pass it around. Pretty cool. Its just a low pressure bag but does the job and fits in the trunk. Works well in mud too! |
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| Author: | widowmaker [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:26 pm ] |
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Maybe it's just me, but that thing looks dangerous. Perhaps they should call it the widowmaker
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| Author: | ribbon [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:34 pm ] |
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we use low pressure bags at the fire station all the time. They work very well and are very reliable. I'm not sure how well this one will work but time will tell. We just used one last week to lift a flipped car enough to pull someone out. We do NOT use exhaust though for rescues. Something about breathing in bad stuff 
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| Author: | jinstall [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:00 pm ] |
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These have been around for years. I remember seeing them on TV when I was a kid. |
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| Author: | warp2diesel [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Some Farm Tractors used exhaust for lifting |
International had a power lift to raise up cultivators and plows that used exhaust pressure. My 82 year old Mother was not yet in High School when that was the rage. |
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| Author: | danoid [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:46 pm ] |
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I'd been thinking about such a 'thingy', but I'm still not sure how it would help when you got stuck. Yes it could lift the Jeep, but then wont it tear when you drive off of it? |
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| Author: | pipeliner [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:48 pm ] |
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The idea of the exhaust jack is to raise the wheels high enough out of the mud (or whatever) to allow you to place rocks/branches/passing children under the wheel to give you traction. YOU DEFLATE AND REMOVE THE JACK BEFORE DRIVING OFF!! |
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| Author: | 007husky [ Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:37 pm ] |
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ribbon wrote: we use low pressure bags at the fire station all the time. They work very well and are very reliable. I'm not sure how well this one will work but time will tell. We just used one last week to lift a flipped car enough to pull someone out. We do NOT use exhaust though for rescues. Something about breathing in bad stuff
Ribbon, the bags we use at the station are a bit more sturdy, and even those break .... PLUS you know how the saying goes, lift one inch -> crib 1 inch. ( im prety sure that anyone that uses that bag, doesnt have nice cribbing to put under the car). I hope no one decides to work under the car with that thing inflated as a lift point. Now it would be an awesome tool to have, if you have to change a tire... in the mudd. |
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| Author: | ribbon [ Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:02 pm ] |
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yes. they are made much better. That is a bit overkill for my jeep though  yeah i definitely wouldn't crawl under a car with just one of these. this is more for getting you out of the mud
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