From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Gerry"  wrote in message news:mo54dk94dglhe5i9j5rj5k405kffi7sl3q@4ax.com...   
      
   Several years ago when second son had mid-back length ponytail, he was   
   wishing he had used cardboard instead of my yard sale creeper to go   
   under his one ton when no one else was home and his hair got caught in   
   the casters. Since then, every time I trim my beard, I put the 1/4"   
   comb on the clipper and give him a once over.   
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   I tried a cheap black hoodie as a stain hiding work shirt but the hood   
   caught under a creeper wheel, at least it didn't wrap around it. Under the   
   dash a headband light kept snagging on the brake and clutch pedals.   
      
   The HF Badlands 3 ton off road jack hasn't been as convenient as I hoped for   
   gaining extra height under a vehicle. It will lift the tires off ramps for   
   brake work or steering rack adjustment but doesn't lower far enough to put   
   the wheels back on the ground, lowering requires two stages and more getting   
   down and up than my old knees and back like.   
      
   The Badlands has a solid plate underneath to rest on when the wheels sink   
   in. The handle lock lets it be tilted onto two wheels to steer or crab walk   
   sideways. It weighs nearly 100 Lbs and has a centered, padded lifting strap   
   plus side handles / tiedowns. It's well thought out and nicely made or a   
   copy of another that was. I can't test it to anywhere near its load rating.   
      
   I had to wedge open the HF spreader bar's chain hooks, disconnect the chain   
   and bend the hooks back onto 1/4" bow shackles to reach the width between   
   lift points, the Ranger's rear axle shock mounts. Jacking by the   
   differential worries me, I've watched a rear axle shaft slide out on the   
   pickup ahead. The adapter nut made from broken rock drill rod is to attach   
   the spreader bar on a lower Viking floor jack. On the Badlands the spreader   
   bar doesn't clear the differential.   
      
   I've always used ramps when under a car because I don't trust jack stands   
   for heavy wrench handle pulling, though I test stability by heaving the   
   bumper sideways, and sometimes hear a stand slip. Using the Badlands for   
   steering rack adjustment which requires me underneath with the wheels free I   
   found that my economy jack stands raise the body lift points barely high   
   enough to fit underneath on a creeper. I had previously banged loose and   
   oiled the adjustment locknut with the wheels on ramps.   
      
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