Hi-Lift Jack 48" X-TREME Jack XT-485

The Hi Lift 48” X TREME Jack XT 485 isn’t just a tool, it’s a full on confidence booster. This thing is massive, solid, and built to tackle whatever abuse you throw at it. Whether I’m lifting, pulling, or recovering my truck in rough Alaska terrain, it handles it all without hesitation. Smooth operation, rock solid construction, and that unmistakable “this thing can survive anything” vibe make it feel like more than just a jack, it’s a serious piece of gear that earns its place in your rig. If you need strength, reliability, and durability, this jack delivers in spades.

Sucker is heavy, cause it's well made. Simple to use... Once the weight is off the jack, be careful cause it'll freewheel (if u hold the handle up) to the base lickity split ! Well worth the money.

It is an excellent American made jacket with alot of functions and a heavy duty clamping attachment

This jack is a mans jack, by that I mean it's tough, and heavy weight wise. I believe that the jack will perform most of your expectations, if it functions the way it's suppose to right out of the box. If not, send it back, and get a new one. Anything made by man can be defective, and you can't depend upon quality control to catch it. Now, about the finish of the Xtreme"s powder coat, which disappoints consumers. The powder coat does chip off where metal rubs metal, but I don't know of a material that won't come off if rubbed long enough, and hard enough. The powder coat is hard and brittle, so if it gets wacked hard enough, or scraped hard enough, it's going to come off. I don't imagine that they put a lot of investment in making the powder coat bullet proof. Having said all that, if the extra cost of the powder coat will disappoint you if it comes off in places, be prepared to be disappointed. I purchased the jack for Farm use, so I can't really speak to the sport aspect of it. From the reviews, it does a great job off road. The jack is built like a tank, I can't imagine it not lifting anything within reason. I'm sure that it has it's weight limit, but I can't imagine anything in the automotive range that it won't lift. I would buy it again for my needs, even if the powder coat does come off. Take care of it, and it will out last you.

Jack was very well-built. There is something to having a real American-made tool that brings me peace of mind. Having never used one, it took a little while to figure out how to operate it, but the functionality can't be beat and hopefully, I will never need to use all the winch and separator functions that it provides, but if I do, I will be ready. Lifted my Tacoma like it was nothing.

Good tool. The powder Coating on mine was a joke, see photos of poor coating on my jack right out of the box. I had to try it out and just used the Hi-lift and jack stands to rotate the 35's on my lifted (4 inches) wrangler. Way more enjoyable than blocking and cranking the bottle jack, faster too. First thing I did was oil the beast up, even so on this first use the coating just scraped right off the main beam of the jack. Either I got a lemon or their "high quality durable powder coat" is quite the inaccurate description. This is the first experience I've had with the hi lift type jack and I think its going to be very useful. Initially I received the wrong jack. I was shipped the 42 "UTV" version instead of the 48 X-treme I ordered. There was a sticker on the outside of the box that designated it the UTV but I didn't catch it. When I got the proper jack it too had a sticker on the otherwise plain box, designating it the x-treme.

Bought this high lift jack for use on my 1971 Ford 3500 construction backhoe. It is a 9500 lb tractor. Bracket securing the front-loader to the front of the tractor broke. Used this to lift the front-loader arm back in to place, after cleaning up and welding the bracket mounts back in place. Lifted the arm easily. Once bolted back in place, the jack was super easy to reverse and lower out of place. Just for the heck of it, to test out the newly fab'ed mounting bracked, I then lifted the mount back up and this high lift jack lifted the front, left side of the tractor off of the ground, which assured me that the bracket for the front-loader was fixed and holding properly. It also reassured me that this high lift jack is of excellent quality, easy to use to jack up and lower back down under a load, and will handle the loads it claims and then sum. I've used high lift jacks before, though it's been over 20 years. This one has a large foot and lift point, easily shifts directions from raising to lowering a load (safely, too, I will add), and is capable of handling the weight of loads it claims to do. Yes, if you are looking for a quality, high lift jack, I do recommend this one.

There's not much to say about the hi-lift that hasn't already been said. It's a fantastic tool, worthy of taking up space in the back of every truck. It's usefulness extends far beyond offroading, but also in industrial and construction uses. I use mine frequently to lift and reset sunken or leaning scaffolding loaded with stone on the jobsite, and as a come along. The xtreme model is a useful upgrade for the money for the additional modular jaw, largely useful for spreading, I usually end up removing it as it can get in the way when jacking. The coating upgrade is also fantastic, I get a kick out of the pavement princess jeep bros complaining about the never once used jacks rusting on their hoods, if you've ever had a painted model before the xtreme youd know that coating is real garbage vs the powdercoat. As others have said it's a tool not a trophy and it will rust in some places, I kept my older painted model wrapped up on the bed rails of my now sold overland build Tacoma, and the extreme resides under the diamondback cover of my new ram with a offroad base and lift mate. There is no point in exposing these things to the elements and potential thieves unless complements from the bros is that important to you.