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Hi-Lift jack

Hi-Lift Jack Company · United States · 1905–now

The cast and steel ratchet lifting jack patented in 1905 by Philip John Harrah of Bloomfield, Indiana as the 'Automatic Combination Tool' and sold as the Handyman or Sheepherder's jack before becoming the Hi-Lift, still made by the fifth generation of the family. Overland Land Rovers carry the 48-inch jack on the roof rack, bonnet or bumper, and Brownchurch sold a 90/110 bumper adapter and Loc-Rac mount for it.

SourcesMore recovery & towing
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1905–nowMADE£63.25 (2011)PERIOD PRICECommonRARITY1LAND ROVER MODELS2SOURCES

Description

The cast and steel ratchet lifting jack patented in 1905 by Philip John Harrah of Bloomfield, Indiana as the 'Automatic Combination Tool' and sold as the Handyman or Sheepherder's jack before becoming the Hi-Lift, still made by the fifth generation of the family. Overland Land Rovers carry the 48-inch jack on the roof rack, bonnet or bumper, and Brownchurch sold a 90/110 bumper adapter and Loc-Rac mount for it.

JA500 adapter for the Ninety/One Ten/Defender bumper.

Rarity. Made continuously in Bloomfield, Indiana since 1905 by the Harrah family and carried on the rack or bumper of a great many expedition Land Rovers; the Land Rover pioneer-kit slot and Brownchurch mounts are made for it.

Record: 2 sources; designation recorded; price recorded.

Specification

MAKERHi-Lift Jack Co. (Bloomfield Manufacturing Co.), United States
DESIGNATION / PARTHL-485 (48 in); JA500 Land Rover 90/110 jack adapter; LR200 'Loc-Rac' mount
MADE1905–now
PRICE IN 2011£63.25 — Brownchurch UK price list Feb 2011 ex VAT: HL485 48 in Hi-Lift £63.25; JA500 adapter for 90/110 £29.40; LR200 Loc-Rac £19.89; J/MTG roof-rack rear mount kit £52.50
RARITYCommon — Made continuously in Bloomfield, Indiana since 1905 by the Harrah family and carried on the rack or bumper of a great many expedition Land Rovers; the Land Rover pioneer-kit slot and Brownchurch mounts are made for it.
ORIGINpatented 1905, Bloomfield Manufacturing Co. founded 1895
LENGTH IN48
MOUNTSroof rack rear mount, Loc-Rac, 90/110 jack adapter

Fitment

LAND ROVER

all Land Rovers

OTHER MARQUES

universal

JA500 adapter for the Ninety/One Ten/Defender bumper.

Sources

hi-lift.com/company/our-history/web.archive.org/web/20121223155736/http://www.brownchurch.co.uk/downloads/PRICELIST.xlsEvery source above was fetched and read when the record was made.