As some of you already know, my harbor freight "farm jack" was donated to the cause and helped get CHUSA home safely following his recent trailer mishap. That $40 piece of junk never worked right anyway, and I'm happy that it sacraficed its life for a good cause because I was seriously looking to just throw it in the trash and replace it with a real hi-lift. Lesson learned - always save up and buy the right gear the first time, because the cheap stuff that you THINK you're saving money on just ends up being pi**ed away in the end. Plus, when it does fail, it happens on the trail when you need the item the most. I learned this lesson with a HF winch and HF air compressor as well (in all, that's about $400 spent on junk that I ended up replacing with full-priced higher-quality products).
That being said, I finally have an excuse to purchase the new jack, but I'm really torn between the 48" and the 60". My question to the experts is - is there any DISADVANTAGE to running a 60", other than the larger size that I need to find space for? It'll easily fit on my roof rack where my old one was, and the 60" hi-lift extreme is actually less expensive on amazon right now than the 48" version ($108 vs. $114 - strange, I know). I just don't want it to be too cumbersome to change a tire with because it's unbalanced or too long or anything like that. Thanks in advance for the advice!
