I found two jack adaptor's over at thesamba.com, which are much less
expensive that the vendor you were thinking about.
On elooks like it uses the stock jack, the other look very much like the
adapter for a high lift jack your were mentioning, but $10-15.00 cheaper.
I'd examine both of them prior to making any decisions.
Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark C" <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: High Lift Jacks

I got that 48 inch model of cast/steel, and its so big... kinda hard to tuck
away in a Carat... but I don't want to go back to the stock jack... nor did
I like the scissor jack from Bus Depot... (too awkward... ).. so... I was
looking at http://www.hi-lift.com/products/jacks.htm and ... noticed that
all cast is said to be their more durable... but smallest in that is 42
inches... and in their cast/steel they offer a 36 inch jack...

So is their any reason why a 36 inch jack from High Lift couldn't be just as
useable with a vanagon, as would a 48 inch jack... ???

I'm going to get that adaptor for the high lift once Volkscafe gets them in
again... so it doesnt scratch my van...

And plan on storing the jack in a rear-facing tool / multipurpose
cabinet/chest with drawers behind the drivers seats... 60 wide, 24 deep, and
though I wanted only 18 high,,, its going to be maybe 28 inches tall... the
jack will fit in a cubby, behind the bottom 3 drawers, essentially being in
a 'drawer within a draw' design, ie pull the main bottom drawer out, and the
cubby comes with it... so ... since the high lift I have needs 10 inches of
height, and 6 inches of depth... having a shorter jack will allow more space
in the cubby, for storing 9 inch tall quarts of oil and atf... oh.. gee keep
forgetting about those 4 ton jack stands...