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Lifting on the shocks is not recommended (although done). Best cut a piece of radiator hose to fit over the frame rails by the shocks so that the load is on the frame rails not the shocks. BTW - H-D makes orange frame protector that do the same thing but split radiator hose works fine too.
I have the orange HD Frame Protectors also and they work great.
I tried thehacksaw to custom fit them to the frame,
but it was a lot easier when I switched to a razer knife (box cutter).