001Ben
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 06:00 PM |
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Garage Car Lifting Equipment
I have been looking at the various different options for lifting the car in the garage to be able to work on it ( both kitcar and tintop) and would
ideally love a 4 poster lift however room being limited I have to be sensible in what i can use. I have seen this and was wondering whether anyone
else had used it or even something similar.
http://www.levo-artis.com/index.html
[Edited on 24/3/10 by 001Ben]
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coozer
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 06:06 PM |
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Get the front end of a forklift truck. That will do it and take up hardly any room.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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lsdweb
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 06:21 PM |
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Ben
I know of one of those for sale in Lincolnshire if you're interested. It's the guy I bought my Lotus chassis from and it's in a
couple of the pictures on my blog -
here
Regards
Wyn
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 06:24 PM |
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I looked at these a while back, they would be ideal for my basement as I pretty low ceilings anyway so can't lift a car up much.
One thing that slightly concerned me is how stable the supports are; if you were underneath e.g. heaving on a big breaker bar would it be possible to
pull the car enough to tip over the supports (especially with a very light car like a Locost)?
This wouldn't be an issue if the supports were rigidly attached to the ramps, but it appears they are on pivots and simply rely on the weight of
the car and flat bottom of the supports keeping it up.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 06:29 PM |
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Take a look at the Haymer solution....
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001Ben
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 07:35 PM |
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thanks Wyn, it is worth asking how much he wants for it however there is an option to have one made at the moment.
Steve do you mean this one .....
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 07:37 PM |
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The amount of lift is more useful, but it looks like it would be a real ball ache to raise the the car by running from one corner to the next.
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iscmatt
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 07:42 PM |
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This is my rather locost way of doing it, takes about 40 mins to get it up there, one block at a time but saves a lot of bending over (lol i'm
only 22 and sound 88). I did it like this as i was fitting a new sump but i have had all the wheels on 3 blocks before. handbrake on and its solid.
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001Ben
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 07:46 PM |
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thats very locost Matt.
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AndyGT
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 09:46 PM |
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Those blocks look adequate, but if anyone copies this idea be careful that your blocks aren't of the thinner brick-side type. They can crumble
VERY easily.
I usually use so big blocks of wood...
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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lsdweb
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 09:49 PM |
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quote:
thanks Wyn, it is worth asking how much he wants for it however there is an option to have one made at the moment.
Hi Ben
If you're interested, drop me a U2U and I'll send you his email address.
Regards
Wyn
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 10:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 001Ben
thanks Wyn, it is worth asking how much he wants for it however there is an option to have one made at the moment.
Steve do you mean this one .....
That's the one.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/3/10 at 10:24 PM |
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Thought I'd seen similar before..
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=105193
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