jeffw
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 12:46 PM |
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New toy - scissor lift
Went and bought something I've been meaning to get for years. A scissor lift. Need to sort out a set of low ramps and a set of high axle
stands plus a drill that will drive it but it seems to work well.
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bi22le
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 12:55 PM |
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Why would you want axle stands when you have the lift?
Is that one of the tilting bad boys, looks pretty smart?
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 01:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Why would you want axle stands when you have the lift?
Would you be willing to risk your life underneath it ?
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jeffw
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 01:10 PM |
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I wouldn't be prepared to risk life and limb either. Plus as you say it tilts.....so you need to keep it stable with something.
[Edited on 6/5/13 by jeffw]
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beaver34
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 01:22 PM |
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looks good, what costs are these?
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bi22le
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 01:31 PM |
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Yup, good point. I just would of thought you could trust it. The only reason I use axles stands for jacks is because its THAT unstable.
Just thought it looks planted enough with good enough contact on the car to not slip.
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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scudderfish
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 01:43 PM |
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They have a locking pin once tilted, so as trustworthy as the axle stands. If you've got the pivot point approximately under the centre of
gravity then if it did fall the actual load dropped on you would be relatively small as it would be mostly balanced by the other end. You can change
the tilt one handed so the forces involved are not great.
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jeffw
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 02:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by beaver34
looks good, what costs are these?
Thick end of £500 delivered.
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jeffw
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 02:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
They have a locking pin once tilted, so as trustworthy as the axle stands. If you've got the pivot point approximately under the centre of
gravity then if it did fall the actual load dropped on you would be relatively small as it would be mostly balanced by the other end. You can change
the tilt one handed so the forces involved are not great.
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Very true, I'm still playing with the balance point. What drill do you use for this?
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 04:51 PM |
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I have a sudden desire to dust my welder off, and start fabricating!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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bi22le
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 05:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
I have a sudden desire to dust my welder off, and start fabricating!
Ill have one if your making, a nice drive straight over one would be nice, thanks. 
For £500 you can make yourself a nice little earn too.
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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jeffw
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 06:07 PM |
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If you did a fixed width one that was kit size you could do it cheaper than what I spent. The pads are pretty substantial and you would need to find
a way of making it articulate with the car on it.
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hobbsy
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 08:36 PM |
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Was this from CJ Autos (?) or somewhere else?
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jeffw
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 09:15 PM |
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someone else off ebay.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 09:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
They have a locking pin once tilted, so as trustworthy as the axle stands. If you've got the pivot point approximately under the centre of
gravity then if it did fall the actual load dropped on you would be relatively small as it would be mostly balanced by the other end. You can change
the tilt one handed so the forces involved are not great.
A bit too flimsy for my liking lifting a light car OK but anything heavier.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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blakep82
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| posted on 6/5/13 at 10:01 PM |
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hmm, i wonder about an old pallet truck, either to lift under a wheel, or just under the chassis, maybe not particularly high, but could sort of work?
or be modified with some ingenuity to make a reasonable height car lift type thing? can't say i've ever really needed to get under my car
yet though really. only time was to put the fuel line in the tunnel
i'd like a cheap, smaller way of doing something like this
[Edited on 6/5/13 by blakep82]
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jeffw
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| posted on 7/5/13 at 04:57 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
They have a locking pin once tilted, so as trustworthy as the axle stands. If you've got the pivot point approximately under the centre of
gravity then if it did fall the actual load dropped on you would be relatively small as it would be mostly balanced by the other end. You can change
the tilt one handed so the forces involved are not great.
A bit too flimsy for my liking lifting a light car OK but anything heavier.
I certainly wouldn't use it to lift my Jag but the kit is fine.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 7/5/13 at 06:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
hmm, i wonder about an old pallet truck, either to lift under a wheel, or just under the chassis, maybe not particularly high, but could sort of work?
or be modified with some ingenuity to make a reasonable height car lift type thing? can't say i've ever really needed to get under my car
yet though really. only time was to put the fuel line in the tunnel
i'd like a cheap, smaller way of doing something like this
[Edited on 6/5/13 by blakep82]
True Story Alert.
A six wheel version of a lift of that style once caused a major problem at an airport not a million miles from where you live.
A fire appliance was on the lift when an insurance inspector spotted a major crack in one of the lifting arms and condemned the lift immediately
leaving the fire appliance up in the air. As an airport cannot operate to it licence conditions unless it has x number of fire appliances of
specified class the airport had to cancel flights of heavy aircraft until another airport a few mikes down the coast rented them a fire tender.
[Edited on 7/5/13 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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