So you want to store a car above another car but can't afford the above ^

Any ideas on locost car storage? The car on top would be stored long term and it doesn't matter if it takes a couple of hours to get it up there (as opposed to pressing a button and hearing some whirring for 30 seconds) I've got a new workshop with oodles of height and it would be great to free up some more floorspace.

Best idea wins a pie.

Easy - you just need a full size one of these

Might take more than a few hours, but you could dismantle it, and then rebuild it on the upper platform. Then when you want it down again, all you have to do is do it again.

......do I get a pie?

dig a big pit drive it in then board over it

or just use a couple of cranes lifting a platform

[Edited on 13/3/11 by oadamo]

have you got a mate with a beaver tail?

if so just build a mez floor, then drive onto the beaver tail, add some ramps and drive off onto the mez.

Otherwise do it the long way, build very long ramps up to the mez floor,..... =)

I can think of other solutions, but they mostly involve belief in steel fabrications,.. and access to winches

not a lot of help I know, but seriously, the first thing to know is how far off the ground you want the upper car?

no access to beaver tail lift, cranes, forklifts etc

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Originally posted by HowardB
the first thing to know is how far off the ground you want the upper car?

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I can think of a few but given that I think you can get one of these lifts for about £700, alternative solutions wouldn't be too far off (a few hundred quid) but would be crap in comparison. You'd need 4 winches and a lot of beefy steel. Winch the car up along a 4 post frame, then simply prop up the platform by inserting steel tubes into the posts.