How stupid is it, to use a pair of quad/motorcycle lifts |
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How stupid is it, to use a pair of quad/motorcycle lifts |
worn |
Sep 23 2013, 11:09 AM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,290 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I keep seeing these lifts rated for 1500 pounds that are sort of like two bars that lift to maybe 18 inches. Made for a snowmobile or a quad. I figure a bar welded on the end to parallel the cabin longitudinal/sill and lift with one of the things on each side. Might back up with jack stands but it would end the dillema of I wanna put the jack stand where the lift is, and it would lift the whole car all at once.
So. Has anyone tried it and is willing to admit it? |
oldschool |
Sep 23 2013, 09:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,372 Joined: 29-October 08 From: P-town Member No.: 9,705 Region Association: Southern California |
Get one of these.. I have one, works great.
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ben*james |
Sep 24 2013, 08:39 AM
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LIFER Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 16-February 09 From: Portland Oregon Member No.: 10,062 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Get one of these.. I have one, works great. What is that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Looks like its a nice solution. |
worn |
Sep 24 2013, 09:34 AM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,290 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Get one of these.. I have one, works great. What is that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Looks like its a nice solution. My wife is enthusiastic about my buying a floor jack and I can afford one. I know about these. It isn't the cost, it is the size. They weigh in at many hundreds of pounds, most close to a half ton. I have a one car garage that the entire houshold travels through with sacks of groceries and not looking where they go. Somehow we just can't seem to use the doors like normal people. The ceiling is 8 foot. The lifts are essentially wide body floor jacks and I have also thought of using plain floor jacks themselves, but they would be tippy. I wanted to get the car about 3 feet up to put on roller stands. I got them on jack stands as high as the pair of floor jacks would go and then here is what I did to get them up high: Not for the faint of heart - I did it alone running back and forth between the two jacks. I got the balance right by moving a bottle of antifreeze forward and back on the front lid! Here is the end result. It wasn't quite as silly as it first looks because the frames were pinned into the jack points. The sideways tipping is what the floor jacks were vulnerable to. I never even thought about moving under it, and I treated it like a horse, never taking my hand off and ready to move fast. But really, I am too old for this stuff. |
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