Has anyone any experience of a scissor lift or similar?

[isobars]

Hi,

I'm getting too old for crawling around on all fours or back-shimmying, (unless it's grog induced, of course).

Has anyone used a scissor lift that'll hoist a big car about five feet or so from the floor without fear of it dropping on their head?

Any mobile lift, really. I would like to be able to move it about.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Paul

 

[Palfrem]

You are talking major equipment here I think.

Essentially, you want hydraulic ramps like a garage.

 

[Sp!ke]

lots on ebay although I've never experienced any. I would avoid anything chinese.

Mobile Car Scissor Lift | eBay

 

[Mike Walker]

Was involved in the installation of one some years ago for McLaren at Woking prior to release of their first road car. V Expensive!

 

[isobars]

Hi Sp!ke and Mike,

Thanks for the tip and info.

I bought some of those drive-on ramp's which you can then further raise to about 2'6" - in old money - from the chap in Heywood. Nice fellow, does good business on Ebay and elsewhere. Spends a lot of his time in China. They weren't EU approved.

After very little use I noticed they were bowed a little on the drive up angle.
I took them back and he swapped them with the new standard which are 1mm thicker - note how I seamlessly flip from one currency to another!

I've been on them three times so far and they're still straight, though I don't dawdle on the slope, (not saying I ever did, M'Lud).

Usually in cases of all things Mechanical or Electrical, or both, I have a look at what our Good friends in the Fatherland are buying - my research has served me well for over thirty five years in finding the best way to combine water, barley and hops, for example.

I just wondered if anyone had actually had a proper experience of a portable-ish lifting piece of machinery, or it'll be First Hans experience I'll rely on - and a TuV sticker.

Cheers,

Paul

 

[mattc]

or buy the cheap chinese version and 4 Akro props to hold the load when it fails in service

 

[jaymanek]

We bought

MOBILE SCISSOR CAR LIFT / VEHICLE LIFT 3000Kg not 2 post lift | eBay

For work and its great as a spare ramp. Very well made.

 

[isobars]

or buy the cheap chinese version and 4 Akro props to hold the load when it fails in service

That'd be an Aklo Plop!!!

 

[isobars]

We bought

MOBILE SCISSOR CAR LIFT / VEHICLE LIFT 3000Kg not 2 post lift | eBay

For work and its great as a spare ramp. Very well made.

That looks the thing! Thanks.

Does that leave the wheels hanging over the edges - I can't see the measurement.

I've seen some that are slid laterally under the car.

Is 1m a high enough lift or is there a certain amount of crouching?

Did you need any accessories?



Cheers,

Paul

 

[kam05]

Do you not need 3 phase electricity to power a lift/ramp?

 

[jaymanek]

That looks the thing! Thanks.

Does that leave the wheels hanging over the edges - I can't see the measurement.

I've seen some that are slid laterally under the car.

Is 1m a high enough lift or is there a certain amount of crouching?

Did you need any accessories?

Cheers,

Paul

Hi,

Yes using a C Class as an example the wheels over hang... It lifts to a comfortable working height for an average person.. IF you are doing tyres, brakes etc.

I wouldnt really call it mobile though, its really very heavy.

The only extra's you need are some oil for it and some way of supplying electricity... You need a large plug fitting.. Doesnt need 3 phase but a normal 13A plug is not adequate.

 

[isobars]

Thanks.

So with the extended platform it might allow the wheels to be on the ramps, depending on the wheelbase.

Just need to measure the vehicles, then.

Does it need a few bit's of four by two or similar to rest on. or is it straight onto the frame?

Thanks again for the info.

Whole new world.

Cheers,

Paul

 

[jaymanek]

Ours just sits on the concrete floor...

I dont think you could get the wheels on the ramp..

 

[isobars]

Single Post Portable Lift / Car Ramp CE £2350.00 + VAT | eBay

Twice the money-ish. If the first one is safe, and it must be, is there twice the advantage?

 

[jaymanek]

Those are awesome but expensive..

Talbir has one made by Danmar I believe... Similar setup but has optional ramps which fit onto the arms so it can be made into a drive on ramp.

 

[Conquistador]

Do you not need 3 phase electricity to power a lift/ramp?

"Three phase power supply"