Bought a Scissor Lift
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philw696
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Definitely as you have full access and height for the underside of the car.
Have used them all over 40 years on the tools and 2 post the most useful.
4 post for 4x4 and commercial vehicles.
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Scissor lifts makes working on sills problematic and often stops gearboxes being dropped
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You can get 4-post lifts that give you a wheels free option, I guess this is the optimal compromise if you can only have one and are storage orientated over spanners. Personally my only issue with the two post I have is I could use another couple of feet of space each end to be able to get all the motors centre of gravity spot on and still be able to open the doors easily.
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You just use a jacking beam. I’ve only ever used 4 post lifts, I like the ease of just driving on.
allandwf
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A lot have a centre cross bar, this one doesn't
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For working on 2 post is definitely the way to go as you have more access, but I worry that for medium / long term storage having the car mounted on 4 mounting points with the suspension & wheels hanging free is not ideal. I will have the space to have one of each but I still feel 4 post is better suited to my needs
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Morning all. I’m really jealous of you guys that have lifts. My back definitely deserves a break from crawling around under cars, but more to the point I went to the funeral of a mate last year. He’d died under his car. Poor guy, and no fun for his wife when she found him. Please be careful out there (Hill Street Blues style.)
I have a number of cars and have use of a lift when I really need one but I feel guilty asking to borrow it. Don’t want to take the pi55. I am very limited on height and space but could lift cars 1m max which would make life much easier. However, some of my cars, 60’s onwards, can be lifted from the sills/jacking points but older ones with leaf springs are awkward and have lifting points at the front and back.
A drive on platform scissior lift would probably suit me best. Can you then use jacks on the platform to lift the car up so that the wheels are free to be removed?
I have a number of cars and have use of a lift when I really need one but I feel guilty asking to borrow it. Don’t want to take the pi55. I am very limited on height and space but could lift cars 1m max which would make life much easier. However, some of my cars, 60’s onwards, can be lifted from the sills/jacking points but older ones with leaf springs are awkward and have lifting points at the front and back.
A drive on platform scissior lift would probably suit me best. Can you then use jacks on the platform to lift the car up so that the wheels are free to be removed?
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very very risky imo and an accident waiting to happen, A BIG NO FROM ME ON THAT, if you have a good plot have thought about a proper 2 post or 4 post ramp fitted outside somewhere
allandwf
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Wheels hang free on a scissor lift. Engineering out a problem that doesn't exist.
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Marco07
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That’s the type, yes. Can do most of what I want with those except ‘wheels off’ jobs.
L2S, can you share a link for that one please?
thanks.
Marco07
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Actually, just found it. https://www.automotechservices.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/AS-8250P-spec-high.pdf
With the jacking beam I think that’ll do me fine. Thanks.
anyone got any experience of these?
With the jacking beam I think that’ll do me fine. Thanks.
anyone got any experience of these?
lifes2short
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i haven't had experience in those, but a good quality one should be just as good/safe as a 4 poster and you can always get 2 jacking beams to safely get all 4 corners wheel free, not sure if Raviglioli do one but if they do then that would be top quality
lifes2short
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rav do and this looks the business
Oneball
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No experience but I’d want to see some sort of approval certification rather than just a CE cut and paste sticker that I think is in the wrong format anyway. ISO, TUV, BSi.
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My lift is an Automotecservices and it is a very solid bit of kit.
I’m not sure why you are going for that ramp and then another device to lift it to remove the wheels. If you get one which you drive over it’s a doddle to get the wheels off, or leave them on and do whatever. And save £2k.
I’m not sure why you are going for that ramp and then another device to lift it to remove the wheels. If you get one which you drive over it’s a doddle to get the wheels off, or leave them on and do whatever. And save £2k.
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I've got one of these:
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I use the 4 post mainly for parking/storage with occasional works when works required lends better for the 4 post.
The scissor is great for quick wheel, brake, suspension jobs but also gives decent height to get underneath to do works. I have gone safety first which was.more important to me. Both have mechanical locks and the scissor I feel happy underneath as it rises then drops back into mechanical locks. I like the full base plate for extra strength/safety.
If I were doing it all again....and hopefully I will be at some point I'm going to do things differently. I would have smaller 4 posts for parking/storage then a 2 post and a scissor for day to day works.
The 4 post if a bit of a beast and has tons of height and width. I'd probably go less high and wide if I did again on 4 post as you don't need it. However the price differential is that much really.
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I use the 4 post mainly for parking/storage with occasional works when works required lends better for the 4 post.
The scissor is great for quick wheel, brake, suspension jobs but also gives decent height to get underneath to do works. I have gone safety first which was.more important to me. Both have mechanical locks and the scissor I feel happy underneath as it rises then drops back into mechanical locks. I like the full base plate for extra strength/safety.
If I were doing it all again....and hopefully I will be at some point I'm going to do things differently. I would have smaller 4 posts for parking/storage then a 2 post and a scissor for day to day works.
The 4 post if a bit of a beast and has tons of height and width. I'd probably go less high and wide if I did again on 4 post as you don't need it. However the price differential is that much really.