"davedave1111" (davedave1111)
10/21/2013 at 19:00 • Filed to: None
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"davedave1111" (davedave1111)
10/21/2013 at 19:00 • Filed to: None | 2
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I'm not sure about need, but there's a lot of want. Tilting car lift. £450.
http://www.cjautosheywood.co.uk/3in1.shtml
vdub_nut: scooter snob
> davedave1111
10/21/2013 at 19:12 |
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This looks super safe.
Brian, The Life of
> davedave1111
10/21/2013 at 19:26 |
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Huh. It used to be when a car did that on a lift, somebody really messed shit up.
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davedave1111
> vdub_nut: scooter snob
10/21/2013 at 19:33 |
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I wondered about that, so I looked at the details they have there. Any possible construction-quality issues aside, I think it actually is a pretty safe design. I don't think you're supposed to lift the car at the balance point and then try to pivot it like a see-saw. If you want the back lifted, you put the jack under the car somewhere behind the balance point, then raise it, keeping the front wheels on the ground all the time - or the other way around for the front, obviously.
Still, I completely agree, it looks like something's about to go horribly wrong. Don't think it is, though.
Dogapult
> davedave1111
10/21/2013 at 19:43 |
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I like it, but their web site doesn't tell you how it attaches to hold the car in place if you're tilting the car.
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davedave1111
> Dogapult
10/21/2013 at 19:59 |
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Just gravity, I think. I'm not quite clear how the wheels on the lift work, but I assume they're retractable. In that case I'd want to chock whichever car wheels were on the ground just in case, but then nothing should move once it has weight on it - same as axle stands wouldn't. Even at the higher lift angles, most of the weight is still going straight down.
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Dogapult
> davedave1111
10/21/2013 at 20:22 |
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I guess. it's hard to justify because I bet the shipping on something that was big and already $600US or more would be insane.
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davedave1111
> Dogapult
10/21/2013 at 20:30 |
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It's a bit steep... bdum-tish
You'd want to find a US stockist, I'm guessing. Seems to be Chinese made, or if not, there are Chinese copies. Like I said to someone else, looks like the website I linked to belongs to someone who brought a containerload of various lifting stuff over from China. If there's no-one doing that in the US already - check ebay - you could make yourself some money.
http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/tilti…
$200-odd each, minimum order of 10. Shipping from China by sea isn't expensive even if you pay top rate for smaller quantities and to have a freight handler take care of things.
GRawesome
> davedave1111
10/21/2013 at 20:48 |
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Does the 450 include the fancy drill in pic 2 for activating the lift? If so, NP.
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davedave1111
> GRawesome
10/22/2013 at 06:44 |
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I don't know how you can tell it's a fancy-pants drill from there :)
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GRawesome
> davedave1111
10/22/2013 at 08:11 |
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I have a finely tuned drill eye, I can spot a quality drill from a quarter mile, at dusk, in a blizzard.
Bruno Martini
> davedave1111
10/22/2013 at 12:35 |
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Yah looks totally safe. Ill take my chances with a set of ramps.