[flash]

yeah - that's pretty much what i figured - won't work here with this floor in place - i'm going to have to wait - oh well, i'm almost done with setting up car anyway

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[Richard]

[quote name='flash' date='Feb 27 2006, 03:53 PM']oh well, i'm almost done with setting up car anyway

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I had a good chuckle reading that line!

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[Ryan]

    Took a shot of the TROLLY . Not great shot, but you get the idea. A small hook on the front bottom of the troly goes into the receiver shown on the lift.

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[968bill]

Yellow Freight called me yesterday informing me the lift was at their depot (just ordered it 2/21!). Thanks to whoever recommended NOT getting it delivered to the house unless you have a forklift sitting around, very good advice. I fetched it with my mid-size landscape trailer and when I got it home it took me about 1 1/2 hrs. to get it out of the trailer, about an hour of that was just getting it off the pallet while it was still on the trailer since the lift wasn't going anywhere while it was on that pallet! It took several assorted pieces of lumber and some creative engineering to get it in my garage. Lemming is absolutely correct that this thing is a chore to move, I'm going to need to devise a robust dolly arrangement to move it out to the driveway! I will be getting the AL sheets to go under the rollers asap as I can see why it would make paths in the concrete.



Thanks again for the heads-up on the price drop, after 3+ years I finally have my lift.

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[Lemming]

Congrats, the lift will make life soooo much better.

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[Ryan]

Bill,



Use the German Shepherds like sled dogs to help move the thing around.



I picked mine up from the dock where I work. I used a forklift to drop it on a tire in the back of my pickup. I used the tire again as a stop at home when I slid it down a couple 2x4s onto the garage floor. I used my tractor as a tow vehicle to pull it out. I did it all by my lonesome so it was fun.



Get ready for all your car buddies.

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[968bill]

Just an update:

About a month ago I found a place in town that would sell small qty. cut to order AL pieces, I had them make (2) 12" x 84" x 1/4" thick pieces to go under the roller portion of the lift. It works great! I haven't tried using the lift on the driveway yet but I think it will work great on my "Seashell" concrete driveway.



I did pick up a 48" x 2" x 1/8" strip of steel (and heavy-duty castors) from Home Depot that I'm going to use to make a sort-of U-bolt shaped dollys to put under the "not-lifted-by-pump/dolly" end of the lift to help get it in and out of the garage and further out on the driveway. I'll make then test them and if they work I'll post pictures of it when I'm done.



So much to do, so little time.

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[Bob Kovacs]

This is an older thread that's pretty much all talked out but I want to mention that I have a Kwiklift (www.kwiklift.com). This is a ramp system that you drive the car onto, then jack up the low end. Once the low end is high enough, there is a leg on each ramp that drops down for permanent support. Once lifted and supported, the car is about 20 inches up in the air, which is high enough for me to get under it on a creeper. You will need a floor jack that can lift at least 22 inches or so.



I've had my Kwiklift for about 2.5 years and it has been great. I've replaced exhausts, swapped transmissions, done numerous oil changes, worked on brakes/wheels and done suspension work. The ramps are wide and strong enough to support a jack. I also got the accessory "bridge," which is a very sturdy steel beam that runs between the ramps. I can position it under the front wheels and jack a wheel up from under the car.



Driving the 968 up it is no problem at all -- there is no scraping. My neighbor's 2001 Corvette did scrape the chin spoiler but it's pliable rubber and there was no damage or deformation. (We installed a "skip-shift" eliminator kit in his 'Vette, took pictures and wrote it up for Corvette magazine!) I leave a car parked on the Kwiklift at all times (in ramp mode with wheel chocks), so it does not consume a space in my garage.



Obviously, the Kwiklift does not lift a car high enough to get another car underneath. It also must be installed on concrete and the instructions warn against using it on asphalt. However, it's been great for working on cars and it's certainly made me popular with my neighbors. I've done one mod to it: I got two 10-foot long strips of non-skid material from Home Depot, the kind of stuff you use on stair treads, and ran a strip down the center of each ramp. That eliminated wheel spin while climbing the ramp. (Kwiklift sells these non-skid strips but it was much cheaper at Home Depot.) Two guys can move the Kwiklift in seconds but it would be tough for someone to move it alone. However, minor adjustments are easily done by one person.



Anyway, that's what I use for a lift. It's not the answer for everyone and it may not be the perfect solution, but it works well for me. I paid around $1,400 and I think versions start around $1,100.



--Bob

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[flash]

i like it - quick question though - how do you lift the car off the lift to remove the tires? i see the center section, with jack stands and bottle jack, but how do you actually lift the car? where does the bottle jack go?

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[Bob Kovacs]

[quote name='flash' date='May 23 2006, 10:37 AM']i like it - quick question though - how do you lift the car off the lift to remove the tires?  i see the center section, with jack stands and bottle jack, but how do you actually lift the car?  where does the bottle jack go?

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There's two ways to jack it up to get a tire off. One is to place a jack on the ramp and raise the car using the standard jack points. I've done this a couple times and it works fine. The other is to use the "bridge" beam, which spans the underside of the car from ramp to ramp. You can then put a bottle jack (or even a small floor jack) on the bridge and jack up underneath the car. I sometimes use one of the suspension points to jack the car up.



--Bob

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[Ryan]

A lot of money for using your own jack. The Bend-Pak mid-lift unit takes the car to any height up to 48" and supplies hydraulics and a power unit all for this cost delivered. I park over mine, but have to use 2 - 2x10s because my car is lowered.



Nothing against your stand Bob, it is nice, Just seems pricey for what you get.

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[flash]

one of the things i like about it though is the ability to leave the car on its wheels - this is great for making suspension adjustments, where the car needs to sit on its wheels, which is something i am doing a lot of



that lift would actually allow me to make an alignment jig

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[Bob Kovacs]

[quote name='Ryan' date='May 23 2006, 11:04 AM']A lot of money for using your own jack. The Bend-Pak mid-lift unit takes the car to any height up to 48" and supplies hydraulics and a power unit all for this cost delivered. I park over mine, but have to use 2 - 2x10s because my car is lowered.



Nothing against your stand Bob, it is nice, Just seems pricey for what you get.

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There's no one thing that works perfectly for everyone and the Kwiklift does most of what I wanted in a lift. I already had the jack, so there was no extra expense. I don't have the ceiling height to go much higher and it's a snap to work on exhausts and driveshafts (and I've done both on my Subaru). The Kwiklift also works where there is no power. Also, I can stand on the ramp to reach something from the top of the engine bay as someone else is working below -- it is very easy and sturdy to stand on when lifted, and I do this a lot.



Anyway, different solutions for different needs.



--Bob

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[Ryan]

Anyway, different solutions for different needs.



--Bob

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True That! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[flash]

lol - yup - that's why i've had such a hard time deciding - i also like that it can be taken apart easily and stored - this makes it a nice option for the next garage where i will have a full height lift, and could keep this in a corner if i needed a second one (which actually happens)



i'm definitely going to be looking into this more

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