Vacuum advance

nm9,
I think the casters on that model automatically disengage when the platform rises just off the bottom.They use the platform weight to lift the corners. And they can be disengaged to not engage at all.
IIRC
I know, but that is not all of it: not being bolted down puts all the forces keeping the posts vertical at the slide joint between the columns and platforms. That puts higher stress on those joints and the area on the vertical posts where they ride, and with those inexpensive lift systems, a jammed pulley or slide point or a cable off a wheel will put even more stress at those points. These are not heavy duty lifts by any means.