Car lift. I made up my mind.

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pittsburghracer

pittsburghracer

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Well like I said in an earlier post age and health finally is catching up with me. As much as I loved my Kwik-Lift I could no longer handle the weight of it when building, taking apart, and storing it. You guys suggested many great options some again being to heavy and bulky. I made up my mind after talking to the guy that came up
With “Lift Stands” which go from 9 to 14 inches. When I told him I wanted as close to the 20 inches that my Kwik Lift was. He then said if you order a set message me and I can tell you how to gain another 3 inches up to 17 inches. So I ordered them, messaged him, and bought the wood I figured he used. They arrived Friday so I spent a little time on them Saturday and finished them up today. This is what he made up.
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Wood and I have an agreement that I don’t mess with it and it don’t mess with me. But with a circular saw, my Makita hand grinder, and a couple drills I got it made up.
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They look pretty solid. I'm to the point where even those would not be a help.
 
Looks like a good solution, easy to move and store. Can / do you use them on the "frame" or solid structure as well?
 
Those are pretty cool and look solid. Also look stackable for storage. Somebody is going to make money on that idea.
 
Thanks for the info. That is similar to what I built for home wheel alignments to mount turn tables.
Tho mine are much cruder.
 
67Dart273 said:
I'm to the point where even those would not be a help.
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I fell into a rabbit hole when I saw the OP's initial post about the lift and those stands, and was ready to buy a mid-rise lift, then I realized it's not raising the car that's hard, it's the getting up and down off the floor that's killing me. :) I would need a full height lift to make a difference.
 
Well I was under the car just doing a few things prepping the transmission to come out and this is going to work out great. As much as I loved my old set up it gave me a boxed in feeling, was kind of a catch all for me to set stuff on, and blocked shoplight from getting under the car. I also always had to get in and out from the front of the car.
 
pittsburghracer said:
So at 66 years old I should spend 25000.00 to level the land, build a building, wire, heat, concrete, pay higher insurance, higher taxes??? I don’t think so.
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How about just making four decent-sized footers outside, one for each corner post of a 4-post lift? Although you'd have a dirt floor under the car, that would be far cheaper than $25k...
 
DrCharles said:
How about just making four decent-sized footers outside, one for each corner post of a 4-post lift? Although you'd have a dirt floor under the car, that would be far cheaper than $25k...
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I live in Pa. it gets cold here. I’m fine guys honest. The day I can’t do my own work it’s time to quit and I’m not there yet. For less than 600.00 I’m back in the game and I sold my old lift for 800.00
 
As Don Henley sang, "How bad do you want it? Not bad enough..." :D
I've worked in a stiff breeze and low teens temps as recently as two winters ago. Admittedly uncomfortable even with shirt/jeans, a hoodie, coveralls and gloves.
But then again I'm much younger (60) :p
Yes, I know it gets really cold in the 'burgh. I went to grad school at Pitt in '96-'98 :rolleyes:
 
DrCharles said:
As Don Henley sang, "How bad do you want it? Not bad enough..." :D
I've worked in a stiff breeze and low teens temps as recently as two winters ago. Admittedly uncomfortable even with shirt/jeans, a hoodie, coveralls and gloves.
But then again I'm much younger (60) :p
Yes, I know it gets really cold in the 'burgh. I went to grad school at Pitt in '96-'98 :rolleyes:
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I worked for three years at a gas station that pumped gas, not self service (our record was 58000 gallon in a week) and then 33 years in a steel mill that was along the Allegheny River that would get colder inside the building than it was outside. My son didn’t believe this till he started doing fork truck repair on the road. Well Johnny don’t have to work in the cold anymore so Johnny don’t.
 
pittsburghracer said:
Well I was under the car just doing a few things prepping the transmission to come out and this is going to work out great. As much as I loved my old set up it gave me a boxed in feeling, was kind of a catch all for me to set stuff on, and blocked shoplight from getting under the car. I also always had to get in and out from the front of the car.
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So from the floor to to the bottom of the rocker how many inches off the floor is car? Also did you jack up each corner of the car at a time to place them? I need something like this. I have 8 ft ceilings. The Kwik lift looks cool, I just can't justify th cost. It's $2k shipped for me.
 
plumkrazee70 said:
So from the floor to to the bottom of the rocker how many inches off the floor is car? Also did you jack up each corner of the car at a time to place them? I need something like this. I have 8 ft ceilings. The Kwik lift looks cool, I just can't justify th cost. It's $2k shipped for me.
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I lifted up the car from the middle with my long reach Harbor Freight jack and easily put them under both tires even with the extra three inches I added with the wood fixture. Then because I had to Jacks there I used both Jacks to jack it up the additional 5 inches. In the video I posted he uses one jack si the choice is yours. Not sure in the total height to the rocker but as you can see it’s up there
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I have jackstands under the rear axle and purposely left it a little lower so it makes it easier getting the transmission in and out from under the car on my transmission jack. I always install the converter and tie it back in place with string so it can’t come out of the pump.
 
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