Scissor lift

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cooberpedy

87 posts

152 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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Well, quite a wrong picture in the above post....biggrinvomit


this is how it should look like.coolcoolcool

djb222

67 posts

125 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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So it do fit.

Nice ikasawak Green

V8Dom

3,546 posts

201 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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cooberpedy said:
Well, quite a wrong picture in the above post....biggrinvomit


this is how it should look like.coolcoolcool
really???

omg the front wheels are resting ontop of the front arms and the rear arms in the middle of the car!!!

it looks like the rear of the car is totally unsupported by the arms , and the straps tied from the roll cage to the 2 posts helping hold it up...

god that looks dangerous or is it my eyes deceiving me?

Dom




Edited by V8Dom on Thursday 4th December 17:40

djb222

67 posts

125 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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staggered posts with a little assistance from David Copperfield......

UltimaCH

Original Poster:

3,155 posts

188 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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Looks like the post are not anchored to the floor (dangerous I imagine), but I don't understand why the wooden blocks under the forks to stop the lift going all the way down yikes

cooberpedy

87 posts

152 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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V8Dom said:
really???

omg the front wheels are resting ontop of the front arms and the rear arms in the middle of the car!!!

it looks like the rear of the car is totally unsupported by the arms , and the straps tied from the roll cage to the 2 posts helping hold it up...

god that looks dangerous or is it my eyes deceiving me?

Dom
hi dom,
the last is the case.
It's an optical illusion and in no way dangerous at all!
The car rests well supported on the arms and the straps, you mentionded, have no function.
It gets clear, when viewed from a diferent angle.



At that stage of my build, i put an additional
wooden frame under the car to give more clearance under the arms, for fixing the side pods.

cooberpedy

87 posts

152 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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djb222 said:
staggered posts with a little assistance from David Copperfield......
perhaps i should change my nickname from cooberpedy to copperfieldyhehebiggrinsilly

cooberpedy

87 posts

152 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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UltimaCH said:
Looks like the post are not anchored to the floor (dangerous I imagine), but I don't understand why the wooden blocks under the forks to stop the lift going all the way down yikes
No way, the posts are anchored.
The wooden blocks are there for safety reasons. I put them under the lifter-forks to prevent the lift from lowering while working under the car, in case of an hydraulic failure

BogBeast

1,136 posts

262 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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Curiously attracted to the green, didn't think I would be....

Nice wheels as well....

djb222

67 posts

125 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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Love the colour to, along with Burnt Orange. ( not together though)

V8Dom

3,546 posts

201 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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im looking at those wheels too. well cool... what make are they?
k

ezakimak

1,871 posts

235 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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does having a lift bring unwanted extra projects from car friends?

Storer

5,024 posts

214 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Oh yes.

And of course they want to use your spanners, air equipment, lights, heater, consumables, etc.

You also have to get used to the sayings - "have you got any XXX", "can I borrow some of YYY", "its taking a lot longer than I thought", I haven't got the parts I need but will get some next week", "you're not going to need the lift until I can get my car fixed, are you"

So beware....


Paul (bah humbug)

cooberpedy

87 posts

152 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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V8Dom said:
im looking at those wheels too. well cool... what make are they?
k
Wheels are gun metal colored OZ Alleggerita.
Front 10x18, rear 13x18.
But beware, they won't fit on standard ultima hubs.
You will need PCD Adaptors to 5x130.

cheers
Cornel[url]

cooberpedy

87 posts

152 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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ezakimak said:
does having a lift bring unwanted extra projects from car friends?
As my GTR is far from finished yet, my reply to any request is:
No problem....as long as my GTR is finished......
Apart from that it allways sits on the lift or at least between the posts.

MarkWebb

983 posts

216 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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So Maxjax have a .co.uk web address now. However tel nos seem to be USA. Anybody know if they are available in the UK yet?

djb222

67 posts

125 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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MarkWebb said:
So Maxjax have a .co.uk web address now. However tel nos seem to be USA. Anybody know if they are available in the UK yet?
Hi,

I made an enquiry last week and this is their reply

"Hi David

Unfortunately Dannmar have only just completed CE approval of the Maxjax
lifts. They needed modification to the safety locking system to comply with
the latest European regulations. The documentation is now being submitted to
the GEA for full C.E. approval.

We do not anticipate any deliveries until the new year, probably April time.

We were priced at £1695.00 + £85.00 + Vat, but we have no actual indication
of future prices as yet.

We can of course arrange delivery to your home.

The Maxjax lifts are supplied only for very easy self install.

Kind regards
Steve
Maxjax UK

They also sent me some pdf's if you're interested.

David

Swiss_Toni

412 posts

182 months

Monday 15th December 2014
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I bought 2 parking lifts from these guys www.twinbusch.de and had them delivered to Switzerland. The quality is OK, the instruction manuals are so, so. The price isn’t bad.

I also have a scissor lift (from a different manufacture) and is what I use most for working on my cars. Though I highly recommend you mount flush to the floor (you need to dig out the concrete), as it make it more useful when in use and when not in use.

Ideally you'd want 3m or more of hight.

With this I've turn garage parking for 3 cars into 6 or 5 if working on the car on the scissor lift.

No comments about the mess around, it was a quick pick before the tidy up.





Racing Roj

488 posts

162 months

Monday 15th December 2014
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Gregg
Where did you get your scissor lift and what model is it?
Thanks
Roj

Swiss_Toni

412 posts

182 months

Monday 15th December 2014
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I can't remember where I got it as it was a while ago and it was through a friend of friend here in Switzerland.

I'm sure you are spoiled for choice in the UK.