4 post car lift at home..........
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Has anyone fitted a used 4 post lift at home? Been offered a very good deal on a refurbed bradbury 8.
However I'd have to pay to get it taken down and delivered to me. Has anyone done this? Who did you use? What would it cost?
Sorry for all the questions. Basically it means I can lift my car into the roof space, also use it to lift bikes upto the boarded section.
However I'd have to pay to get it taken down and delivered to me. Has anyone done this? Who did you use? What would it cost?
Sorry for all the questions. Basically it means I can lift my car into the roof space, also use it to lift bikes upto the boarded section.
944fan said:
I've always wanted one. Don't have the space.
Sticking points will be. Who is installing it? Do you really trust yourself with 1.5 tonnes of car over you?
Also I think they need a 3 phase power supply, which you wont have. Not sure how much they cost.
I'm going to get a company to remove and install so no issue.Sticking points will be. Who is installing it? Do you really trust yourself with 1.5 tonnes of car over you?
Also I think they need a 3 phase power supply, which you wont have. Not sure how much they cost.
No worries at all about a car being over me, they have safety lockouts.
I've got 3 phase power as I've got a rotary phase converter I use for a lathe/mill etc.
Howitzer said:
I thought this was the benefit of a 4 post lift, they could essentially be free standing unlike a 2 post lift which needed to be fully secured?
Dave!
That is true and why I said 'some' lifts. Two posters are more severe anyway because there's fewer posts to share the load without the cantilever aspect. Dave!
Actually I'm only envious of the opportunity to have a lift of any sort - my garage has insufficient headroom for any that I've seen to date.
motco said:
blade7 said:
What is it being bolted down to ?
That's a very good question because some lifts need atypically (of domestic garage floors) deep and solid flooring to bolt down on to resist the stresses of cantilever forces.Could you dismantle it yourself? That way you will know how it goes back together.
Might involve borrowing something like a forklift or telehandler to manoeuvre the posts and a trailer to carry the lot.
Ask a manufacturer what specs the floor needs to be. A core drill could be used to see what you have got.
Might involve borrowing something like a forklift or telehandler to manoeuvre the posts and a trailer to carry the lot.
Ask a manufacturer what specs the floor needs to be. A core drill could be used to see what you have got.
blade7 said:
motco said:
blade7 said:
What is it being bolted down to ?
That's a very good question because some lifts need atypically (of domestic garage floors) deep and solid flooring to bolt down on to resist the stresses of cantilever forces.Edit. The Bradbury 8 is a ramp type lift with rigid cross members carrying the ramps. Therefore there is no appreciable cantilever stress. Below is what happens with a two post lift that carries the car by its sills is not properly installed!
Edited by motco on Monday 20th July 14:19
So to bump this thread.......
I've had one quote so far, of £400inclusive to remove, deliver and rebuild with a few new bolts etc. This is for a lift 100miles away. I think thats not to bad? I've found a few really tidy bradbury 40 series lifts for £600, so £1k all in for a used(tidy) working lift. Seem about right?
I've had one quote so far, of £400inclusive to remove, deliver and rebuild with a few new bolts etc. This is for a lift 100miles away. I think thats not to bad? I've found a few really tidy bradbury 40 series lifts for £600, so £1k all in for a used(tidy) working lift. Seem about right?
I'd want to spec the bolts/studs and fixing material carefully. Any guidance from the manufacturer?
Also think carefully about the electricity supply; I wouldn't want to cut through the slab. It sounds like you want to install it next to the mezzanine so can it be routed that way.
At a stab in the dark your prices sounds OK.
Also think carefully about the electricity supply; I wouldn't want to cut through the slab. It sounds like you want to install it next to the mezzanine so can it be routed that way.
At a stab in the dark your prices sounds OK.
TA14 said:
I'd want to spec the bolts/studs and fixing material carefully. Any guidance from the manufacturer?
Also think carefully about the electricity supply; I wouldn't want to cut through the slab. It sounds like you want to install it next to the mezzanine so can it be routed that way.
At a stab in the dark your prices sounds OK.
Where it would sit, a lead would go straight to the rotary phase converter, so no slab cutting. It would go in the open bay here...Also think carefully about the electricity supply; I wouldn't want to cut through the slab. It sounds like you want to install it next to the mezzanine so can it be routed that way.
At a stab in the dark your prices sounds OK.
Bradbury are getting back to me with the right spec of bolts etc, the company I've spoken to would supply these in the price and warrant them.
Where I have dropped a bk is on the lift, I'm pretty sure the hydraulic post extends as the lift rises, so I need to see/measure where that post would go and if it clears the pitch of the roof. If I was any good at maths i'd do it using trig
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