Good idea???

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ColG

Original Poster:

412 posts

205 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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Seen this http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/146231.htm and wondered if anyone has one or has seen one

Alan Snowling

60 posts

221 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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Col,

They look good to me, and the price seems pretty reasonable too. I've also seen a rotating system that you can drive onto and then rotate the vehicle up to 45 degrees sideways to enable work/inspection from underneath. I thought about it, but decided that gravity might still cause problems with removing heavy parts without a jack underneath it etc. My solution in the end was to dig a pit in the garage, which was even cheaper! It also gives you somewhere to dissapear into with the occasional can of beer - occasionally tapping a biscuit tin with a hammer for convincing effect!

Alan

ColG

Original Poster:

412 posts

205 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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Alan Snowling said:
Col,

They look good to me, and the price seems pretty reasonable too. I've also seen a rotating system that you can drive onto and then rotate the vehicle up to 45 degrees sideways to enable work/inspection from underneath. I thought about it, but decided that gravity might still cause problems with removing heavy parts without a jack underneath it etc. My solution in the end was to dig a pit in the garage, which was even cheaper! It also gives you somewhere to dissapear into with the occasional can of beer - occasionally tapping a biscuit tin with a hammer for convincing effect!

Alan
Cheers Alan,

Wendy (the girlfriend) walked into the garage the other day as a friend and I were sat with a beer just looking at the Taimar, she asked what we were doing and we both replied "just looking", she walked off shaking her head and muttering something about not growing up

Daftlad

3,324 posts

242 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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ColG said:
Alan Snowling said:
Col,

They look good to me, and the price seems pretty reasonable too. I've also seen a rotating system that you can drive onto and then rotate the vehicle up to 45 degrees sideways to enable work/inspection from underneath. I thought about it, but decided that gravity might still cause problems with removing heavy parts without a jack underneath it etc. My solution in the end was to dig a pit in the garage, which was even cheaper! It also gives you somewhere to dissapear into with the occasional can of beer - occasionally tapping a biscuit tin with a hammer for convincing effect!

Alan
Cheers Alan,

Wendy (the girlfriend) walked into the garage the other day as a friend and I were sat with a beer just looking at the Taimar, she asked what we were doing and we both replied "just looking", she walked off shaking her head and muttering something about not growing up
Whats this growing up thing?

ColG

Original Poster:

412 posts

205 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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Daftlad said:
ColG said:
Alan Snowling said:
Col,

They look good to me, and the price seems pretty reasonable too. I've also seen a rotating system that you can drive onto and then rotate the vehicle up to 45 degrees sideways to enable work/inspection from underneath. I thought about it, but decided that gravity might still cause problems with removing heavy parts without a jack underneath it etc. My solution in the end was to dig a pit in the garage, which was even cheaper! It also gives you somewhere to dissapear into with the occasional can of beer - occasionally tapping a biscuit tin with a hammer for convincing effect!

Alan
Cheers Alan,

Wendy (the girlfriend) walked into the garage the other day as a friend and I were sat with a beer just looking at the Taimar, she asked what we were doing and we both replied "just looking", she walked off shaking her head and muttering something about not growing up
Whats this growing up thing?
Dunno, but Wendy keeps saying it's about time I did. Seem to remember my mum used to say it also.

GAjon

3,735 posts

214 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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Your only young once.

But you can be immature forever.

John(Daftlad) i will be in touch, are you doing Oulton?

Daftlad

3,324 posts

242 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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GAjon said:
Your only young once.

But you can be immature forever.

John(Daftlad) i will be in touch, are you doing Oulton?
I'm not John I'm afarid. I need to earn some money for a project...

I'm home next week and am competing at Harewood with the Sagaris on the 26th, and am back at work Monday. Just off the phone to Ric Wood discussing engines and freshen ups/upgrades. He speaks a very different language to my engine man. Drop me an em with you phone number and I'll call you if its convenient.

John

heightswitch

6,318 posts

251 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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I prefer these ones.

more to do with the heavy sturdy construction and good price:

http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/


neil.

P100

619 posts

207 months

Friday 17th August 2007
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These look better than the ones on the first post.

I always shiver when I see a scissor jack used as they are inherantly unstable and bloody unreliable as a lifting medium!

I would only advise never to use them.

Speaking as one who has seen serious injuries caused by these poor jacks.

Cheers all

Roy


heightswitch said:
I prefer these ones.

more to do with the heavy sturdy construction and good price:

http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/


neil.