Help! I'm after a car lift

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I saw a 2 tonne Bentley on one of these. It looked impressive.

Any Idea who sells them ?


TIA

[Happy Jim]

CJ auto’s do a load of lifting kit, they’ve got a 2.5 tonne lift like that one

Rgds

Jim

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Happy Jim said:

CJ auto’s do a load of lifting kit, they’ve got a 2.5 tonne lift like that one

Rgds

Jim

Thanks for that Jim. Thats a distinct possibility.

Unlike the Autec that I looked at that was "Hydraulic" the CJ Autos one is "Air Over Hydraulic" and I've never come across this before.


Can anyone explain how this "Air Over Hydraulic" works ?

TIA
Paul G

[E-bmw]

I don't know specifically about these but as I work with pneumatics & hydraulics I would expect the air to initially move the ram up to the vehicle reasonably fast, as it is generally (for the same size) lower power and then the hydraulics to lift the car slower.

But don't count on that as a 100% description.

[GreenV8S]

Some of these lifts use pneumatically operated safety latches - maybe it's a reference to that.

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I think the last two posts are on a different wavelength, but thanks all the same.


Paul G

[Mikey G]

It is probably an air powered hydraulic pump.

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I went for a conventional hydraulic unit in the end.

On this occasion its the D in L's car in need of TLC and the height of garage roof is a hinderance so as its a nice sunny week I'll work outside.

At least this type of lift is portable so there are more options.

Paul G