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Re: [Fot] portable single post lift

To: Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] portable single post lift
From: Ponostyle via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 14:19:06 -1000
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Six feet with a single post portable lift? Ah, no thanks. I have a two =
post (like the one that dumped the car in the pic) and I only trust it =
when I=E2=80=99ve shaken the crap out of the car without any wiggling. =
Even then, I am damn careful when I=E2=80=99m under the thing.=20

Bill Babcock
Beach Bum
bill@ponostyle.com
https://www.Ponostyle.com

> On Dec 3, 2021, at 1:13 PM, Terry Sopher via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
>=20
> Hank - Lifts are hard to come by right now, based on recent =
searches=E2=80=A6 My buddy had to move his shop and leave his lifts when =
he lost his lease=E2=80=A6new space is great but lifts were 3 months out =
from time of order=E2=80=A6Even w/ Snap-on!
>=20
> FWIW - I really like my quickjack for most anything I do.  It isn=E2=80=99=
t as good as a true 2-post, 4-post, etc., but you can run a creeper the =
length of the car, unlike a scissors jack, I=E2=80=99m talking Spitfire, =
TR250, =E2=80=9867 Porsche, etc.!  The 5k or 3.5k models both fit =
between our LBC cars=E2=80=99 wheels.  They run about ~$1200.  I got =
mine used 1x at a Porsche swap meet for 1/2 price of new.  Local MG club =
guy just sold one NIB, for less than new=E2=80=A6missed it by a day!  =
Definitely worth looking on multiple sales lists too!
>=20
> Best, Terry
>=20
>> On Dec 3, 2021, at 12:36, Henry Giffin via Fot <fot@autox.team.net =
>>=20
>> =EF=BB=BF
>> FoT, I am again getting serious about getting a single post movable =
lift.  I=E2=80=99m looking for the one that rolls under the car (not the =
ones with full ramps).  I believe I saw one where the part that goes =
under the car folds up to allow stowage against a wall.  Looking for 6 =
ft or more of lift.  I went on line but couldn=E2=80=99t find it (I =
can=E2=80=99t find much!). =20
>>      Thanks in advance for your help, Hank
>> =20
>> Hank Giffin
>> 757-375-1491
>> =20
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Six =
feet with a single post portable lift? Ah, no thanks. I have a two post =
(like the one that dumped the car in the pic) and I only trust it when =
I=E2=80=99ve shaken the crap out of the car without any wiggling. Even =
then, I am damn careful when I=E2=80=99m under the thing.&nbsp;<div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
<div><b class=3D"">Bill Babcock</b><br class=3D""><i class=3D"">Beach =
Bum</i><br class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:bill@ponostyle.com"; =
class=3D"">bill@ponostyle.com</a><br =
class=3D"">https://www.Ponostyle.com<br class=3D""></div>

</div>
<div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Dec 3, 2021, at 1:13 PM, Terry Sopher via Fot &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
charset=3D"UTF-8" class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"caret-color: =
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" =
class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D"">Hank - Lifts are hard to come by =
right now, based on recent searches=E2=80=A6 My buddy had to move his =
shop and leave his lifts when he lost his lease=E2=80=A6new space is =
great but lifts were 3 months out from time of order=E2=80=A6Even w/ =
Snap-on!</div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; =
font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; =
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: =
none;" class=3D"">FWIW - I really like my quickjack for most anything I =
do. &nbsp;It isn=E2=80=99t as good as a true 2-post, 4-post, etc., but =
you can run a creeper the length of the car, unlike a scissors jack, =
I=E2=80=99m talking Spitfire, TR250, =E2=80=9867 Porsche, etc.! =
&nbsp;The 5k or 3.5k models both fit between our LBC cars=E2=80=99 =
wheels. &nbsp;They run about ~$1200. &nbsp;I got mine used 1x at a =
Porsche swap meet for 1/2 price of new. &nbsp;Local MG club guy just =
sold one NIB, for less than new=E2=80=A6missed it by a day! =
&nbsp;Definitely worth looking on multiple sales lists too!</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; =
font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; =
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: =
none;" class=3D"">Best, Terry</div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"caret-color: =
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On Dec 3, 2021, at =
12:36, Henry Giffin via Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
style=3D"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: =
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: =
normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: =
0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">=EF=BB=BF<d=
iv class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1;"><div =
style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt;" class=3D"">FoT, =
I am again getting serious about getting a single post movable =
lift.&nbsp; I=E2=80=99m looking for the one that rolls under the car =
(not the ones with full ramps).&nbsp; I believe I saw one where the part =
that goes under the car folds up to allow stowage against a wall.&nbsp; =
Looking for 6 ft or more of lift.&nbsp; I went on line but couldn=E2=80=99=
t find it (I can=E2=80=99t find much!).&nbsp;<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 14pt;" class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks=
 in advance for your help, Hank<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt;" class=3D""><o:p =
class=3D"">&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in; =
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Hank =
Giffin<o:p class=3D""></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">757-375-1491<o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; =
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><o:p =
class=3D"">&nbsp;</o:p></div></div><span =
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