[Fot] jacking

[Steven Preiss]

Geoff (et all)
I'd be happy to be able to raise the frame 20 inches off the floor with just
two jackings. How do you do this?!
Steve P.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Byrne" <gkbyrne at optushome.com.au>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] The garage mahal


> Amici
>
> I'd love a lift but not enough height in my garage . Have any of you guys
> come up with a simple way of raising the car to waiste height in one
> operation without jacking one end then the other . I have limited room and
> find it a pain to progressively jack each end to get the TR6 up so i can
> work under it. I have thought of ramps but they get in the way and Id have
> to start the car which i do not want to do . Any suggestions
> Geoff Byrne
> TR6 Racer Down Under
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Babcock" <Billb at bnj.com>
> To: "Robert Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>
> Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] The garage mahal
>
>
> > As usual (for me), I started with a loose plan and deviated as i went
> > along. the third stand i built is completely different from the first-- 
> > and i made them all the same day. The pad is about eight inches--just
> > a section of square tube placed sideways--and it has a larger lip
> > welded across each end to retain the frame rails.
> >
> > all the stands are H section, the first ones were coupled together by
> > a long telescoping and locking center pole. The last one i built has
> > each stand independent. Both approaches work fine.
> >
> > I also made two lever lifts to raise the car high enough to put the
> > stands under. It's effortless as long as I have enough room for the
> > lever. The lever lifts are curved rocker rails that hook under the
> > frame rail ends. as you reach the end of the rocker there's a stop you
> > bump over, and then the car rests on the bump until you get the stand
> > in place. I can actually lift both ends sequentially by taking the
> > lever handle out of the rail assembly and sticking it in the second
> > one, but when you lift the second end it pushes back against the
> > rocker rails and skids them backwards. Hasn't fallen yet, but it's
> > spooky, so I do one end, put a stand under, do the other, stick a
> > stand under and connect the coupling rod (if it's one of the first two
> > stand setups)
> > On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Robert Lang wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Did you build the roller stands from a plan? I see the basic "H"
> >> design, but I'm curious how they attach to the frame. How big is the
> >> "pad" that the frame rails set on?
> >>
> >> It would seem to me that if the individual frames weren't attached
> >> to the frame the pads should pretty long so the car wouldn't fall
> >> off when you lift the opposite end by any large amount.
> >>
> >> Just curious. I have some under wheel dollies that I use, but the
> >> roller stands have a great deal of appeal to me.
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> rml
>
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