[Tigers] Hydraulic lifts

[Ron Fraser]

Andy
	A friend of mine has a scissor lift in his small garage, it works
just fine.  I believe it is a Snap On lift but I'm not sure.  He bought it
used from an automotive garage.

Concerns;

Min height - now and then a low car will scrap on the lift - not sure my
Tiger would clear his lift with me in the car

Lock point - his lift only locks at the full up position which is not a
problem but more lock points would be better IMO.
You would only want to be under a vehicle in the up and locked position
which generally where it is put, lower positions are used for brake jobs and
the like.

Low point - his lift sometimes goes too low with a vehicle with no tires and
he has to raise the lift slightly with a floor jack to get it to raise.  I
believe this is mainly due to the lifts age and use, possibly maintenance on
the hydraulic piston and attaching points would fix that.  This may not be
an issue with a new lift.

	My friend also has a set of 4 tire stands that let him support the
vehicle under the tires to make room to work on the underside without
removing the lift, just dropping it down.   He also constructed 4 - HD 3
foot high stands to support a vehicle higher.

Any lift will have Pros and Cons you simply need to recognize the strengths,
weaknesses to work safely around them.

Ron Fraser


-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of awtiger
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:08 AM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Hydraulic lifts


Hey, guys:

I'm thinking of adding a scissor lift to my shop.  I don't have room for a
two-or four-poster lift as the ceiling is too low, but a scissor lift will
work just fine.  The unit I'm looking at is a Bendpak MD-6XP mid-rise lift.

Does anyone out there have a scissor lift in their shop?  Can anyone give me
some guidance on the pros and cons of one of these?  I realize that by using
one of this type, I won't be able to get to the driveshaft and transmission
area, but if I have to do anything like that, I can always use jack stands.
However, for everything else, this lift looks to be about ideal for my
application.

Any thoughts?

Thanks much,
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
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