I bought myself a 10K# 2 post lift and got it installed this weekend. Now I am going to need some handy tools to go along with it. I have seen the oil drain buckets with telescoping funnels etc. what else have you found that comes in handy when using this lift? Carts, stools?
If you get a tranny jack get a good one. The cheap ones are awful and not really of use. Find a good one used and still expect to pay a few hundred for it.
I'm not trying to insult, or question your intelligence, but BEFORE you put a vehicle on the lift to work on, make SURE you confirm the safety latches are ENGAGED!!!!!! No Skool like Old Skool!
A pal has some tall sawhorses designed for his 2 post. Handy for when you gotta stand up and hold an axle or something under a car. Edit, zman is quick^^^^^^^^^^^those are what I am talking about.
and handy, no matter how good it's up there you start banging on something or yanking on something and they'll wobble. I use mine all the time.
i have the supports like zman posted a picture of, mine is like the one on the right but has a tray in it which i like alot i also bought some 36" steel piers with saddle tops (like what you would use under a mobile home or deck) that work great for supporting a rear end
We put radio speaker magnets on each of our lifts in my brake shop to hold cotter pins. Not a big thing but it was handy. We made our own adjustable props to hold mufflers and pipes out of exhaust tubing. They won't support a trans but they are lighter and quicker than the commercial screw jacks.
zman is quick indeed. in case he hasnt already said it you will need a good sturdy cart or work top box to roll under and house your tools and bolts and other parts etc
I love tool carts. Lift or not, working in shops I've been doing the tool cart for a long time.... My old cart... My newest one... In anything over a single bay shop being able to have the most used tools within reach is a great help. .
Ok so you popped for the lift so now you get to go buy a bunch of toys to make your life even easier !! You most deff need a rolling oil drain bucket, and for those heavy ass tranny jobs you'll need a rolling tranny jack, and most deff a tri pod. Now when you start working with the new lift you'll find that there's no place to put your tools. That's when I made the nifty tray for thr tri pod. And if your day job isn't hanging sheet-rock overhead you'll findout that your arms will get tired quickly !! Enjoy the new lift and work safely !!! >>>>.
A local rodder has a 2 post lift. He just dumped his never rusted, fresh nut and bolt resto'd, 64 Falcon off the lift at full height. Hit the Nose hard, tail came up high enough to damage the rear (hit stuff hanging from the rafters), came to rest on its side and was drug out of the shop. Every panel on the car sustained damage most of it pretty major. Luckily he was not under the car. He was having some minor problems with the car and had been on the lift several times that day. So my advice would be check, recheck and triple check the lift points, maybe do a little shake test when the wheels are a few inches off the ground. You can never be too safe.
Concrete wasnt rated for teh lift at a shop I worked at and 3 feet in the air a harley f-150 came tumbling down with each post crushing its sides..
The guys who installed mine tested the slab both times they put the lift up. When I first bought it and when we moved. Very important Godzilla has made it through a few carts at this point. And it is very important, here it gets over 100 quite a bit in the summer or at least hovers in the high 90's, with no A/C in the shop it's vital.
Congrat's on the lift bro, sure makes life easier. All the safety stuff is really some great suggestions. I get uneasy under cars without some safety props, please take care. ~Sololobo~
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