Might be old news and if so I apologize, looks kinda handy though... http://www.carlift-ramp-mr1.com/
There have been versions of that on the market for a few years. They actually are handier than you think. On a similar vein I used Gibbon Wheel Stands when I ***embeled the touring. You would not think 18" or so would help but it did!
A lot less expensive to construct your own than to buy and import that from the UK. Design looks good, I could use one in my garage.
OK, so now you have a ramp, still need a floor jack to lift the ramp, and stands to hold the ramp up. Still can't get the wheels off. For me ( & it may be different for you) it just makes more sense to have 4 stands and do it the old fashioned way. Or is
You can't get that high with stands. Plus it seems safer. I have been working on a similar design and plan have a small ATV winch mounted to the front to pull a car onto the ramp.
I have stands that will lift a car very close to that height. I'm not seeing that ramp as being much of an improvement over jackstands.
Once your car moves under it's own power those are great, Body work at eye level, door fitting, wheel clearance issues, ect.
geez...even most shops have two kinds of lifts - ch***is lift and the wheel lift (such as the product under discussion). You guys coming up with reasons that this doesn't work need to think about the ramp equipment and its inherent stability compared to four jack stands. Who hasn't been scooting around under their car and gotten nervous when someone drives near what you're working on.... This ramp setup has its use - quit whining about what it won't do and focus on the convenience factor.
I have never found that to be a convenient height for working on a car. It's probably OK for the fast(er) oil change or something but otherwise not so useful. Jackstands are quite safe when used properly, and they even allow you to remove a tire. Yawn.
Here's the American version. They are out of business now but you can buy them used, cheap http://www.racingjunk.com/Other/2665440/KWIK-LIFT-FOR-SALE.html
Couldn't of said it better myself! Tires or 'tyres' as they spell it are still touching.I don't see the point of it at all
that's just it, it is not convienient. looks like it would be big, heavy and in the way most of the time. I got 8 jackstands under my workbench out of the way. I've been doing this for a while now, and never had an incident with jackstands. never got nervous when somene drove near me. never felt unsafe under a car due to jackstands. if you think those are money well spent then go for it. I bet I spent less on my 9,000 lb lift than a set of those cost.
i quess it would have it's uses, but as said it will be in the way more than it would be useful. money better spent on two "good" jacks and 8 jackstands AND a couple car ramps.
you all have seen those type of racks at the used car dealers. they are even higher off the ground, where the car sittin at a high angle. thats what ive been lookin at. but i think id still rather have a 2 post lift.
2000.00 ish and you are limited to 3300lbs, 59" track and 106" wb @ 14" high in this design. Let's go shopping https://m.northerntool.com/northern...ck+-+2-Ton,+Model#+TR20005N&productName=false 529.00 for pro 36" lift jack. https://m.northerntool.com/northern...Id=160816&categoryId=&path=&productName=false 179x2 = 360. Less than 900.00 with no limits until 2 tons per axle. That leaves 1000-1200 buck to cover jacking the other half of the car up decided by how many times you do it.
Around the time I was 35, I promised myself I was done lying on my back under cars. This came around the time I made so many In/Outs mocking up a 250lbs trans. that I couldn't lift my head for a day due to fatigued neck muscles. The guys who own Mohawk are A-holes, and I've heard they have since cheapened their product, but there is no lift like a Mohawk. Note the Made in USA sticker, too. Twice as much $$$ as a Rotary and 5X the quality.
My buddy Rick (Hamber FlamedChevy) has a Kwik-Lift, it's actually kinda handy. He leaves the front up, so you just drive up on it... You don't always have to jack up the rear, IE, for oil changes, replacing a starter/fuel pump/oil pan gasket, etc. it also has a 'bridge' so you can jack up the front or rear wheels while its on the ramp. When it's not being used he just parks one of his hot rods on it - no wasted space. He does have a good sized shop, but the lift never seems to be " in the way" although it my be tight in a typical 2 car garage - like mine... If I had a little more room and could find one local for under a grand I'd probably bite. Just food for thought,
I picked up a Kwik Lift a while back for $500. it still had the factory wrapping on it, with the powder coat. Haven't clean he garage out enough to use it but I think it'll come in handy when I do. later jim
How about those car trailers with open centers?there would be some coss members in the way ,but you could use it as a trailer also.
Pretty cool design. But if I were building one, I think I'd design it so more than just one bolt in shear stands between me and death. I'd design it so that if 1 bolt fails, the ramp is still supported by its stand. As designed it's tragedy waiting to happen, in my opinion.
Um, not all cars have the drainplug in the same place. My daily has the plug at the rear and drains best with the front higher In an ideal world you would have a two post lift AND a wheel lift. If you have not used one there are so many things a lift like this can do. They can serve as a frame table, you can tack braces to them, you get to set a car you are working on at ride height, try that with a two post lift.
Any kind of lift is advantageous and they all have drawbacks depending on the the application. Years ago (35+) when i was a fledging bodyman, I wondered how we ever got by without a Wards 2 Ton Floor jack which at the time was $99.99 on sale when my dad bought it. Previously I was using a bottle jack at every wheel to place a jackstand to take wheels off or work under, weld in rockers. ect. My shop/garage has a drive over center ramp lift that will raise car 2 feet and I LOVE it the older I get. My dads shop has a couple similar and a center pedestal/in ground lift we can walk under. I can see where the ramps shown would be handy.
I made these wheel stands a couple of years ago, I feel it was time well spent. I looked at the drive on ramp lifts but determined the ramp would be in the way and without a running car it would be very difficult to push a 3,000 lb car up the incline. When not in use I just stack the wheel stands in a corner.
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