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Nothing to do with anyone else buying a sweet new lift.This question is just timed wrong.The ad speaks of lifting the whole car/truck with extensions up to 48".I question how safe that would be.You thoughts on the matter???.
http://rochester.craigslist.org/tls/2272684698.html
Gary,Quote:
Originally Posted by 1gary
I think they may be selling the old pneumatic bumper jacks that we used to see before energy absorbing bumpers and frame jacking points became the norm, something like this? I wouldn't get under anything supported by one of them, much less two of them lifting an entire car!:eek: Getting it in the air is OK, but then you'd need some tall stands with stable bases, IMO.
I have had one of these lifts for more years than I can remember. It has a safety locking devise that takes the weight off of the pneumatics. In my opinion it is every bit as safe as jack stands.
The Rochester ad is for a pair of jacks. Would you feel comfortable working beneath a car/truck supported by one of those each side at full height? Not a big deal, just wondering.:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiliesafari
Quick answer is, yes. I've never used it at full height. It was always too high to be comfortable. And I never used it on the side of the car. Always at the end. Jack at one end and jack stands at the other. A picture with the add would have been a help. I don't recall what the safe load rating is but I always felt OK with it.
The ad seems to suggest it being used as a car lift substitute.One thing that came to mind was you going back and forth raising each side to the next lock height.I would think that would be a high risk move.Then it at full height and the type of base it has,might not be the best move.I have used these in the past,but not to lift a car off the ground one on each side.There is one other ad for just one of them and is priced at $175.Maybe not a bad pc of equipment to have around.
I agree with you 100% Gary!
Anything that lifts by a lever type means always wants to push away from the saddle end,(the casters roll as you jack). So I would think when you are using one of these on each side it would push away from each other,great, as long as it doesn't catch up somewhere.
I had looked into a MaxJack, portable 2-post lift,hooked together by one line, so they lift at the same time. They don't look stable enough where they park on the floor.
Brian