I don't fancy driving the car onto fixed wheelstands so I wondered if
there are scissor types available where you drive the car over them,
then jack them up and insert a safety bolt or something. Any ideas
what to Google for? I tried a few terms, but Google just floods me
with everything under the sun (as per usual).

By the way, I only need these for the back of the car. (Yes, I know I
could jack the car up normally, then put axle stands underneath, but
modern cars often don't have anywhere safe to place the stands, hence
wheelstands should be safer.)

MM

On 16/07/2011 19:23, MM wrote:
> I don't fancy driving the car onto fixed wheelstands so I wondered if
> there are scissor types available where you drive the car over them,
> then jack them up and insert a safety bolt or something. Any ideas
> what to Google for? I tried a few terms, but Google just floods me
> with everything under the sun (as per usual).
>
> By the way, I only need these for the back of the car. (Yes, I know I
> could jack the car up normally, then put axle stands underneath, but
> modern cars often don't have anywhere safe to place the stands, hence
> wheelstands should be safer.)
>
> MM

Ramps are OK. If you are nervous, get a pair of the longer shallow angle
ones intended for sports cars. That said, a proper garage lift is on my
lottery list, together with the swimming pool...

MM <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I don't fancy driving the car onto fixed wheelstands s

You still seem to be running away from answering the question of how
manyu children you have brought up. Surely an expert on childcare would
remember how many children they have?

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Trigger
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote


>http://www.car-lift-cn.com/car-scissor-lift.html

Even someone without engineering knowledge can see that the legs will be
the first bit to collapse on that design, especially as a medium size
car is circa 1200 Kg and the car lift is rated at 350Kg (static load?)

It's not something that I would use to work UNDER a car.


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Alan
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Steve Firth wrote:
> MM<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I don't fancy driving the car onto fixed wheelstands s
>
> You still seem to be running away from answering the question of how
> manyu children you have brought up. Surely an expert on childcare would
> remember how many children they have?
FFS give it rest Firth!

On 17/07/2011 07:23, Alan wrote:
> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Trigger
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
>
>> http://www.car-lift-cn.com/car-scissor-lift.html
>
> Even someone without engineering knowledge can see that the legs will be
> the first bit to collapse on that design, especially as a medium size
> car is circa 1200 Kg and the car lift is rated at 350Kg (static load?)

By the length and width, you'd be using two or four of these at a time.

Four at a time and each will be seeing only 1/4 of the total weight -
ignoring any weight differential between front and rear of the vehicle.

Two at a time, and it'll probably less, as lifting one end (or even one
side) of the car will transfer weight to the grounded end/side.

> It's not something that I would use to work UNDER a car.

No. I'd not want to use them either, they just don't look right do they?
Although they are presumably designed and tested to well over the rated
load.

SteveW

On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:23:14 +0100, Alan wrote:

> >http://www.car-lift-cn.com/car-scissor-lift.html
>
> Even someone without engineering knowledge can see that the legs will be
> the first bit to collapse on that design, especially as a medium size
> car is circa 1200 Kg and the car lift is rated at 350Kg (static load?)

But each wheel won't have 1200kg on it just a fraction but I agree
the legs do look like bits of pressed steel. It will also need a
smooth surface for the legs to rest on as they will need to come
together as the lift rises and it appears to be pneumatic rather than
hydraulic.

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Cheers
Dave.

On 2011-07-16, Newshound <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Ramps are OK. If you are nervous, get a pair of the longer shallow angle
> ones intended for sports cars. That said, a proper garage lift is on my
> lottery list,

Have a look on eBay - they aren't that expensive. The real pain is that they
usually have 3 phase motors.

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Sing, for song drives away the wolves.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
MM <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I don't fancy driving the car onto fixed wheelstands so I wondered if
> there are scissor types available where you drive the car over them,
> then jack them up and insert a safety bolt or something. Any ideas
> what to Google for? I tried a few terms, but Google just floods me
> with everything under the sun (as per usual).

Well, you're still going to have to drive onto those - so what's the
difference? They'd also by nature be heavier than a fixed type - and
decent fixed types are already quite heavy/bulky. If you don't like
driving up the steep slope, ones with a more gradual one can be found.
If the problem is the car pushing them along, fix some rubber matting to
the bottom.

> By the way, I only need these for the back of the car. (Yes, I know I
> could jack the car up normally, then put axle stands underneath, but
> modern cars often don't have anywhere safe to place the stands, hence
> wheelstands should be safer.)

Generally anywhere near a suspension mount will be strong enough to take
the weight. Use some decent wood to protect things.

--
*If you think this van is dirty, you should try having sex with the driver*

Dave Plowman (E-Mail Removed) London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 16/07/2011 22:23, Newshound wrote:

> Ramps are OK. If you are nervous, get a pair of the longer shallow angle
> ones intended for sports cars. That said, a proper garage lift is on my
> lottery list, together with the swimming pool...

Visions of a car parked and floating haphazardly (air beds?) in the
middle of a swimming pool have swum into my head, dunno why...

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Ah, has me alarm clock gone off yet?

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Adrian C