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Unread 11-22-2008, 11:54 AM   #1
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personal opinion!
someone posted this picture, of a lift,....great impressive shop..but
that looks like an EXCELLENT WAY to have a car pre- set -up too fall off a lift, look at it this way,simple geometry says supporting each corner is far more stabile than ballancing the car fron the center even if the total foot print of the 4 jack stands was only equal to the single lift base, the lift is far less stabile than a quality jack stand placed under each corner of the car and you would be out of your mind to place the car that high on jack stands that are not anchored down,,so why would a lift thats not anchored down and less stable be a good option, one good shove and that cars over on its side, that and the fact theres little or nothing gained in access under the car with that lift, over 4 12 ton jack stands once the tires clear the floor by a few inches, and you can easily use a mechanics creeper to access most of it


http://kwiklift.com/commercial.htm

http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/....php?f=27&t=98

at least with these two designs the base is wide enought to be more stabile




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Unread 11-22-2008, 12:32 PM   #2
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Great looking wheels on the '67, beautiful garage and yeah, one little shove on the C5 and it would be a mess. Would not want to do any work under the car with that lift.
Thanks for the info.
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grumpy,
i have a kwiklift and love it. stores flat when i dont need. set up and drive on in 5-10 mins.
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Man, I sure wouldn't want to be underneath a car on a lift like that trying to torque some heavy duty bolts and putting some oomph into it. Once a car starts falling, there won't be much you can do except to try to get the hell out from under it, QUICKLY!
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heres my lift , but you might be surprized at the number of times I still use 4 12 ton jack stands under my vettes and a mechanics creeper, those quick lifts are great when ceiling clearance is an issue, ive used a freinds several times
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Man,,, That garage in the first picture is AWESOME!!!
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