Trolley Jacks & Hoists, what you got?

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Iv got a HAPP 35 2 post hoist

 

will laft 4T up to 1.8M heights and cost me $2100 delivered

 

was great till the day it spat a litre  of hydrolic oil on the ground from a ram, took the Rams out and got them both rebuilt, $450 later and it’s great again

 

can not complain, except the week it was out of action and cost me $450, I certinly complained that week

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Full height Tufflift 2 post.

[MichaelParticipant VY Calais 383ci GT42 turbo. View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 208]

My garage roof is 3000mm high. I’ve found a few hoists that are around 2850mm overall height and 1900mm lifting height.

Not sure if that will be too high.

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

1900mm is perfect height to work under a car

 

I lifted my garage roof to 3M height to fit my hoist in it

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Unless you get a $4000+  good brand hoist you can be pretty sure anything under $3000 is goin to be Chinese and probley using very similar Rams and electric hydrolic motor

 

for $2000 any of them are great value even if you are unlucky like me and blow a seal witch is just unlucky and honestly my hoist has coped a proper flogging and done its fer share of work before that seal went so I really was not surprised when it did go

[SSEN8R VS #1081Participant Brisbane, North Side\'97 VS II HSV Senator 185i View build HERE Member since: March 16, 2015 Posts: 227]

santa is bringing me the cusco ramps… i couldn’t justify it to myself, but when ppl kept asking me what I wanted for xmas…

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[MichaelParticipant VY Calais 383ci GT42 turbo. View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 208]

vs manta 218 wrote:

1900mm is perfect height to work under a car I lifted my garage roof to 3M height to fit my hoist in it

I’d be worried that the roof of the car could hit the garage roof if I’m not paying attention.

[BTS666.0Participant rockhamptonVZ SS stroked, turbo, t400...... View build HERE Member since: March 12, 2015 Posts: 78]

i have a el-cheapo from repco or something. and a borrowed one off a mate i have been using for quite awhile. Hopefully will have a shed built next year and will be getting a hoist then.

...so I said "orange ya glad I didn't say banana?"........hahahaha.....hhhmmmm...pffft.....

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

BTS666.0 wrote:

i have a el-cheapo from repco or something. and a borrowed one off a mate i have been using for quite awhile. Hopefully will have a shed built next year and will be getting a hoist then.

 

Happiness is a new shed….

[dazedv3Participant VIC92 VP Calais View build HERE Member since: March 8, 2015 Posts: 31]

Whats involved in getting a garge/shed built big enough for hoists and stuff. How expensive is it and are the local councils a problem?

I’m in VIC

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

dazedv3 wrote:

Whats involved in getting a garge/shed built big enough for hoists and stuff. How expensive is it and are the local councils a problem? I’m in VIC

 

how longs a piece of string…. Heaps of info is needed. Just call a builder and get a quote. Start at 20k

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Nar that doesnt happen

 

y roof is actually 3100 mm

 

i can can go full height and not it

 

at first I was was always conscious but then I measured and realised it can not hit it, Iv got a niko mark on my hoist so  I only just get above my last safety latch and is about 80mm from full height and still got about 130mm clearance

 

Iv had mates freak out when I’m lifting it and start the yelling out to me to stop lol

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

An ex mate of mine used to use my Hoist all the time, I didn’t know at the time but he was raising it fully and leaving the car’s weight on the rams as the last safety catch was too low for him…

Of course it blew a seal.. Tufflift were good and replaced it free of charge even though it was out of warranty and I explained what had happened..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

With mine if I have the car pointed with the rear at the roller door end its real close to hitting touching the wing at full height.  I scored one of those cheapy domed mirror things, and mounted it up so when I am at the lift controls and raising the car I can see across exactly how the close the roller door is to touching the wing.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Mine runs a lot of stuff over the top so the floor is flat, it has a safety cutout bar with a micro switch, I’m guessing it’s for Vans or double decker buses or something, nothing I’ve owned comes close..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

^now thats a hoist….

[Piston 304Participant SAVN 5L, VP Inter. View build HERE Member since: April 29, 2015 Posts: 52]

I’m on the Arcan train. Great jack.

 

[Slow355Participant Victoriahectic spec 355 vs ss ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 322]

Bitch please 

Can work on her here on a super low jack

or here

The benefits of the old man been a mechanic, retiring ten years ago leaving the factory fully set up and me with the keys lol

munch munch ls1s for lunch
Best 1/4 mile 13.1@105mph 60ft-1.8sec Reaction time .8 sec 0/100-4.8sec

[Slow355Participant Victoriahectic spec 355 vs ss ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 322]

dazedv3 wrote:

Whats involved in getting a garge/shed built big enough for hoists and stuff. How expensive is it and are the local councils a problem? I’m in VIC

Well unless you are on good terms with the neighbours you will need a permit as you do with any permanent structure. Been that you would also need a 3m plus high shed would also need planning permits and need to comply with set backs from boundaries.

Before you get any grand ideas of simply building a shed the local council love to use satellite images to check on people building without permits. Not to mention if installing a hoist you would want reinforced pads where hoist is sitting as would be some decent point loads on the slab i would think. I had to reinforce a slab just for a rollar dyno

munch munch ls1s for lunch
Best 1/4 mile 13.1@105mph 60ft-1.8sec Reaction time .8 sec 0/100-4.8sec

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