MOVEABLE 4 POST CAR LIFT
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Hi Guys.
Is there anyone on here that can recommend a good 4 post moveable car lift? it must be able to lift 3t to a max height of 2.4 m.
the reasons are that I have now installed a mezzanine floor in my garage and wish to use the lift to move cars upstairs. obviously the lift will be anchored to the mez floor so it wont move when pushing the cars off.
any help/advice will be gladly received.
thanks
Ian
Is there anyone on here that can recommend a good 4 post moveable car lift? it must be able to lift 3t to a max height of 2.4 m.
the reasons are that I have now installed a mezzanine floor in my garage and wish to use the lift to move cars upstairs. obviously the lift will be anchored to the mez floor so it wont move when pushing the cars off.
any help/advice will be gladly received.
thanks
Ian
All seem to be made in China so that's where I bought mine from. Had to pretend I was in the garage trade though. Ever-Eternal is the brand name. Obviously had to install myself, needed help and (at least) an engine hoist, which is what I used, but ideally a forklift. Simple enough to do but very very heavy the treads are made of steel not ally.
Incredibly useful bit of kit, currently in service for the resto of a Merc SL.
Oh re movable - it's not movable with any load on it you'd have to be crazy to even contemplate this. It definitely needs to be securely bolted down when in use.
Incredibly useful bit of kit, currently in service for the resto of a Merc SL.
Oh re movable - it's not movable with any load on it you'd have to be crazy to even contemplate this. It definitely needs to be securely bolted down when in use.
Looking at your setup I don't think a normal 4 poster is ideal. As previous you really do need to bolt it down in every position before you use it, highly impractical in your case as from what I see you need a new position per car.
You may need to get imaginative if no off the shelf solution exists.
I'm thinking in terms of the entire 4 poster being bolted to a plate metal frame which moves with the lift. Or something of the sort to keep the legs securely perpendicular and correctly spaced.
You may need to get imaginative if no off the shelf solution exists.
I'm thinking in terms of the entire 4 poster being bolted to a plate metal frame which moves with the lift. Or something of the sort to keep the legs securely perpendicular and correctly spaced.
I have looked into all the possible problems and am fully aware of the way in which a movable 4 poster should be operated.
OK so to go back to original question..........Is there anyone on here that can recommend a good 4 post moveable car lift? it must be able to lift 3t to a max height of 2.4 m. I have contacted the 2 that were recommended and neither of them do a movable lift capable of 2.4m in height, but thanks guys for the replies. looks like I may have to get a manufacturer to build a special for me.
Thanks
Ian
OK so to go back to original question..........Is there anyone on here that can recommend a good 4 post moveable car lift? it must be able to lift 3t to a max height of 2.4 m. I have contacted the 2 that were recommended and neither of them do a movable lift capable of 2.4m in height, but thanks guys for the replies. looks like I may have to get a manufacturer to build a special for me.
Thanks
Ian
yes that was a thought however the size of the counter balance to be able to lift the cars is so big it will not allow easy passage across my supper dooper resin floor and may scuff it.
anyway I do need a 4 poster in there but do not want to bolt it down as it will restrict the capacity of vehicles I'm able to fit in, so it seems to make sense to kill 2 birds with one stone..
However thanks a bunch for your suggestion.
anyway I do need a 4 poster in there but do not want to bolt it down as it will restrict the capacity of vehicles I'm able to fit in, so it seems to make sense to kill 2 birds with one stone..
However thanks a bunch for your suggestion.
You need to not only get the vehicle up to the mezzanine level, but also get it onto the mezzanine off the lifting device safely. As I see it you have two options, 1 would be a static lift at one end of the mezz and then put the cars on transverse rollers & hand push them along the mezzanine. The other would be a car lifting cradle like the clampers use: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QUICK-LIFT-CAR-RECOVERY-...
The frame for a clamping / removal wagon that will work off a hiab or fork truck. I think you will need the hiab lorry to give you sufficient counter balance when placing the car on the mezz. The advantage is the lift vehicle will stay parallel to the building's main access and you won't need to be on the platform to move the car. That said, with some kind of a clamper's hoist it's not just the weight and height you need to consider, it's the radius from the centre of lift to the car's final location on the mezzanine that will make it overly complex & costly. In your circumstances I would go for the fixed lift and rollers as you may not have the head room for the hoist under the roof pitch over the mezzanine deck..
I have to ask though, why didn't you (or your designer) consider a gantry crane spanning the garage if you wanted to use the mezzanine deck for vehicle storage and the ability to place & get vehicles directly from their location on the mezzanine? Also, if they / you didn't consider this originally I would get an independant check done to ensure the mezz deck and main slab has sufficient structural capacity to do what you now want to do. So you don't end up with this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mil...
http://www.mkweb.co.uk/AUDI-ROOF-COLLAPSE-Aerial-p...
Part of my job is managing machinery movement projects, feel free to PM me if you want a more detailled discussion.
The frame for a clamping / removal wagon that will work off a hiab or fork truck. I think you will need the hiab lorry to give you sufficient counter balance when placing the car on the mezz. The advantage is the lift vehicle will stay parallel to the building's main access and you won't need to be on the platform to move the car. That said, with some kind of a clamper's hoist it's not just the weight and height you need to consider, it's the radius from the centre of lift to the car's final location on the mezzanine that will make it overly complex & costly. In your circumstances I would go for the fixed lift and rollers as you may not have the head room for the hoist under the roof pitch over the mezzanine deck..
I have to ask though, why didn't you (or your designer) consider a gantry crane spanning the garage if you wanted to use the mezzanine deck for vehicle storage and the ability to place & get vehicles directly from their location on the mezzanine? Also, if they / you didn't consider this originally I would get an independant check done to ensure the mezz deck and main slab has sufficient structural capacity to do what you now want to do. So you don't end up with this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mil...
http://www.mkweb.co.uk/AUDI-ROOF-COLLAPSE-Aerial-p...
Part of my job is managing machinery movement projects, feel free to PM me if you want a more detailled discussion.
To answer your points, the mezzanine floor is designed correctly to accept the required weight of the cars,all the structural requirements were ascertained before the building was designed and built. the use of a crane gantry would be not only be useless, ugly and very invasive in the building, the only reason that I asked the original question is because the company who was to be supplying the required movable 4 poster is not now able to supply.
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