Best way to lift a Radical high enough to work on
Discussion
Some of you guys must have come up with a really smart and fast way of lifting your cars. There must be a better way than using a quicklify in combination with hydraulic floor jack. I was even thinking about using a high lift pallet jack but the arms are not quite long enough. Scissor lifts are not low enough. 4wd baloon lifts are too unstable. Love to hear how you do it. How does Radical do it at their workshop?
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Bioba a single hi-lift pallet truck is not suitable for something as long & wide as your Radical, if by chance you managed to hit the balance point the slightest movement will end up with your car smashed & yourself rather dead underneath it.....
Put an RSJ in your garage then use a chain block & sling from the roll bar or invest in a garage lift / pit / or a handy helpful fellow competitor with a tail lift.
Put an RSJ in your garage then use a chain block & sling from the roll bar or invest in a garage lift / pit / or a handy helpful fellow competitor with a tail lift.
Guys - of course I would place supports under the car before contemplating getting underneath it! I only want to use the scissor pallet jack to lift the Radical to the right working height.
Unfortunately putting an I-beam into my garage ceiling is not an option - it's kind of an "indoor" garage LOL
Unfortunately putting an I-beam into my garage ceiling is not an option - it's kind of an "indoor" garage LOL
BertBert said:
You lift from where the forward stays meet the rollbar with two straps.
Works fine at the circuit (apparently
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Bert
We have had bodywork damaged around the cutouts for the forward bars lifting this way. Works fine at the circuit (apparently
)Bert
I have been taught to lift with a strap around each vertical bar (the ones that the head rests attach to)
Each to their own though.
BertBert said:
You lift from where the forward stays meet the rollbar with two straps.
Works fine at the circuit (apparently)
Bert
We have had bodywork damaged around the cutouts for the forward bars lifting this way. Works fine at the circuit (apparently
)Bert
I have been taught to lift with a strap around each vertical bar (the ones that the head rests attach to)
Each to their own though.
XG332 said:
We have had bodywork damaged around the cutouts for the forward bars lifting this way.
I have been taught to lift with a strap around each vertical bar (the ones that the head rests attach to)
Each to their own though.
I've had plenty of bodywork damaged too, but that's before I get recovered I have been taught to lift with a strap around each vertical bar (the ones that the head rests attach to)
Each to their own though.
Seriously though, not had it damaged at the track or at home!
Each to their own
Bert
I had a trip to the factory recently and watched them lift my car onto a support frame with wheels on it that they had obviously fabricated a few of so they can wheel the cars around easily. Very neat.
To lift the car they used a frame on wheels that they placed with the supports either side of the car. In the centre they had an electric hoist and used a webbing strap to lift the car from the roll bars as described, i.e. where the forward stays meet the hoop. No damage done.
When I finally get around to building my nice new garage I'll be getting an RSJ and a hoist of some sort.
To lift the car they used a frame on wheels that they placed with the supports either side of the car. In the centre they had an electric hoist and used a webbing strap to lift the car from the roll bars as described, i.e. where the forward stays meet the hoop. No damage done.
When I finally get around to building my nice new garage I'll be getting an RSJ and a hoist of some sort.
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