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Looking at full rise scizzor lift for my garage.

 

Will mostly be working on passenger cars and light to mid size SUV's.

 

Anyone have experience with one in their shop and if so what do you like or dislike about it?

 

I don't mind paying more for a good quality one and I don't want Chinese crap with unrealistic safety or weight ratings.

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"I don't mind paying more for a good quality one and I don't want Chinese crap with unrealistic safety or weight ratings."

 

Who knows what is made in China or USA. I once looked for a chassis dyno. I found one Chinese company that referred me to their U.S. distributor. Turned out to be Mustang dyno.

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I was browsing YouTube for scissor lifts and saw a pretty nice one made in the UK but I forget the name at the moment.

 

It was probably the most beefy scissor lift I had seen yet, probably pretty pricey but it really looked like a sturdy/safe lift.

 

I hope it is better than their auto manufacturing. UK is almost as bad as a 3rd world country, when it comes to manufacturing.

 

Getting back to scissor lifts, I found a BendPak sold thru Northern tools, but it as expensive as two post lift.

I have never used a scissor jack but it seems to me that it is inherently more dangerous (less stability) than a two post.

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Do you mind if I ask why you would want a scissor lift? I looked into them because I thought they were more economical, but as posted above, they are near the price of some two posts lifts. With a scissor lift, underneath the car is pretty limited.

 

If its for the price, I did a lot of research on automotive lifts, and many of these lifts are manufactured by the same company, but painted & sold under different labels. Example... Quality lifts are made at the same plant as Challenger, but not as expensive.

 

The lifts I just purchased are made by same company that manufactures some of the Direct Lift models.

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Hi Biff,

Are you looking for an alignment capable lift?

I can get you some info on a top quality European made scissor.

They have everything from portable above grounds to 135,000 lb

Capacity. ( Bus & Motor Home )

I am most familiar with their 14,000 lb full rise scissor alignment lift.

Matt W.

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We have one, it's great for a small footprint drive on rack. A four post is better IF you have the floor space ( we have one of those as well) .

Here is an article I wrote that may be helpful when you're looking for a lift.

 

http://www.shopownermag.com/Item/92737/is_your_used_equipment_safe_does_it_comply_to_sae_ul_ali_standards.aspx

 

Frank

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