The ramp I’m having made for the workshop has been completed and is in testing.
It’s taken me a long time to find the right ramp for the workshop. I definitely wanted a 4 post rather than a 2 post as I want it to be accessible from the mezzanine (which will make sense further down the build), which meant that I had to have an overly tall working height.
I looked at many options but it seemed that all 4 post lifts are made to be at around 1.8m maximum height – that’s a good height to work on a car even for the tallest tech – but I ideally needed 2.4m, and with a scissor lift underneath it would be the perfect setup.
The search took me to parking ramps, and them onto triple stacker ramps. This was my chosen selection for a long time, having the ability to have a car ‘upstairs’ and then still have an operational lift below could well have worked for me. It wasn’t the ideal solution as the bottom ramp would have meant moving things around the floor would have had the ramp in the way all the time but I could have made it work.
I reached out to a few companies about parking lifts and whether I can control the lift to stop at the 2.4m height safely. Some said no. Some said it would be special order. Some had the major issue that it was linked to the lower ramp, so they were lifted and lowered as a stack – completely useless.
Then Daxlifter stepped in. A chinese company that I actually found on AliExpress for a triple stacker that essentially was two lifts – one tall outer lift and one shorter inner lift with 2 posts in each corner. This solution is not uncommon but it is at this pricepoint.
Conversations with them direct about seeing if the outer lift could be bought on its own to give me that scissor centre lift went well, and then they offered the perfect solution – a single 4 post lift to a lift height of 2.4 metres.
This was a few months back, and I have recently received a video from them showing the ramp in testing, and then in packaging.
The next round of silliness is the import. It’s currently on a slow boat from China and expected around the end of March. I have a company helping me with the import paperwork to make things smoother, and I guess I’ll be driving to the port with the trailer and hoping someone that end will help me lift it on!
The fun never ends!
SainzFab Logo – Vinyl Stickers
The original SainzFab logo Stickers – represent.
These stickers are top quality printed vinyl designed for car windows, toolboxes or wherever else you want to stick them.
You’ll get one free with any other order from this store, but if you want more they are here, supplied as a pair.
