960kg of the finest Chinesium holding my own car over my own head!
It feels like every video I make is ‘My biggest video yet!’ but this time it’s at least definitely up there! This and those mezzanine beams are crazy!
To clarify the AliExpress claim, I had been searching for a 4 post lift for a ling time, almost as long as I’ve been in the building. The difficulty has always been that to make the best use of the space I have i need the car ramp to be the same height as the mezzanine and use it as part of the upstairs floor, so I have a workshop upstairs as well as downstairs. Hopefully that will make more sense as the videos continue.
I looked at and spoke to a fair few companies trying to find a lift that would go over the standard height if 1.9 metres, and I very almost settled for a ramp at 2.1 metres. I’m very glad I didn’t, that would have meant my mezzanine beams would be at 1.7 and I’d bang my head on them all the time.
on my search I stumbed across an idea that I had not thought of – buying a 3 car stacking lift. I could then stop the top ramp level with the mezzanine and then I’d have a bottom ramp to be able to use as a working lift. Not a bad idea at all, until I found there was two ways of doing this, either having one motor that runs both ramps as if they are chained together, or two seperate lifts, one inside eachother, doubling the cost.
While mindlessly browsing AliExpress a ramp appears. It’s cheap. Really cheap, but I look anyway and find a company called Daxlifter who list their whole range of lifting equipment on the site as well as their own. Theres a 3 car stacker and the price is in line wiht the 2 car parking lifts I’ve been looking at.
I send them an email and ask ‘Can i stop the ramp at 2.4 metres or is it only at the top?’
Within 2 minutes I had a phone call. ‘It’s Jessie from Daxlifter’ she says in English but a very strong Chinese accent We talk about how the ramps work and the height adjustment and the locking systems, and then she mentions I can have it just made to my spec – a single ramp 2.4 metres high – if that’s the best solution.
It’s the perfect solution! I email over my CAD drawings, they email some back, and within days my order was in.
It took 8 weeks to make, 2 weeks to sail over, 1 week in the port, and then the video starts.
SainzFAB Logo – Black Glossy Mug
A quality mug for your quality workshop – for those who need a coffee next to the spanners at all times.
• Ceramic
• 11 oz mug dimensions: height 3.85″ (9.8 cm), diameter 3.35″ (8.5 cm)
• 15 oz mug dimensions: height 4.7″ (12 cm), diameter 3.35″ (8.5 cm)
• Lead and BPA-free material
• Glossy finish
• NOT dishwasher or microwave safe
• Hand-wash only
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