[Fot] The garage mahal

[Geoff Byrne]

Amici

I'd love a lift but not enough height in my garage . Have any of you guys 
come up with a simple way of raising the car to waiste height in one 
operation without jacking one end then the other . I have limited room and 
find it a pain to progressively jack each end to get the TR6 up so i can 
work under it. I have thought of ramps but they get in the way and Id have 
to start the car which i do not want to do . Any suggestions
Geoff Byrne
TR6 Racer Down Under

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Babcock" <Billb at bnj.com>
To: "Robert Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>
Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] The garage mahal


> As usual (for me), I started with a loose plan and deviated as i went
> along. the third stand i built is completely different from the first-- 
> and i made them all the same day. The pad is about eight inches--just
> a section of square tube placed sideways--and it has a larger lip
> welded across each end to retain the frame rails.
>
> all the stands are H section, the first ones were coupled together by
> a long telescoping and locking center pole. The last one i built has
> each stand independent. Both approaches work fine.
>
> I also made two lever lifts to raise the car high enough to put the
> stands under. It's effortless as long as I have enough room for the
> lever. The lever lifts are curved rocker rails that hook under the
> frame rail ends. as you reach the end of the rocker there's a stop you
> bump over, and then the car rests on the bump until you get the stand
> in place. I can actually lift both ends sequentially by taking the
> lever handle out of the rail assembly and sticking it in the second
> one, but when you lift the second end it pushes back against the
> rocker rails and skids them backwards. Hasn't fallen yet, but it's
> spooky, so I do one end, put a stand under, do the other, stick a
> stand under and connect the coupling rod (if it's one of the first two
> stand setups)
> On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Robert Lang wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Did you build the roller stands from a plan? I see the basic "H"
>> design, but I'm curious how they attach to the frame. How big is the
>> "pad" that the frame rails set on?
>>
>> It would seem to me that if the individual frames weren't attached
>> to the frame the pads should pretty long so the car wouldn't fall
>> off when you lift the opposite end by any large amount.
>>
>> Just curious. I have some under wheel dollies that I use, but the
>> roller stands have a great deal of appeal to me.
>>
>> regards,
>> rml
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