Comments on: Product Review: Harbor Freight Hydraulic Scissor Lift http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2888  goolsbee.org, serving useless content from an undisclosed location since 1997 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2888/comment-page-1#comment-4464 vrooomie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:43:43 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/?p=2888#comment-4464 Hehehe...I'm sorry, Chuck: You say this, "...I set a new land-speed record for butt-shoulder-shuffling...out from under the creaking, swaying mass of a...Volkswagen New Beetle....", and ALL I can hear in my head, whilst visualizing said butt-shoulder-shuffling (yes, I've done that too!!) is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk11Acjofu8 Call me warped.... :D Hehehe…I’m sorry, Chuck: You say this, “…I set a new land-speed record for butt-shoulder-shuffling…out from under the creaking, swaying mass of a…Volkswagen New Beetle….”, and ALL I can hear in my head, whilst visualizing said butt-shoulder-shuffling (yes, I’ve done that too!!) is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk11Acjofu8

Call me warped….

:D

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]]> By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2888/comment-page-1#comment-4457 vrooomie Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:45:54 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/?p=2888#comment-4457 As usual, CG...excellent piece! Road & Track can't be too far off in your future, buddy! As usual, CG…excellent piece!

Road & Track can’t be too far off in your future, buddy!

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2888/comment-page-1#comment-4455 chuck goolsbee Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:14:46 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/?p=2888#comment-4455 Interesting John. It appears that the one I have seems to be an amalgam of both. The cheap one (with my item#) no longer has the lever/control cart anymore. It also seems to run only on 220V power. Other than that, they seem identical. In other eerie news, that item number is my office's ZIP code. Interesting John. It appears that the one I have seems to be an amalgam of both. The cheap one (with my item#) no longer has the lever/control cart anymore. It also seems to run only on 220V power. Other than that, they seem identical.

In other eerie news, that item number is my office’s ZIP code.

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/2888/comment-page-1#comment-4454 chuck goolsbee Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:55:03 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/?p=2888#comment-4454 Hi Sandro. Close observation of the last three photos shows the evolution of the "lumber lifts". First I used just 4x4's and some short 2x4's to 'step up'. Now I have four 4x6's with two longer 4x4's that I insert between a the pairs of 4x6's. The ends of the 4x4's are cut into wedge/ramps. The full 14" or so width of the total lumber allows me to be pretty casual about positioning. For the Jaguar the clearance is still very tight to the exhaust (E-type exhausts are VERY low), especially as the jacking points on an E-type are odd, so that the front arms of the lift are fully forward. I use three 4x4s cut to short (12") lengths as dunnage to sit between the Jaguar and the lift points. Even then you can barely fit a hand between the exhaust and the main body of the lift. The only time I bring out my jack-stands anymore is to support the Jag's IRS when it is off the ground (it isn't wise to leave it unsupported for long) and of course when I replaced the Jag's exhaust system. For that I used the lift to raise it, then setup the jack-stands, then lowered the lift leaving the car in the air. Worked pretty well. Hi Sandro. Close observation of the last three photos shows the evolution of the “lumber lifts”. First I used just 4×4′s and some short 2×4′s to ‘step up’. Now I have four 4×6′s with two longer 4×4′s that I insert between a the pairs of 4×6′s. The ends of the 4×4′s are cut into wedge/ramps. The full 14″ or so width of the total lumber allows me to be pretty casual about positioning.

For the Jaguar the clearance is still very tight to the exhaust (E-type exhausts are VERY low), especially as the jacking points on an E-type are odd, so that the front arms of the lift are fully forward. I use three 4x4s cut to short (12″) lengths as dunnage to sit between the Jaguar and the lift points. Even then you can barely fit a hand between the exhaust and the main body of the lift. The only time I bring out my jack-stands anymore is to support the Jag’s IRS when it is off the ground (it isn’t wise to leave it unsupported for long) and of course when I replaced the Jag’s exhaust system. For that I used the lift to raise it, then setup the jack-stands, then lowered the lift leaving the car in the air. Worked pretty well.

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