Recent content by centipede

bryanrak: Roll pins are a common part, I believe, so if you mangle them getting them out it's no big deal. Do use the appropriate size drift/punch. Possibly penetrating oil.

bryanrak: Comes to these roll pins, sounds to me like you are just going to have to use a heavier hammer (possibly heat too). No manuals yet. I'd even take French manuals (I'd translate them word by word). If I get some I'll post the news.

Do you have any manuals on the Unic CM-3BD? Do you know where I could find them online (or on sale)?

This thing is a BEAST! 1400lbs! More than 8 ft over the lifting "tines." I was trying to figure out how to get the lifting tines/forks out of their sockets. Pulled 2 pins and they would not budge even after I hammered on them. Too bad. With the forks out this would be a lot more compact.

Unfortunately, all the youtube videos just seem to show the Unic in operation. Yes, the justanswer site is worthless. They are just trying to make money off of us (Unic owners).

I've done some internet detective work (I'm better at this than actual work). I've found that American lift and tool manufacturer BendPak either made or rebranded a Unic pallet jack lift type design that was sold under the designation "ML-6." It looks almost identical to the American Unic CM...

American Unic "The Lift People" seems to have been a lift company that blew away as dust in the early 90s leaving virtually no record of its prior existence. One post lift, rolls around on 3 wheels kind of like a pallet jack (VERY heavy). I bought one this weekend for $600. It works, but...

I hadn't thought of that. That would most definitely work "in a galaxy far, far away."

I just bought a "vintage" American Unic CM-3BD 240V car lift. IT WORKS! It is incredibly heavily built, but it rolls around like a "pump jack." I know it has a max cap of 6600 lbs (data plate). The company that made/sold it was American Unic out of Fredricksburg, VA. American Unic appears...

You COULD use the Unic Strongman to lift the car, and then place 4 tall jackstands.

You can use a pair of (larger) monkey or auto wrench(es) as a vise to hold a board or sheet of plywood perpendicular to the floor or ground.