I'm a new member of "The Garage Journal" website, and I must say it's a blast to go through. As time goes on, I most definately will have questions to ask you all as I put together my own garage set-up at home. Tonight though, I have a question that hopefully can be answered here that will help my brother-in-law with his truck restoration project (1966 Chevy C-10 pickup). I saw somewhere, a piece of equipment that can safely set a vehicle on it's side while working underneath it. I have no idea now, where I saw it. My brother-in-law will be doing some extensive mechanical work, welding, etc. underneath the truck. He doesn't have room in his garage to intall a full size lift, so I thought this might be a good option. Has anyone seen a piece of equipment that can do what I described? If so, what is it called and who is the manufacturer? Any info out there on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Lifting a vehicle on its side to work underneath it
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Franz©
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Probably 15 or more years ago WW Grainger was marketing a lift that rotated a car about 60° onto it's side for work. I have no idea who manufactured it or how many sold.
Rust bucket restores sometimes use a rotisserie. Here's one,
http://www.accessiblesystems.com/bul/bul.php
http://www.accessiblesystems.com/bul/bul.php
trovato
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You mean like this?
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=21187&itemType=PRODUCT
Unfortunately, it says "unavailable".
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=21187&itemType=PRODUCT
Unfortunately, it says "unavailable".
jbrown183
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...or like this?
http://www.accessiblesystems.com/etfiles/et.php
http://www.accessiblesystems.com/etfiles/et.php
I think the equipment I saw in the past was from Accessible Systems, that "Danglerb" posted a website link to. Thanks very much for that information, "Danglerb" and thanks to the others that replied as well. I've now passed the information on to my brother-in-law.
PanelDeland
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Give your brother this web addy.
http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/index.php
He will find more info on his truck there than anywhere else in the world.
http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/index.php
He will find more info on his truck there than anywhere else in the world.
mpraddict
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nova65ss
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boiler7904
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When I read the title I immediately thought of this guy!
That's the first picture that I thought of too - you just beat me to it.
goodfellow
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I worked in Indonesia for a while and that picture is about par with what you see everyday. I've seen guys weld on the street with homemade arc welders, barefooted, in the rain and standing in three inches of water -- incredible.
kbuhagiar
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I would love to hear from someone who has actually used one of these contraptions (and lived to tell about it)...
Rotisserie is typically for a bare chassis. I think somebody had one with a car on it at the Long Beach Hot Rod swapmeet a few weeks ago. I suspect they are at most of the big shows, really no other way is practical with a rusting hulk.