Movable 2 post lift?

[Rader Rods]

Anyone ever seen one, made one, been crushed by one? I really want the "open work space" from a 2 post, but would like the mobility of a 4 post.

 

[PAToyota]

I know that there are others on the board with more experience with this than me, but I'd think that since a certain amount of their stability comes from being bolted to the floor that "2-post" and "mobile" don't often come in the same sentence without the word "don't" included in there somewhere...

 

[Aahz]

ummm....Call me nuts, call me crazy....but a two-post on wheels is suicide waiting to happen! PAToyota is right...those lifts absolutely need to be bolted to the ground! I have seen (and installed) some at trade-shows bolted to steel plates that sit on top of the concrete...but they aren't stable enough to lift a load...just run the arms up and down to prove that they function.
I remember Bend Pak had a lift, maybe still do...that acts like a forklift, picking from the side. The unit itself was portable (and battery operated), but you couldn't move the lift with a car loaded on it. I was never that impressed with it due to the drive-over clearance you need to get over the "arms" and the potential damage you could do to the underside of a vehicle if you didn't catch the frame right.

 

[wilbilt]

I'd think that since a certain amount of their stability comes from being bolted to the floor that "2-post" and "mobile" don't often come in the same sentence without the word "don't" included in there somewhere...

Exactly...they depend a huge amount on the anchoring. If a 2-post isn't anchored, it isn't even remotely safe.

I you bolted it to a substructure safe enough to be mobile, it would have the footprint of a 4-post.

 

[Rader Rods]

Ok I found these.

http://www.e-autolifts.com/MCL/MCL.html

 

[bmwpower]

Ive seen a movable "one post" lift. It was made by Eagle. It looked like a pallet jack on steroids. You could move it around and jack up there car where ever. I can't seem to find it, though. Might have been a legal nightmare.

 

[wilbilt]

Ok I found these.

http://www.e-autolifts.com/MCL/MCL.html

That is essentially a portable 4-post lift. I have seen them in use at a neighboring school district...for buses.

Pretty impressive.

 

[Down Under Bloke]

Everyone who would be comfortable standing under a school bus or semi under those things put your hand up.

 

[PAToyota]

Yeah! That tractor trailer with only one axle of the tandems supported!

 

[cloper91]

Ok I found these.

http://www.e-autolifts.com/MCL/MCL.html

Those are common. They are called portable column lifts or mobile column lifts. Many in the heavy duty segment or in commercial truck and transit applications such as city garages etc. Totally different than a "moveable 2-post lift" which doesn't exist BTW. Most of those mobile column lifts are rated at between 15,000-18,000 per column. So if you have 4 column you get 60,000lbs capacity. Total overkill for anything other than buses or something of that nature.

 

[Glen]

Could two of these be used?
http://www.e-autolifts.com/RollingBridges/rollingbridges.html