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Is anyone using these on their two post? Looking at them they look handy, however might get in the way. They look to fit well in the rear arms of a asymmetrical lift but might be crowded on the front arms.
Tire wings for hoist
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jsaw
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I have some homemade ones that I use all the time. Not as elaborate as those. Mine are built out of steel rods scrounged from the scrap pile.
Mosby
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I'm the service manager at a dealership with about 30 technicians, and I was a tech for 25 years prior to becoming a manager. I have a different brand called Hoist hanger on all our twin post lifts. The techs love them. They are not generally in the way unless your lift is near a wall. Otherwise there is no real downside as far as we have found.
Definitely saves your back too. Picking tire/wheel assemblies from the ground to put on your car is hell on your back over time.
Definitely saves your back too. Picking tire/wheel assemblies from the ground to put on your car is hell on your back over time.
Vegaman_Dan
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This now gives me an idea to make a removable shelf/pan to hold the tools, lug nuts, and other bits that always end up on the lift arms when working on a vehicle. Something that could fit over the portion with the angled part of the arm that is otherwise unusable.
HMM!
HMM!
DieselNut88
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I remove/install wheels with them barely off the ground to minimize lifting. Also use a prybar to lift the tire.
OP
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I do this as well, a lot of the time I rest tire on feet and lift/adjust with toes lol.. Much better on my back
RWorth
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On the ground the pry bar method works really well, but now that I am older I preter not to bend over, so I generally place them on my rolling jack table. It also makes a great work platform to save your back regardless of what job you are doing. It is always at the perfect height. Does most of my lifting too.