Would you get under one?

[no704]

 

[BrandonV]

Hey the American flag must mean something, right?

Friend of mine just got a Chinese lift... scary button to raise the lift... everything was just interrupting the coil side of the contactor (including the top limit switch). Wouldn't want the contactor to stick...

 

[WhataTool]

Hey the American flag must mean something, right?

It comes with one.
To drape over your casket

 

[LopezBart]

Hey the American flag must mean something, right?

Friend of mine just got a Chinese lift... scary button to raise the lift... everything was just interrupting the coil side of the contactor (including the top limit switch). Wouldn't want the contactor to stick...

There should be a mechanical stop (or the cylinder reaches end of travel - same thing) that just causes the motor+pump to run against the relief valve should the contactor stick. If not, it's an accident waiting to happen.

 

[BrandonV]

There should be a mechanical stop (or the cylinder reaches end of travel - same thing) that just causes the motor+pump to run against the relief valve should the contactor stick. If not, it's an accident waiting to happen.

Interesting! Next time I get over there I'll have to take a look. The instructions were downright scary.

 

[allinon72]

Now that the drama queens have it out of their system…..with any lift if you use it properly and drop it down onto the locks, there shouldn’t be an issue. Not saying it’s a quality lift or a good idea to buy, but no one is getting under a lift while in the act of lifting.

 

[zendriver]

Now that the drama queens have it out of their system…..with any lift if you use it properly and drop it down onto the locks, there shouldn’t be an issue. Not saying it’s a quality lift or a good idea to buy, but no one is getting under a lift while in the act of lifting.

Fun-spoiler! /s

 

[mike93lx]

Now that the drama queens have it out of their system…..with any lift if you use it properly and drop it down onto the locks, there shouldn’t be an issue. Not saying it’s a quality lift or a good idea to buy, but no one is getting under a lift while in the act of lifting.

So all locks are created equally?

I think caution is justified. I'd never use a lift like that

 

[rust in the eye]

I'd need a whole lot more information. Judging by the ad? F no!
its a third of anything else, do the math.

 

[LopezBart]

When I think of the single post in-ground lifts in the Pep Boys shop worked at one summer ('78 I think) with the control levers against the wall in the aisle where we walked by...

 

[zendriver]

Maybe the problem is the price.

If it cost 4x as much, it would probably be just as safe as a $4500 Chinese Bendpak lift.

 

[kbuhagiar]

Y'all are getting your ******* twisted over nothing.

That ad is more than likely a scam.

 

[scooby074]

I mean its good enough for that Bentley, right!?

 

[rust in the eye]

VERIFIED A.L.I. certified or no bueno

 

[RTM]

only $900 less than the factory site.

Mayflowertools

 

[no704]

Ya, that was on FB, I’m pretty sure it’s a scam.

 

[dscheidt]

When I think of the single post in-ground lifts in the Pep Boys shop worked at one summer ('78 I think) with the control levers against the wall in the aisle where we walked by...

I worked of a lift like that for a couple years. It had one lock, at all the way up. That was just over 6' from the bottom of the arms to the ground, and like 6' 8" to the bottom of most cars. I'm tall enough that I oculd use it, but a lot of guys weren't.

 

[Hannahranga]

So all locks are created equally?

I think caution is justified. I'd never use a lift like that

Admittedly I'd make a comment about it's hard to stuff up something that simple but HF managed to do stuff up axle stands

 

[Wrench97]

There should be a mechanical stop (or the cylinder reaches end of travel - same thing) that just causes the motor+pump to run against the relief valve should the contactor stick. If not, it's an accident waiting to happen.

Problem occurs when the vehicle is taller then the lift or the shop, I stuck a pipe rack on a pick up truck through the heater duck one day when a contactor stuck on a Rotary lift.

 

[Sbusmech]

It's holding the Bentley

 

[LopezBart]

Problem occurs when the vehicle is taller then the lift or the shop, I stuck a pipe rack on a pick up truck through the heater duck one day when a contactor stuck on a Rotary lift.

That's an another problem; the same issue can happen due to an inattentive operator, of course. Another contactor, wired to latch close with various safety switches in the loop is how we used to handle this for robots... any part of the safety circuit opens, the power drops immediately. Might not be worth doing in this case.

 

[Wrench97]

That's an another problem; the same issue can happen due to an inattentive operator, of course. Another contactor, wired to latch close with various safety switches in the loop is how we used to handle this for robots... any part of the safety circuit opens, the power drops immediately. Might not be worth doing in this case.

I just added a electrical disconnect on the lift mounted to the post next to the controls.
Overkill since I've only ever had it happen once and smacked the side of the box to get it stopped......