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I've an idea brewing.
is it possible to operated a standard trolley jack with a remove pump such as used for bodywork rams and such ?
Obviously modifications to the jack cylinder would be required - I'm thinking along the lines of removing the integral pump aspect and adding the hose to a remote pump.
If that was possible then, in theory, if two identical jacks that were both modified to the remote pump method would they rise at the same rate if on large pump used ?
My idea - my knees are bad so I'm looking at a way of raising car etc to a more friendly height. Even washing the sills or alloy wheels of my cars is difficult. What I'm therefore thinking is a portable vehicle lift. Not something big enough to raise a car 2-3' in the air for maintenance and such but rather just, say, 12-18".
Not properly thought out - in fact the idea has only just come into my head !
I've got one of these -
that attaches to my large trolley jack. So very rough idea take two (new / identical) jacks, mount them on a frame to widen the footprint for stability, link the cylinders together and have such a jacking beam on each. The stresses on having just two central lifting points would be enormous so some sort of built in axle stand type leg (flip down ?) on the end of each beam needed.
Paul H
is it possible to operated a standard trolley jack with a remove pump such as used for bodywork rams and such ?
Obviously modifications to the jack cylinder would be required - I'm thinking along the lines of removing the integral pump aspect and adding the hose to a remote pump.
If that was possible then, in theory, if two identical jacks that were both modified to the remote pump method would they rise at the same rate if on large pump used ?
My idea - my knees are bad so I'm looking at a way of raising car etc to a more friendly height. Even washing the sills or alloy wheels of my cars is difficult. What I'm therefore thinking is a portable vehicle lift. Not something big enough to raise a car 2-3' in the air for maintenance and such but rather just, say, 12-18".
Not properly thought out - in fact the idea has only just come into my head !
I've got one of these -
that attaches to my large trolley jack. So very rough idea take two (new / identical) jacks, mount them on a frame to widen the footprint for stability, link the cylinders together and have such a jacking beam on each. The stresses on having just two central lifting points would be enormous so some sort of built in axle stand type leg (flip down ?) on the end of each beam needed.
Paul H
