Today I acquired...........

[minimutly]

Tilter?

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

^^^ yup....just getting too old to be stripping undersea under cars with wire brush!!!!

Looks almost brand new....looks like he bought it for 1 project and that was it...was a fibreglass car to so nothing heave.

 

[Sammy7]

Pigeon out of curiosity what is it?

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

But then I needed a safe way to get the car tilted ....some more shopping was needed

Sammy7 ....it's a car tilter/roller. You bolt it onto the wheel hubs and it allows you to push the car onto it's side so you can work underneath more easily.

I'll post some pics once I have it in operation.

 

[fizzy]

This kind of thing

 

[Sammy7]

That makes sense cheers

 

[fizzy]

But then I needed a safe way to get the car tilted ....some more shopping was needed

Sammy7 ....it's a car tilter/roller. You bolt it onto the wheel hubs and it allows you to push the car onto it's side so you can work underneath more easily.

I'll post some pics once I have it in operation.

Have you used a hi lift jack before?
Remember to keep the handle upright and flush with column before flipping the reverse lever or it gets very scary

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Cheers fizzy....not used one before but I was reading the instructions and it said exactly the same thing. Apparently the load will tend to flip the handle upwards so good tip.....was also mentioned in the instructions under the "risk of death" section

I was shocked when I pulled the reverse lever and it all fell to the floor....turns out it needs a minimum load for the reverse to work too?

The Figaro only weighs around 800Kg....so reckon Ill be lifting an initial 400Kg which will decrease as the car is rolled.

The tilter I really wanted was the one made by a German company called liqui....the lifter is all built into the rig....very nice bit of kit. (Tinternet photo)

I may rig up something similar as this looked quite stable?

 

[paulmitchell1984]

I need something like that to get my trailer onto its side.. But with wheels so I can move it

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

^^^ I think cj autos does one with a wheel kit that you can attach once it's over....then you can push it around the garage. But I think they are selling what I bought for over £400....then you have to add the wheel kit so starts getting very expensive.

I saw the liqui for £425 but I'd set me budget at £400 and it didn't happen....I've ended up with a roller and a 5 foot farm jack instead

(image is from the cj autos site)

 

[fizzy]

Cheers fizzy....not used one before but I was reading the instructions and it said exactly the same thing. Apparently the load will tend to flip the handle upwards so good tip.....was also mentioned in the instructions under the "risk of death" section

I was shocked when I pulled the reverse lever and it all fell to the floor....turns out it needs a minimum load for the reverse to work too?

The Figaro only weighs around 800Kg....so reckon Ill be lifting an initial 400Kg which will decrease as the car is rolled.

The tilter I really wanted was the one made by a German company called liqui....the lifter is all built into the rig....very nice bit of kit. (Tinternet photo)

I may rig up something similar as this looked quite stable?

Yes it is quite scary when the whole lot drops to the floor. As you say needs a minimum load.
Hold the handle firmly against the column with one hand or use a clip if provided when you go to lower it and you will be fine.

 

[Matchless]

I just use axle stands,

 

[zx9]

^^^ I think cj autos does one with a wheel kit that you can attach once it's over....then you can push it around the garage. But I think they are selling what I bought for over £400....then you have to add the wheel kit so starts getting very expensive.

I saw the liqui for £425 but I'd set me budget at £400 and it didn't happen....I've ended up with a roller and a 5 foot farm jack instead

(image is from the cj autos site)

That just looks so wrong, handy things to have no doubt about it but it looks wrong every time I see a car on a rig like that.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

es it is quite scary when the whole lot drops to the floor. As you say needs a minimum load.

Yep I had the same idea....I'll stick a bar in just in case....seems like a crazy feature to me and I was really surprised when it happened. I might look at deleting that feature...it seems to be caused by the return spring so restricting the springs movement would prevent it neutralising both pins at the same time!

zx9....yea I totally agree....just looks like the bolted on a set of jockey wheels from a trailer!

 

[Matchless]

they were used to support HGV's when using the lorry lifting gear I put up for sale, not selling these...… way too useful, and very heavy..... have a bit of a backlog of cars waiting for attention, Jag has been up there for 2 1/2 years but now I have the compressor working ……..

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

they were used to support HGV's when using the lorry lifting gear I put up for sale, not selling these

I've got a smaller version....it's 10ton per stand!

 

[zx9]

they were used to support HGV's when using the lorry lifting gear I put up for sale, not selling these...… way too useful, and very heavy..... have a bit of a backlog of cars waiting for attention, Jag has been up there for 2 1/2 years but now I have the compressor working ……..

How did you get it up there?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

This at an online auction.
They say it's a 48" - looks bigger to me what do people think?

4.8 foot maybe

 

[Matchless]

a bottle jack and lots and lots of 2" square pieces of wood

 

[Matchless]

or this mobile single sided lift! only mobile when empty, actually very good access to the underside but I did not want to tie the lift up for 5 years while I thought about restoring the Jag, so I used the stands,