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Product Lift table

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Doggggboy

Doggggboy

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My wife needed a hand moving around the bottling tank for her apiary.
Heavy stainless heating tank with a water filled jacket and a 15-20 gallon honey capacity.
It's easiest to fill on the floor but then is impossible to lift. Filling it on the counter is awkward as well.
The thing is a bear to maneuver around even when empty.
I saw PA had the 330 lb lift cart on sale and went to pick one up but it only lifts 24 inches and we needed it to go at least counter height, so 32 or 36, depending on where we put it.
As I was wandering around I saw the motorcycle lifts. 330lb table with a 34 inch lift for 50 bucks less than the cart.
Picked one up and I'm impressed.
Fully assembled other than the tie downs for a bike.
Shockingly stable and wouldn't be hard to enlarge the table size for a bigger platform, although that would affect the stability.
 
If you enlarged the top, you could also enlarge the footprint to make it more stable. If you're modifying, why settle for half-way measures?
 
I had one of their lift tables for about 3 months and it died - I think it was a 400lb model, with a flat steel top. I returned it -- and one of those motorcycle lifts was on sale at cheaper than the original one. I bought it and have been happy.
 
Have had one of those for years and it has been very handy.
I have modified mine by making taller HDPE wheels as the original wheels got soft from oils.
The extra height because the jack ran very close to the floor, but now it passes over mats easier.
 
I've been thinking about getting one of these to have my lathe chucks on it. Lowered it would easily slide under the lathe. My 4-jaw is 14" and its getting heavier every year I get older! Get the lift up to the bed height and roll it off onto a wooden platform on the bed. I'd have to make something to bridge the two and prevent it from tipping.
 
Doggggboy said:
As I was wandering around I saw the motorcycle lifts. 330lb table with a 34 inch lift for 50 bucks less than the cart.
Picked one up and I'm impressed.
Fully assembled other than the tie downs for a bike.
Shockingly stable and wouldn't be hard to enlarge the table size for a bigger platform, although that would affect the stability.
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Ive been thinking of getting one of these for my enduro dirt bike..... LOL!!!

This is good info. I had planned to get a rolling table for my 10" rotary table. Right now it sits on top of a tool cabinet. But I'd prefer something where I don't have to lift it at all.

I'm thinking about a small rolling cabinet that can hold other things too. I'd make/modify/use a top mounted scissor for the rotary table.

My big 4-jaw lathe chuck is definitely heavy, but I'm still big enough and young enough to toss it around without much effort. I keep it on top of another tool cabinet close to the lathe. I'm ok as long as I don't have to bend over. I guess a rolling cart for that would be nice too.

Ya, I need a job..... :(
 
I bought one of those table on sale and converted it into a grooming table. 20 years later and my wife is still happy with it, although every time I look at it I think I should take it apart and improve it.
 
I had a similar need for a lift table, but large enough to work on my lawn tractor. It also doubles as a mobile work bench. I priced scissor lift tables, anywhere from $1500.00 to $2500.00, so I built my own for around $500.00.
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