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Posted by: degreeoff Mar 20 2008, 09:44 AM

a grand on a 39" scissor lift for my shop...it hurt let me tell ya, but I KNOW I will be pulling my engine out and brakes and tires and....well you get the picture now that it is near done and I start beating on it.....




Harbor freight hope I will not regret it!

Posted by: SteveL Mar 20 2008, 10:04 AM

... Well I did it...just blew.........

I was wondering how that sentence was going to end!!!

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Mar 20 2008, 10:24 AM

Yeah, it reminded me of the joke:

This fella goes into a bar and asks, "Bartender", in a sollumn voice, "line me up

five shots of 151". "Sure buddy" trying to cheer up his patron "Whats the

celebration?" setting the first of five shots on the bar. " Well it's kinda

personal..." "I am celebrating my first blowjob." reaching for the first shot on

the bar "Well!" "Thats GREAT." raiseing his hands in the air and then

reaching for the 151, his glance switches back to his new patron "How about I

buy you your next drink." reaching for another shot glass "Naaaah."

finishing the forth of the five shots " If these five don't get the taste out of my

mouth...Nothing will".

Posted by: Root_Werks Mar 20 2008, 10:28 AM

ChinaFrieghtTools.

Looks cool, hope it works out for you.

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 20 2008, 10:54 AM

those things scare me ...

Posted by: jhadler Mar 20 2008, 11:06 AM

Seems the midrise lift thread has arrisen again here...

Looks like a nice piece of kit, hope it works well for ya!

I'm looking at a used scissor lift right now (the price is right), but it only has a claimed rise height of 24". Does anyone think that's enough for an engine drop??

-Josh2

Posted by: John Mar 20 2008, 11:35 AM

I just want to see the guy in your picture (using the electric appliance in a puddle of water) shock the crap out of himself.

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Mar 20 2008, 11:43 AM

QUOTE(jhadler @ Mar 20 2008, 10:06 AM)

Posted by: ericread Mar 20 2008, 12:24 PM

Looks cool. Please keep us updated on your experience with this - plusses and minusususus.

Thanks!

Posted by: RockinOldSchool Mar 20 2008, 12:54 PM

Just out of curiosity for safety's sake... does that rack have safety locks? I've heard of lifts suffering from hydraulic failures before and it'd be scary to not have some kind of backup.

Posted by: degreeoff Mar 20 2008, 01:24 PM

GREAT joke man!! The topic was covered here.... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=272361&highlight=harbor+freight+lift&page=3 It does have the saftey locks and from what I can see all I am realy buying is heavy metal as it wieghs 800lbs!! I just looked at a realy nice rotary low rise but the 23" of tavel wouldnt be enough for me so I just bit the bullet and bought it new.

I do plan on making a different rack for the pump (have welder, will build cool shit!)

I will keep the world updated!!

Josh

Posted by: iamchappy Mar 20 2008, 03:58 PM

Just make sure you figure out the balancing point. Remember....... Qarl.......

Posted by: PRS914-6 Mar 20 2008, 06:55 PM

I had one and immediately kicked myself in the ass for not buying one 10 years ago. Very, very handy. While a lot of HF stuff is kind of crappy, the lift is nicely built, works great for engine removal, brakes etc. You won't regret the purchase.

My only complaint is that it just didn't raise high enough for me so I sold it and bought a full rise Bend-Pak lift that will raise a full 6 feet. 3 times the money but I figure I'll use it the rest of my life. I'll sink it in the concrete and delete the ramps. It will be flush with the concrete