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> HarborFreight scissor lift - any experience?
Aaron Cox
post Jun 5 2006, 08:48 PM
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ive used the snapon equivalent, and it makes stuff really easy. to get a car up on it tho might require 2x6's as ramps......

any one have any experience with these? cheap enuff, and should last forever at the rate i use it....

(IMG:http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/39800-39899/39894.gif)
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...temnumber=46604
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post Jun 5 2006, 09:29 PM
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I found a thread on Pelican about this.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread....or+freight+lift
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post Jun 5 2006, 09:42 PM
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I found a thread on Pelican about this.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread....or+freight+lift

thanks for the link!

seeing if pops will go halves on it...
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post Jun 5 2006, 09:47 PM
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You're quite welcome!
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post Jun 5 2006, 09:50 PM
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HF....lifting my pride and joy....working under it....HF.....hmmmm, not MY idea of a good time.....

For double the price, I got a 4 post lift installed....
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post Jun 6 2006, 05:44 AM
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It's been on my wish-list for quite some time already
But there's always something else that I need more urgently

Agreed that it's not as good as a 2 post lift, but I don't have room for one of those in my garage anyway
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post Jun 6 2006, 06:22 AM
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HF?

Do you want trust your life to something a 10 year old in China built? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Jun 6 2006, 06:27 AM
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I bet that 10 year old put a lot of work into it, ya know?

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post Jun 6 2006, 07:21 AM
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Last year Car & Driver magazine had an article about die-cast model car production in China. Pretty interesting. It seems that a majority of these models now come from China. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Along with Harbour Freights tools. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Jun 6 2006, 10:14 AM
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they have a good rep over at pelican......

and they have lock features.....
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post Jun 6 2006, 10:35 AM
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Don't forget too that Harbor Freight is liable, so it's unlikely it's that much of a POS. They are a fairly sizeable company, and I suspect some form of certification/testing is required by them by their vendors for potentially dangerous equipment.

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post Jun 6 2006, 10:38 AM
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very cool
wish i hadn't just bought a car hauler, cause i'd be buying one of those
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post Jun 6 2006, 11:04 AM
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Do you want trust your life to something a 10 year old in China built?


I guess one could always make 39" tall jackstands for a little bit more support (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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post Jun 6 2006, 11:29 AM
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they already make extra tall stands.....

http://www.tooltopia.com/index.asp?PageAct...ROD&ProdID=9086
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post Jun 6 2006, 11:54 AM
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Hmmm... Those Astro Pneumantic stands have a minimum height of 56". I don't think the HF lift goes that high. (I presume there are other mid-height stands somewhere though.)

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post Jun 6 2006, 12:09 PM
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Starting height on the lift is 15-3/4" Isn't that taller than the bottom of most 914s?

Edit - Nevermind! It says the minimum height is 3-7/8". So then what does "starting lift height" mean?
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post Jun 6 2006, 12:13 PM
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QUOTE(ThinAir914 @ Jun 6 2006, 11:09 AM) *

Starting height on the lift is 15-3/4" Isn't that taller than the bottom of most 914s?

Edit - Nevermind! It says the minimum height is 3-7/8". So then what does "starting lift height" mean?

not sure what that means...

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Minimum height: 3-7/8''


and the pelican guys just drive up on 2x10's to sit their 911's on it
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post Jun 6 2006, 01:00 PM
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QUOTE(ThinAir914 @ Jun 6 2006, 10:09 AM) *

Starting height on the lift is 15-3/4" Isn't that taller than the bottom of most 914s?

Edit - Nevermind! It says the minimum height is 3-7/8". So then what does "starting lift height" mean?

probably the first lift lock position. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Jun 6 2006, 01:06 PM
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sounds logical (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jun 6 2006, 01:19 PM
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