Best way to get car on rotisserre Options

[corpselaurel]

I am wondering what all of you who don't have a lift do.

[Gudhjem]

Going out on a limb here, I'm guessing that Rich, Stu and Zach are using a rotisserie that has 2 stands with 2 legs and 2 casters each. That's what Zach's picture seems to show. That rotisserie certainly needs to have the stands bolted together or it would be very unstable. The rotisserie I made, the same one Richard uses (I made mine based on his plans over at Roadglue) involves 2 stands each having 3 legs and 3 casters each. The third leg protrudes under the car several feet. The load held by each stand is therefore centered between these 3 casters.

I don't really see how this could fail, even if the stands are not bolted together. It certainly can't tip toward the middle with the third leg there, can it?

However, like Richard said, I doubt it will be very stable for moving the car, or at least doing that could put a lot of strain on the bumper mount area, so I do plan to connect the ends.

If I'm missing something, and you guys still think this system wont work, please tell me where you think it will fail.

The third leg also means the method for lifting the car that Rich described wont work (since the stand cannot lean forward). I'd like to go with Racer Chris's method and lift the whole car with my hoist. Just not entirely sure if I'm understanding where to attach the crane and if those seat seat tilt adjuster eyes are strong enough.