GaroldShaffer
Nov 11 2003, 04:41 PM
Happy B-day & Merry Xmas to me. I ordered my lift today.
http://www.kwiklift.comI ordered the 5000lbs lift. This is enough for what I need.
Real cool guy. Spoke with the owner Danny. Any of you in
vegas area, they will be at some hotrod / Corvette show.
I don't remember when he said it was, in the next few weeks
I think. They will also be in Chicago at the Corvette show.
I can't wait............
- Garold
Bruce Allert
Nov 11 2003, 04:46 PM
Now that's a great lift. Looks easy to build too!
bruce
redshift
Nov 11 2003, 04:46 PM
Good deal!
You need to move closer.
heh
M
seanery
Nov 11 2003, 05:09 PM
after you drive up, how do you get the ass end in the air?
djlifter
Nov 11 2003, 05:20 PM
heres a link to a cobra forum that has been talking about a kwiklift
http://www.clubcobra.com/t47026.html take a look
you will love the kwiklift !!
seanery
Nov 11 2003, 05:22 PM
hey danny, can you add your location?
redshift
Nov 11 2003, 05:25 PM
Aha!
I drew up a thing the other day using 4 jack stand uprights, and 2 914 jacks, for mounting on a lift.
Also, I figured while I was at it, I would draw provisions for taking the 'track' out from under each wheel.
as i finished the phone rang and my dog ate the drawings while I was turning down a deal on a vacation I won to beautiful 'historic' savannah georgia for $499 a person... hey mister pakistan... i am in beautiful 'historic' savannah georgia.. lay off.
This whole thing is the truth, wrapped in a lie.
M
seanery
Nov 11 2003, 05:29 PM
SOMEONE PLEASE tell me how you get the ass in the air.
THANKS.
redshift
Nov 11 2003, 05:31 PM
a jack, and some jack stands?
M
Bruce Allert
Nov 11 2003, 06:38 PM
QUOTE(seanery @ Nov 11 2003, 04:29 PM)
SOMEONE PLEASE tell me how you get the ass in the air.
THANKS.
1000 words
bruce
Doug Leggins
Nov 11 2003, 06:49 PM
Great gift Garold.
Good tools always make the job go better!
djlifter
Nov 11 2003, 08:38 PM
seanery
sorry for the interuption !
just thought that i would add a little info to the conversation.
by the way - tulsa, ok
and - your good with names !!
seanery
Nov 11 2003, 08:42 PM
people like seeing vendors around.
It makes it easy to ask questions.
But, we all like to know where you (the collective you) are located.
thanks Danny!
They look nice, but is it at all tricky to lift the rear of the lift with a long car on it?
djlifter
Nov 11 2003, 09:06 PM
seanery
Thanks for asking.
No, it is really a very simple deal.
It is no different than just jacking up the rear of a car.
Since the length of the lift is adjustable, you adjust it to fit your type of cars.
Once you elevate the rear, you pull the leg pins, and the rear legs drop down and LOCK in place.
It takes about 30 seconds to have the car completely in the air, not 20 minutes. AND it is about twice as high, or more, as on stands.
I crawled out from under one of my 66 novas ( obviously, on a Kwiklift ) to come in the house and play on the computer.
We are preparing the car for a new GM crate motor, in a couple of weeks.
I have been draining fluids, doing prep work, stuff like that.
Yes, I am the Kwiklift guy, but, I am also a car guy. I know what you guys go thru getting under these cars, and its not fun. - or safe
Sincerely, if you get the chance to use a kwiklift, you will NEVER, EVER, go back to jackstands.
Thats the reason that we sell and ship so many of them around the country, and many, many of them to Europe.
seanery
Nov 11 2003, 09:10 PM
My garage is tiny and the floor has cracked and has high/low spots due to freeze/thaw does that present a problem?
djlifter
Nov 11 2003, 09:16 PM
seanery
not at all!!
we attend about 100 hot rod shows per year, all over the country, setting up the lift and our complete display booths.
we are always on asphalt, or concrete, sometimes flat and smooth, sometimes wavey, and uneven.
the lift is very solid on any of those types of surfaces, and will still operate very well.
not to worry.
by the way, we have the capacity to do custom applications, if needed.
but whats really great about the kwiklift, - if your car will fit in the garage , the kwiklift will fit.
seanery
Nov 11 2003, 09:27 PM
sounds good.
I'll have to add this to my Christmas list.
GaroldShaffer
Nov 11 2003, 10:09 PM
Hey, do I get a discount if seanery orders one
djlifter
Nov 12 2003, 10:19 AM
Garold
If Seanery orders a unit, we will throw in a little something extra !!!
Danny
GaroldShaffer
Nov 12 2003, 10:49 AM
QUOTE
If Seanery orders a unit, we will throw in a little something extra !!!
Hey Sean get off your dupa and order one
Danny, I was sort of kidding. Sort of.....
Thanks - Garold
seanery
Nov 12 2003, 10:57 AM
Danny,
Sorry for all of my questions, but I'm interested and I always ask a lot of questions.
Our cars are small and the engine is in the middle. I've been reading about the Centerlift bridge. You state that it is meant to be used at the front or back of the unit (but not behind the rear legs). As small as our cars our, they'd probably need to be set somewhere in the middle area. Does this present a problem?
thanks again,
sean
djlifter
Nov 12 2003, 12:26 PM
Seanery
With the type of high strength materials that we use (HSLA A715 grade 80 ), you do not have to worry about using the bridge in the mid-section of the lift.
It will be MORE than strong enought to handle the job.
Also, if you shorten the lift to the shortest length, your wheels will likely be very near the front, and rear.
either way, it is not an issue, at all.
TheCabinetmaker
Nov 12 2003, 12:37 PM
Hey dj, I see your in Tulsa. On rails and I are also from T- town.
djlifter
Nov 12 2003, 01:20 PM
vsg914
the more okies the better !!!
stop by our shop one of these days.
we are in BA, near the interesction of 71st and 145 e ave.
bring your 914 and we will put it up on a kwiklift and you can check it out !!
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