Oldschool
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Up in our country we have a tool store much like the American "Harbor Freight" chain, called Princess Auto.
My boss bought a bike lift (made in china) for the shop after hearing me talk about buying one. This afforded me the oportunity to "try before I buy" and so far I like what I see. The stand has a claimed capacity of 1000 lbs. It weights in at 350 lbs and was a challenge to load and unload into a pickup in the flimsy wooden crate that it came in. The cost was $400.00
I loaded it myself this morning with my bike. I rode up carefully but had to back down off and set up some wood blocking since the stand is not wide enough to flip the bike's side stand down with the bike centered. I was able to put my feet down beside the bike on the stand, and a good thing since the deck sits about 7 inches off the floor. It has 4 holes for tie downs, one at each corner and I used the front 2 with Kinedyne bike tie downs to secure the bike after I walked it back up on try number 2.
The stand has a manual hydraulic jack to raise and lower the deck and it works with very little effort. It does have a basic lock that is adjustable dependant on the raised height to prevent dropping should the jack fail. It also came with a crude front wheel chock that is adjustable. It has casters on it, the front 2 are steerable and 4 adjustable "feet" to lock it in place once it is positioned in your shop. This one is powder coated in yellow, although they come in red and blue as well and seems to depend on the shipment as they are all the same.
For the price I may actually get one, or if the boss's Hardley won't fit on it I may get a deal on this one. Either way it appears to be capable of what I need and is stable enough that I trust it.
I took some crap cell phone pictures to give you an idea.
My boss bought a bike lift (made in china) for the shop after hearing me talk about buying one. This afforded me the oportunity to "try before I buy" and so far I like what I see. The stand has a claimed capacity of 1000 lbs. It weights in at 350 lbs and was a challenge to load and unload into a pickup in the flimsy wooden crate that it came in. The cost was $400.00
I loaded it myself this morning with my bike. I rode up carefully but had to back down off and set up some wood blocking since the stand is not wide enough to flip the bike's side stand down with the bike centered. I was able to put my feet down beside the bike on the stand, and a good thing since the deck sits about 7 inches off the floor. It has 4 holes for tie downs, one at each corner and I used the front 2 with Kinedyne bike tie downs to secure the bike after I walked it back up on try number 2.
The stand has a manual hydraulic jack to raise and lower the deck and it works with very little effort. It does have a basic lock that is adjustable dependant on the raised height to prevent dropping should the jack fail. It also came with a crude front wheel chock that is adjustable. It has casters on it, the front 2 are steerable and 4 adjustable "feet" to lock it in place once it is positioned in your shop. This one is powder coated in yellow, although they come in red and blue as well and seems to depend on the shipment as they are all the same.
For the price I may actually get one, or if the boss's Hardley won't fit on it I may get a deal on this one. Either way it appears to be capable of what I need and is stable enough that I trust it.
I took some crap cell phone pictures to give you an idea.
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