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Old Jun 12th, 2018, 00:16   #21
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I was lucky enough to have 3 phase coming into my house, so it was just a case of connecting it up to the garage. Bradbury lifts are one of the best, last for years and spare parts are plentiful.

I have an air jacking beam on my lift, I went for the 4 poster as I had a 70 year old car at the time and I didn't fancy lifting it up on a 2 post lift. No regrets, 4 posts suit me fine
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Cheers Guys...Fair enough on lifting the old girl on a 2 post.
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Lifting my 70 year old car on the two post lift wouldn't have been a worry as it was stronger than lots of modern cars, the problem was there are no jacking points to place the jack pads and therefore it would have meant a lot of faffing around every time there was work to be done underneath

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Ramp.hire available in the Falkirk area for anyone looking to do some spannering. Sorry but a Facebook link. https://www.facebook.com/Ramp-It-226...?fref=mentions
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Ramp.hire available in the Falkirk area for anyone looking to do some spannering. Sorry but a Facebook link. https://www.facebook.com/Ramp-It-226...?fref=mentions
I was just thinking of these guys when I noted this post.

Seems like a good idea... I suppose the only downside is if you break something and make the car immobile then I can see it being a hassle but I assume have some sort of plan in place for that. Certainly something I'd use in the crappy weather for routine / basic work but I'd draw the line at dropping subframes and such like!
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I was just thinking of these guys when I noted this post.

Seems like a good idea... I suppose the only downside is if you break something and make the car immobile then I can see it being a hassle but I assume have some sort of plan in place for that. Certainly something I'd use in the crappy weather for routine / basic work but I'd draw the line at dropping subframes and such like!
Roll it out of the workshop and just get it towed to another garage?
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Roll it out of the workshop and just get it towed to another garage?
It's the obvious answer granted... unless of course, it won't roll or steer.
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It's the obvious answer granted... unless of course, it won't roll or steer.
Damn then you're in trouble! :P
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Call in the forklift truck!
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Call in the forklift truck!
Know a store man who tried to move a rwd transit with a forklift, new propshaft was only the start of it.

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