Code54
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- Putnam Co. West Virginia
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- Kubota MX5100, Kubota BX25D,1957 Farmall Cub Lo-Boy Kubota KX91-3, BCS 853
Been looking at car lifts and wanted everyones thoughts and ideas.
I want something for doing oil changes, tire rotations, work on the Kawasaki Mule, motorcycle and the small tractor and general smaller eqpt.
The cars are easy - a Yaris and a Rav4, figure my Diesel truck is a bit too big and I really not need to lift it for an oil change anyway. We are lucky that we have newer cars so I don't really do anything major and if it needs done we have a local guy that is very reasonable and would take the vehicle down there.
We have a 5" 5000psi pad in the shop but I'm not sold on a two post lift. Mainly because it takes up too much space and I won't be able to move it out of the way if I am working on a larger project. I have looked at the
MaxJax Portable Car Lift - Home Garage Lift - Dannmar - MaxJax USA
and like it but am not sure that is the way to go or not.
I also looked at the
Auto Lift MR6K-48X 6000lb Capacity Mid Rise Scissor Lift
Figure I can use a scissor lift and make a "table" for the bike and lawn mowers and such.
As I mentioned I don't plan on doing exhausts or trannys so the scissor seems like it would work fine and it seems a bit safer.
What do you all think?
I want something for doing oil changes, tire rotations, work on the Kawasaki Mule, motorcycle and the small tractor and general smaller eqpt.
The cars are easy - a Yaris and a Rav4, figure my Diesel truck is a bit too big and I really not need to lift it for an oil change anyway. We are lucky that we have newer cars so I don't really do anything major and if it needs done we have a local guy that is very reasonable and would take the vehicle down there.
We have a 5" 5000psi pad in the shop but I'm not sold on a two post lift. Mainly because it takes up too much space and I won't be able to move it out of the way if I am working on a larger project. I have looked at the
MaxJax Portable Car Lift - Home Garage Lift - Dannmar - MaxJax USA
and like it but am not sure that is the way to go or not.
I also looked at the
Auto Lift MR6K-48X 6000lb Capacity Mid Rise Scissor Lift
Figure I can use a scissor lift and make a "table" for the bike and lawn mowers and such.
As I mentioned I don't plan on doing exhausts or trannys so the scissor seems like it would work fine and it seems a bit safer.
What do you all think?