Scissor lifts or 2 pole lifts for use in a home garage

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I’ve now had approval from SWMBO to modify a couple of our ‘sheds’ to create a garage…

Having had a very very frustrating experience of trying to do some home mechanicing on my N20 engined E89, I now realise that without easy access to the underside of the car it’s not practical to do much home maintenance/ upgrades..

I’ve long last driving up ramp type devices or crawling under a car chocked up with bricks etc..

I think I saw John E89 had a scissor lift in his garage ?

Anybody gone down this route and any observations/ advice / comments pls ?
 
For the price it’s a steal Pbondar…£2.5k. 10mm thick steel arms, 4 rams, mechanical locks as well as umbrella valves. Superb bit of kit.
 

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Have a look at Automotech services ltd, they have several different types. I went for the above as i use it a lot, maybe a little OTT for home garage use perhaps.

You can use a small 25litre compressor with them, you just need 6 bar to unlock the safety locks. They recommend 6inch of concrete floor but if your car isn’t cracking it anyway it’ll be fine as the load is even more spread with a lift.

Even easier is their mobile single post lift as it’s based on a pallet pump truck, battery operated, takes 2.5 tonnes.
 
Thanks everyone..I'll measure up the the proposed conversion..may not have enough height for the nice twin pillar lift so probably a sissor version is the way to go?
 
Pbondar said:
Thank you..that looks pretty close..given the limited roof height of the existing building that or scissor are both options..the two post looks (for me) a better option..I wonder what the negatives are?
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That one that Zulu posted is much better in terms of height and its cheaper! What is the height of the internal roof? The downloadable spec on the website gives exact dimensions for the lift

I suspect that there isnt really any negatives except the space it takes up, both pillars will need to be on secure ground obviously but thats it, there is only one motor on the lift so its not even like you need to maintain two of those. All in all I really am very surprised how inexpensive this is compared to my expectations! :thumbsup:
 
Flyingfifer said:
Pbondar said:
Thank you..that looks pretty close..given the limited roof height of the existing building that or scissor are both options..the two post looks (for me) a better option..I wonder what the negatives are?
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That one that Zulu posted is much better in terms of height and its cheaper! What is the height of the internal roof? The downloadable spec on the website gives exact dimensions for the lift

I suspect that there isnt really any negatives except the space it takes up, both pillars will need to be on secure ground obviously but thats it, there is only one motor on the lift so its not even like you need to maintain two of those. All in all I really am very surprised how inexpensive this is compared to my expectations! :thumbsup:
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I have 2.3m floor to joist at the most likely point to base the actual lift section..so that looks like a result!
 
Flyingfifer said:
Pbondar said:
I have 2.3m floor to joist at the most likely point to base the actual lift section..so that looks like a result!
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Thats a whole 276mm of clearance, plenty :thumbsup: :P
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Quite so..kerching..
 
Has anyone else bought a scissor jack?

I'm thinking of one for winter tinkering, they seem to vary in price a fair amount yet they look like they come from the same factory...?
 
I have a low height scissor jack which is great for most jobs. It lifts about 1m which means you can’t stand under, but I had limited roof height

Positives
Park over it without any issues
No posts to hit doors on
No posts creating obstructions in the garage


Negatives
Access under is more limited than 2 post, but I can still get to everything I need


If space around the car is no issue, and you don’t park between the posts all the time. Then a 2 post is great. But as a lift for what is irregular use, where it’s in a tighter space, then for me the access around the car prompted a scissor lift.
 
stevespg said:
I have a low height scissor jack which is great for most jobs. It lifts about 1m which means you can’t stand under, but I had limited roof height

Positives
Park over it without any issues
No posts to hit doors on
No posts creating obstructions in the garage


Negatives
Access under is more limited than 2 post, but I can still get to everything I need


If space around the car is no issue, and you don’t park between the posts all the time. Then a 2 post is great. But as a lift for what is irregular use, where it’s in a tighter space, then for me the access around the car prompted a scissor lift.
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Which make of scissor jack do you have Steve ?
 
stevespg said:
I have a low height scissor jack which is great for most jobs. It lifts about 1m which means you can’t stand under, but I had limited roof height

Positives
Park over it without any issues
No posts to hit doors on
No posts creating obstructions in the garage


Negatives
Access under is more limited than 2 post, but I can still get to everything I need


If space around the car is no issue, and you don’t park between the posts all the time. Then a 2 post is great. But as a lift for what is irregular use, where it’s in a tighter space, then for me the access around the car prompted a scissor lift.
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Good feedback ..still planning to get some form of lift myself but the garage does have limited roof height so not sure how much higher than 1m I could go anyway… :thumbsup:
 
It was from a place called garage equip group I think.

Was under £1k new, had it a few years though now, used regularly for all sorts.

I’ve had a few tvr which are very low and this just works for them in terms of driving over.

Lifts 3000 kg which works for bigger stuff too

If I had loads of room… a 2 post would be in there, but this works for me.
 

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That looks ideal! I've got the same height restriction to I'll be going for a metre too! I can't seem to find one for much less than 2k at the minute though which is slightly annoying!
 
RedUn said:
That looks ideal! I've got the same height restriction to I'll be going for a metre too! I can't seem to find one for much less than 2k at the minute though which is slightly annoying!
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324341926133?hash=item4b844908f5:g:UkEAAOSwJ-ldCqfU
 
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