Best home Garage Scissor Lift SAFETY concerns, Maintenance and Upgrades

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@richardstamper5630 Күн бұрын

I bought a similar lift, also from China. Mine has the movable arms to locate on the lifting points of the car, the only downside with mine is it's difficult to do anything on the centre of the car whereas yours is open. I also think my type can accommodate larger vehicles and perhaps spreads the load better. I find it perfect for everyday repairs such as oil changes, brakes, cleaning and painting. I also made an MDF top for mine so that I could work on the tractor mower and my motorbikes. I run straps from the roof beams and around the handle bars which make fork servicing real easy. Perfect bit of kit.

@AlfisGarage Күн бұрын

@@richardstamper5630 i think I know which type of lift you mean, I think they can raise the car higher but those that I’ve seen were rated for less weight. Thanks for sharing!

@richardstamper5630 Күн бұрын

@@AlfisGarage It's rated at 3.5 UK tons and can easily lift my old TD5 Land Rover.

@anonymous..- 6 ай бұрын

This is the best mid rise lift. This lift is sold under many names but it’s awesome. I got rid of the Quickjack and bought this style of lift. And most importantly, it makes you feel safe.

@AlfisGarage 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I never had the Quickjack and I think it is practical how portable it is, but this seems definitely stronger. 👍

@seppoeerola882 14 күн бұрын

Great tips and modifications, thanks for sharing! I have a practically identical lift branded "Tuha" and colour is dark gray. Has been worth every euro :)

@AlfisGarage 13 күн бұрын

@@seppoeerola882 Thanks for watching! :)

@terrencethorsen 2 ай бұрын

This was a very informative video. Thank you! I have the autokato/katool x85 (usa model) which looks nearly identical. It doesn't have grub pins and has plastic sliders under the back bar.

@AlfisGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@terrencethorsen thanks for watching :)

@efektmurowany 7 ай бұрын

Greetings from Poland, kupczyk is polish brand💪

@kam1leon 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Perfect timing as I am looking for a scissor lift myself here in North America. Most of the brands here are indeed Chinese sourced too (so I believe TwinBush as well). Ingenious design of the mods. Love it. For my use I would prefer to dolly the lift freely on your "side swipe wheels". I guess it should be possible to introduce a shaft and spindle on them, to enable them to rotate 360 degrees. Cheers.

@AlfisGarage 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yes you could surely design it with caster wheels that will rotate 360 degrees :)

@johnbradford2852 3 ай бұрын

Skate board wheel dollies for the win! Thank you!

@patriotu.s.elections7879 3 ай бұрын

Very Good Sir. From Ohio US

@AlfisGarage 3 ай бұрын

@@patriotu.s.elections7879 Thanks for watching! :)

@Ruudi05 12 күн бұрын

Thanks nice video and good ideas for moving the lift! What do you think would this lift be good enough to lift electric cars? They have big heavy battery under the car and no engine in the front so should those cars be reversed to the lift if they have rear motor?

@AlfisGarage 12 күн бұрын

Hey, that's a good question - I think electric cars are pretty much balanced with 50/50 weight, so it probably does not matter much which way you drive them on. In terms of lifting them - I don't see why not. I think Model X is about 2500kg, while the lift is rated at 3500kg. My M5 is about 2000kg and the lift has no issues with it.

@KJs581 4 ай бұрын

Great review, excellent tips. That lifting fitting is perfect, why couldn't they do that?? 🙂

@AlfisGarage 4 ай бұрын

@@KJs581 exactly! It should have come like this :)

@Drftn32 2 ай бұрын

Great video there! Exactly what I was looking for, I am on the process of getting one that I should hopefully confirm in the next few weeks. Just out of curiousity, if you don't mind, how high from level ground at the floor to the roof measured?

@AlfisGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@Drftn32 you mean my garage height? I think I have around 260cm. The lift goes up about 100cm. When I fully raise the M5, there’s not much space left, because I have the garage door rail in the way as well. So basically, any higher would not be possible for me anyway

@Drftn32 2 ай бұрын

@@AlfisGarage Yes garage height, sorry for the confusion. Thats awesome! Least i feel a bit better as the height in my garage is about the same. Now its just a mission to find one here, its like triple the price here in NZ

@AlfisGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@Drftn32 good luck mate!

@piano302 6 ай бұрын

Hey man, these are great tips!! Thank you very much for sharing!

@marktbeauchamp 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic video! You are quite inventive.

@AlfisGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@marktbeauchamp thanks for watching! :)

@haraldrudolf2071 14 күн бұрын

Hallo , sieht sehr gut aus 👍 Ich spreche kein Englisch , wieviel bitte hat die Bühne gekostet und wo kann man diese bekommen ❓🤔 Freundliche Grüße

@AlfisGarage 13 күн бұрын

@@haraldrudolf2071 Hallo, ich habe etwa 2500 Euro bezahlt und Sie können es bei Google finden, indem Sie nach KPN 3500 suchen

@snazy7777 18 күн бұрын

Do you think this brand of lift would survive outside/outdoors exposed to the elements? (Damp British weather)

@AlfisGarage 18 күн бұрын

@@snazy7777 depends on how long you consider “survive”. I’m pretty sure it would start rusting on the joints and the control panel would surely have to be under some cover. Long term i don’t think any of these are built for outside

@gopikumaar7717 Ай бұрын

@mrhow2712 Ай бұрын

Can you take it apart to put it in the back of a minivan for transport?

@AlfisGarage Ай бұрын

No, that's unfortunately not possible.

@johnlebihan6628 4 ай бұрын

Do not tighten the grub screws fully. These are designed to be tightened and the backed off to act as guide in slot on the rod. This allows rod to have some free play and allows the jack to operate faster.

@AlfisGarage 4 ай бұрын

That is interesting - i understand what you mean and you could be right, but then I think the grub screw should have a flat bottom and also there should be some loctite, so that grub screw doesn’t back out

@ricbarker4829 3 ай бұрын

If the grub screw isn't tight it will probably fall out unless you loctitie it in. It doesn't really matter either way. It is a cheap Chinese design with no inner bearing bushes. If the grub screw is tight, it just means the pin is stationary in relation to the two outer holes and rotates in the centre hole. All the wear will be in the centre of the pin or the centre hole. If it is loose, the pin will be allowed to rotate in all three holes, sharing the wear. These are really only designed for domestic use with low cycles compared to a shop lift. You will wear out before the pins or holes will, which is why they don't bother to install grease fittings. As the pins are a sliding fit to the holes, most of the grease was pushed out when you refitted the pins.

@AlfisGarage 3 ай бұрын

@@ricbarker4829 yeah, you’re probably right