steel car stand

[landdog]

I passed by a car dealer the other day and in the corner of the lot was a big steel car support with a ramp - they drive cars up onto the stand to show them off.

It lifted the car about 4' or so off the ground, and it struck me it would be the like have a hydraulic lift only cheaper, perfect for a home garage setup. I cannot find anything on the net about them.

I'm going to go by and see where they got it - may have been custom made locally, but I've seen them other places.

Anybody have one of these?

 

[Rugbier]

here you go

http://www.gppinc.com/details/1216_20.html

 

[varova87]

rugbier, you beat me to it.

http://www.gppinc.com/car-display-ramps.asp

 

[landdog]

Dayum!

Thanks gents! Seek and ye shall find.

 

[landdog]

They say it'll hold 6000 pounds - how much does a D2 weigh I wonder?

 

[Drillbit]

4800 or so

 

[Blue]

A Chevy dealership about a quarter mile up the road went out of business this past spring and they had a bunch of those ramp/stands in the parking lot. I tried to nab one but no one knew anyone who might have the authority to let one go. In retrospect I should have just paid the rent-a-cop $100 to look the other way....I suppose they all got turned into scrap steel.

 

[maxyedor]

If you have space for that, you have space for a hydraulic lift. Search Craigslist, seen them go as cheap as $400 in working shape, and a 2-post lift is infinitely more useful than some ramps.

 

[varova87]

If you have space for that, you have space for a hydraulic lift. Search Craigslist, seen them go as cheap as $400 in working shape, and a 2-post lift is infinitely more useful than some ramps.

apples to oranges. you can put a ramp anywhere you have space - driveway, backyard, etc. A safe and proper two post lift setup requires proper install, flat ground, maintenance, and so on.

Yes, they're nicer. But if they're so "cheap", why doesn't everyone have one instead of floor jacks and jack stands?

 

[scottagnew101]

If you go to some of these local auto-shows some of those company's selling hydraulic lifts, will sell them dirt cheap the last day to sell out inventory. One guy was going to let one go for 3,000. Only catch is you had to get it home and install.

 

[maxyedor]

apples to oranges. you can put a ramp anywhere you have space - driveway, backyard, etc. A safe and proper two post lift setup requires proper install, flat ground, maintenance, and so on.

Yes, they're nicer. But if they're so "cheap", why doesn't everyone have one instead of floor jacks and jack stands?

If you have a place to put that giant ramp, you have a place to put a lift, just takes a little prep-work. If you're going to have something taking up that much room, may as well be as useful as possible. Those ramps would be OK for fluid changes, 3rd member installs on the rear of a D1/RRC with steel wheels, drive-shafts and mufflers, a 2 post will work for all of that plus, 3rds on all trucks, brakes, wheel-bearings, suspension installs, axle swaps, etc. etc. Doesn't look like it would even be tall enough to stand-up under, so you either need to dig a hole under it, or crouch the whole time.

 

[az_max]

Biggest problem with the steel ramps is access underneath. Most only have a small channel down the middle that's clear of tubing or angle iron. Getting in/out from both sides is pretty much blocked.

 

[ptschram]

I love my four-post lift.

Wish I'd bought one six or seven years ago.

I'm trying to get a two-post from a used car lot closing down the street. They had it setup outside even.

 

[bri]

Biggest problem with the steel ramps is access underneath. Most only have a small channel down the middle that's clear of tubing or angle iron. Getting in/out from both sides is pretty much blocked.

I would think that the biggest problem is that the wheels are still on the ramp.