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Bear_Rider Senior Member Offline Posts: 289	Poor Man's Lift Table? 12/24/07 at 12:42:50 I have two bad knees and a ruptured disk. I'd like to be able to raise the entire bike up to a more comfortable height. Does anyone have a source for a reasonable table or for plans?
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Re: Poor Man's Lift Table?
Reply #1 - 12/24/07 at 12:57:25

Harbor Fright has two different 1000 pound motorcycle lifts.

One foot operated one for $300
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91764

And an air operated one for $380
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94121

Those are both the table style lifts. They have a 1200 pound lift also but that is way overkill for our savages.

Just had Another thought, if you have a flatbed trailer (borrow a friends or rent one) that might help raise it up a bit. At least it might help if your working near the top of the bike.

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Reply #2 - 12/24/07 at 14:30:29

Years ago I bought plans for a raising cycle lift table that uses a car floor jack for the hydraulics part. Try <plans@afabonline.com> If he is out of business I may be interested in selling my set of plans. I have both the $300 Harbor Freight one and a Handy air/with ATV side boards. Both are good and usefull units. The HF one has a drop out panel for the rear tire which is really nice, but an almost useless front tire clamp as compared to the Handy. Handy used to be the industry stand in shops and now comes with the slide/drop out panel. i bought the Handy when it was about the only one around. From the pictures it looks like it is sold by others now with their name on it.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Poor Man's Lift Table? Reply #3 - 12/27/07 at 15:05:07 Poor man's Bike lift... dig a hole, put a board accross or park next to it. Fully customisable, can be multi level.
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Re: Poor Man's Lift Table?
Reply #5 - 12/27/07 at 23:08:06

Max_Morley wrote on 12/24/07 at 14:30:29:

Years ago I bought plans for a raising cycle lift table that uses a car floor jack for the hydraulics part. Try <plans@afabonline.com> If he is out of business I may be interested in selling my set of plans. I have both the $300 Harbor Freight one and a Handy air/with ATV side boards. Both are good and usefull units. The HF one has a drop out panel for the rear tire which is really nice, but an almost useless front tire clamp as compared to the Handy. Handy used to be the industry stand in shops and now comes with the slide/drop out panel. i bought the Handy when it was about the only one around. From the pictures it looks like it is sold by others now with their name on it.

Haven't checked out the site or plans yet, but here is a click-able link to the site Max mentions above:

http://afabonline.com/table_lift_plans.htm

I'm going to check their stuff out. Might be worth the time/trouble or not.

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Re: Poor Man's Lift Table?
Reply #6 - 12/28/07 at 08:28:16

verslagen1 wrote on 12/27/07 at 15:05:07:

Poor man's Bike lift... dig a hole, put a board accross or park next to it.

Fully customisable, can be multi level.

I can tell that because of your age, that you really don't understand.

See...If a guy has bad knees and/or a ruptured disk, then it is even more difficult to dig a hole and crawl in and out of it. That won't work...

As an engineer, we need you to come up with a better design.

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Re: Poor Man's Lift Table?
Reply #7 - 12/28/07 at 08:53:04

He was asking for a poor man's lift table, and what's cheaper than a hole?

OK, I guess I left out a step, which I felt anybody with a ruptured disk would already know.

How to dig a hole with a ruptured disk.
Go to store, buy 2 cases of beer.
Gather up the appropriate digging tools (picks, shovels, tnt, whatever)
When ever friends or kids come over, put a cooler over by the proposed hole and start digging.
They'll say what the hell are you doing? you explain, they'll retort you shouldn't be doing that and pitch in.
Maybe they'll say this is too much f'in work and huddle up together and buy you the lift table for you. Grin

Or course a couple of come alongs strung up to the rafters will work too. Grin

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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Poor Man's Lift Table? Reply #8 - 12/28/07 at 08:57:11 I use my bike trailer,helps some.What's nice I can put the front wheel in the chock and tie it down. And that is the truth,ahem.
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Re: Poor Man's Lift Table?
Reply #9 - 12/28/07 at 08:58:56

verslagen1 wrote on 12/28/07 at 08:53:04:

He was asking for a poor man's lift table, and what's cheaper than a hole?

OK, I guess I left out a step, which I felt anybody with a ruptured disk would already know.

How to dig a hole with a ruptured disk.
Go to store, buy 2 cases of beer.
Gather up the appropriate digging tools (picks, shovels, tnt, whatever)
When ever friends or kids come over, put a cooler over by the proposed hole and start digging.
They'll say what the hell are you doing? you explain, they'll retort you shouldn't be doing that and pitch in.
Maybe they'll say this is too much f'in work and huddle up together and buy you the lift table for you. Grin

Or course a couple of come alongs strung up to the rafters will work too. Grin

I knew that you could do it. That's much better. I'm glad that you included the come alongs. He can use those to get in and out of the hole.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Poor Man's Lift Table? Reply #10 - 12/28/07 at 09:06:36 By the way brother just blew out his disk, had the sergery a couple of weeks ago. And is now down here from Seattle area kicking the nuts with us. My own bad knee and back keep me from prolonged physical activities, but I still do the bending and the knelling while I can. Just pay for it later.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Poor Man's Lift Table? Reply #12 - 12/28/07 at 15:25:32 Thats a pretty nice lift you got there
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feelinjunky Full Member Offline No Comment Posts: 238 NJ	Re: Poor Man's Lift Table? Reply #13 - 12/28/07 at 17:42:54 yea, looks excellent and is extremely accessible considering both wheels are in the air...
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