Lift Table
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From: Glendale AZ
Yeah the longer I read this thread the more I find myself crunching the numbers. I am liking the Weaver.....hummm
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Way U.P. North
As for stability, rock solid. My other lifts(Handy, HF) would slide when you rolled up on it. The $299 HF looks tippy to the front due to center of gravity when partially lifted but I have no experience to speak from. The one I had was a scissor style instead of a parallelogram.
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From: New Bern NC
Yepper! got it done last week.
As for stability, rock solid. My other lifts(Handy, HF) would slide when you rolled up on it. The $299 HF looks tippy to the front due to center of gravity when partially lifted but I have no experience to speak from. The one I had was a scissor style instead of a parallelogram.
As for stability, rock solid. My other lifts(Handy, HF) would slide when you rolled up on it. The $299 HF looks tippy to the front due to center of gravity when partially lifted but I have no experience to speak from. The one I had was a scissor style instead of a parallelogram.
Road Master
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It's beautiful, the Harley shops don't even have anything like that. But is it really necessary for the average guy an a budget wrenching on his bike? Yea, I saw the post about the HF stand falling over with a dresser on it but what's the rest of the story? You guys that have them, would you torque your front and rear axle nuts with the stand all the way up? I'm looking for something that will hold the bike in the air so I can detail it without bending over. Don't want to worry about the wife or kids bumping into it and it falling over. Yea, I'm just as skeptical about the Chinese stuff as everyone else but we need to wake up, it's all around us.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2006
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I've had the harbor freight table for almost 8 years, never had a anything to say bad about it other than the wheel vice, buy the one they sell when you get the table so you don't waste time, had the paint start to peel off after about 3 years, I striped it and sprayed it with truck bed liner and that was the end of that + it gives tracktion if tires are wet. I park my bike on it every night. I use it to change brakes, tires, oil, makes cleaning a lot easier, also use it to change tires and brakes on buddys bikes. so I could have spent $1000+ for something that does the same thing just so I can say I have X-brand lift or (like I did) take the other $600 and buy more goodies for the bike
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Northern Illinois
Cheap chinese stuff is not really cheap. There is a lot of hidden costs to our society packaged with it.
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From: New Bern NC
It's beautiful, the Harley shops don't even have anything like that. But is it really necessary for the average guy an a budget wrenching on his bike? Yea, I saw the post about the HF stand falling over with a dresser on it but what's the rest of the story? You guys that have them, would you torque your front and rear axle nuts with the stand all the way up? I'm looking for something that will hold the bike in the air so I can detail it without bending over. Don't want to worry about the wife or kids bumping into it and it falling over. Yea, I'm just as skeptical about the Chinese stuff as everyone else but we need to wake up, it's all around us.
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Road Master
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Move it with the bike on the lift?? Holy smoke! No thread on the lift falling over. The guy that mounted the inground lift posted that, I believe. That would sour me from the HF lift. That's why I'm cautiously optimistic.
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From: New Bern NC
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...e-on-it-2.html
I can only relate my experiences with it. I have a 40' by 60' shop at home and have a 10,000lb vehicle lift as well as the bike lift. Depending on what I'm working on at the time I have moved mine and others bikes around on the lift while waiting on parts and such. I have a very smooth concrete floor which may help but I have never felt that anything was going to tip. Now I will say the small metal wheels on it aren't the smoothest I've ever seen but the table is sturdy enough to move a bagger around at the upper lift setting without much worry.