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Solutions to jacking your car - to all home mechanics?
I really wanted to buy a full hydraulic car jack for my garage. Unfortunately, looking at the home I just purchased, I no longer think it is really practical. I don't need to lift my car 8 ft, but I would like to lift it 2-4 ft for maintenance. Are there any good options for this, other than simple jack stands and a 2 ton car jack? I want to know if anyone knows of perhaps a platform that you can drive on and hand jack, or maybe some sort of rubber chalks that you can drive up onto.
Simply putting it, I am looking for a car jacking solution between your every day floor jack/ jack stand set up and a full blown hydraulic lift that you would find in a mechanics shop. Thank you!
They have electric lifts that are totally above ground, so they're a lot easier to install. A post on each side of the car, and arms that swing in with pads. Sync'ed up so that they both go up at the same rate.
Here's a couple examples I found on a quick Google search;
http://www.senecaco.com/div_Auto/Rotary.aspx
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_6970_89+297068
http://www.automotiveshopequipment.net/
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