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got a min
Active Member
31 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 12:18:00 PM
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What type of lift do you use |
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tigger2
Advanced Member
USA
469 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 1:12:09 PM
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All of our special needs units have Braun Millennium lifts installed. |
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OxDiesel-Doc
Active Member
25 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 1:31:19 PM
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I have a Rotary Twin-Post Lift for our Transits...very convenient. |
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Bus Tech1
Senior Member
76 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 1:43:19 PM
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Are you talking about a lift on a bus for wheel chairs or in the garage? |
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krmvcs
Advanced Member
362 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 1:44:08 PM
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Rotary Mach4 mobile column lifts. super awesome. with a set of 4 tall stands i can do just about anything save a brake job standing up. |
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got a min
Active Member
31 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 2:04:52 PM
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Sorry Im talking about garage lifts for 72 passenger buses. I have 2 In ground post lifts, both have issues. The lifts are 40 plus years old with no safety lock out in front post. Looking for options |
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OxDiesel-Doc
Active Member
25 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 2:08:49 PM
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what are the symptoms with your lift?
On my Rotary in ground twin post we had front and rear seals leaking and debris in the hydraulic reservoir and the adjustment chain pulley seized, total cost for repairs was 3,300. |
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got a min
Active Member
31 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 2:22:12 PM
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Both underground leaks when the one line blew out the front post cam down quick. Like I said no safety lock out. |
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OxDiesel-Doc
Active Member
25 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 2:33:51 PM
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Damn that sounds scary...get in contact with a service & repair company near you to have them do an estimate on repairs needed. Do you work for a district or contract company? |
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mysterytrain
Active Member
34 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 3:10:50 PM
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mowhawk 4 post 25 ton ramps |
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Crown
Senior Member
89 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2015 : 6:24:38 PM
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Single post, in-ground Rotary in the front, double in the rear. Ours are only 37 years old but all have ratcheting safety bars. We just had a complete front "piston" assembly replaced for about $13K, new safety bar, roller carriage, hose, shipping clear across the country, and installation. Hoists save a lot of time, do a lot of work, and handle things safely. They are not something to be cheap with. |
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tigger2
Advanced Member
USA
469 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2015 : 05:11:15 AM
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Ohh that's different, we have a set of the Gray WPLS 160F wheel lifts and a set of the Gray 9THR matching jack stands. The jack stands allow you to raise one unit and put on the stands for long term jobs and still be able to use the lifts for services and quicker jobs. You can also change the dip switches on two units and use them both separately, two and two. |
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aaronwilmoth80911
Top Member
538 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2015 : 05:43:08 AM
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We have 4 Stertil Koni Earth Lifts which are the column lifts. Rated at 18000 each and have wireless communication with each other. They can be set to have all 4 at the same time, 2 and 2, or single. They have adjustable speed and limit out if they sense that one area has gone too much further than any of the other areas. We have the jack stands to go with them as well. We also have a BendPak drive on lift which is pretty convenient for oil changes, lube jobs and things like that. |
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Mechan1c
Top Member
USA
853 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2015 : 09:37:39 AM
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4X Rotary MOD-35's 60K lifts in ground. 1 SL212 that's a little too light on anything heavier that a 3/4 ton. An A-Bus is too heavy and a F450 dump is too heavy. 1 wash bay lift that Rotary used to make that uses 2 MOD-35 rams with a H shaped drive on platform, with a third ram for the other end of the bus so we can wash under a fully lifted bus. These are all 30 years old. Pretty good HD lifts. |
Edited by - Mechan1c on 04/22/2015 11:46:18 AM |
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bfaulkner
Senior Member
168 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2015 : 11:19:54 AM
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We run 2 Rotary twin post in ground lifts and have had no problems with them. Our are only 7 years old so still fairly young. |
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dferrell
Senior Member
102 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2015 : 10:05:57 AM
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I have an old Weaver 2 post in-ground lift. Works great! |
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