[T2] OLD FART VW MECHANICS

[david raistrick]

> post hydraulics. NICE! Now all my rich buddies have shops with lifts. Gotta
> get mine done. I only have about $250 in it!
> Did any of you have any reaction to my modification for tilting?

DONT.

I've had a car sideways on a 2 post lift.  I got lucky.

for one thing, you're changing the stress dynamics in ways you don't
expect.  the other - there really isn't a lot of room to tilt
something as tall as a bus far enough to be useful.   and even less if
you're high constrained.

for your short ceiling - I wouldn't cut the lift.   trade it out for a
lower profile floorplate lift (sell it, or trade it), or just run the
columns and cross beam through the ceiling and into the attic.
position the columns in a truss bay.   if you have to go across the
trusses, it might be a bit harder - but I'd spend the time to place it
rather than cutting it down.

better yet, convert the area to scissor trusses.   or raise the roof.
:)   but you could do -those- two later.

there's a lot lot lot lot of good (and scary) discussion about ways to
achieve this on the garagejournal forum btw.

I spent $600 on my used 2 post.  (plus a $250 cylinder rebuild 5 years
in, about $80 in hardware to bolt it down, another $30 in electrical
to wire it in the way I wanted it, and another $50 or so for a harbor
freight SDS to drill the holes for the anchors...)