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I use a "EZCarlift from Holden Vintage and Classic - https://www.holden.co.uk/p/car_lift_e_z_mobile_for_home_and_professional_use

Winds up with an electric drill



I hang it on the wall of the garage when not in use - you can see it on the right in the picture below

Wow that's way over the price of mine . At my age I need to be able to sit underneath

I admit I can't hang mine on the wall although there is provision to wheel it around.

Good to see one in operation in their video https://youtu.be/rERxNMiSWnY.
Having coincidentally just spoken to somebody who recently had a his car collapse onto him while working unerneath, it has to be an improvement on axle stands, jacking beams etc ?
Even at a couple of Grand (with the desirable/necessary extras)...... Last time I had to get some work done on my car, trailering it cost £275 each way. So could be worthwhile ?
I do foresee burning out a few electric drills, and the castoring wheels are really scary.

[quote=Saxonian]I use a "EZCarlift from Holden Vintage and Classic - https://www.holden.co.uk/p/car_lift_e_z_mobile_for_home_and_professional_use

Winds up with an electric drill

I hang it on the wall of the garage when not in use - you can see it on the right in the picture below.

Ian, in the photo taken outside of your garage, does the floor slope slightly?. The reason I ask Is that I have a slight slope in ours, as its a converted stable.. Most of the scissor jacks state to lift on level ground.. Now I can get around this with some tapering planks under the scuissor jack, but this takes away some of the access height to deploy the jack under the car.. If the Holden jack will work on a slight slope, then that would do the business..

Rgds Dave

Lovely spot (and good beer at the Bottom Ship), but the road from Porlock village to Porlock Weir is really narrow and one of those where I hope to never ever break down / need to change a wheel on any car. And what about on Porlock Hill ? A real nightmare I would imagine.

Hello Peter, yes it is a tad narrow between Porlock and Porlock Weir, best to go slow and steady through this lane, but it is worth the squeeze to get down to Porlock Weir and the sea. We are only 25 mins car journey away, so its a good run out for a coffee and to look at the sea and coast., It was not too busy midweek, at weekends it would be difficult to park in the little parking area. Porlock hill can catch quite a few out with its hairpins and steep rise, the private toll road to avoid the mainroad hill is actually a nice drive and slowly meanders up along the hill side, with good views out over the sea and Wales, this road is also a bit narrow in places but not too bad.. We are lucky living on the edge of Exmoor we have a lot of good driving roads where you can escape.. Sat nav's and the rise of mobile homes seems to have increased the traffic in the summer, more so the last 3 years, but its still possible to drive at relaxed speeds away from the madness. I particually like an early morning bimble accross Exmoor on my BSA's or Royal Enfield in the summer...

Dave

Sorry no its relatively flat
If anything it slopes slightly away from the house
I'd check with Holdens to see what they say
The lift has "square feet" on one end and rollers on the other - The pieces of ply you see in this pic are for the rollers to sit on, rather than "rolling" across the concrete.



I do have a set of low car ramps that I drive onto and then roll the lift under the car as space is tight

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Apologies for the thread drift -- we enjoy the drive across Exmoor from Lynmouth to Dulverton. Proper 1950's stuff. Living "on the edge" is good, we live on the edge of the New Forest. The beach is half an hour's walk (well it was last time we did it, but we were fitter then), or less than a 10 minute drive. We are of to play later (it's our 49th wedding anniversary). The wonderful drive from Cranborne across the Chase to Shaftesbury would be a good excuse to visit Tim Ayres, but we are meeting-up with family. None of those roads would be a good place to change a wheel on the Roadster.

The lmost attractive aspect of the quickjack was that it dous not seem to obstruct areas under the car in areas where one is likely to wish to work and you do not have to climb through scaffold to reach gearbox propshaft etc. Also the lightweight and storage capabilities... ?

I decided in the end that I am far less likely to work on my cars and no not need anything else to store in the garage along with workbench filing cabinet tool cupboard ladders, trestles lawn mower..etc. etc. etc. I will struggle on with my low level jack and multiple axle stands and heavy hard wood blocks which I am well used to working with,and if they get to bee too much of a faff I guess it that will be time to just give up...

You don't have to with a scissor lift either. The front and rear are completely clear, and there's enough room to reach under to get to the seat bolts. If you needed to remove the floor panels they are accessed from inside the car. If there was some reason why you absolutely needed unfettered access to the bottom side of the floor then it's no big deal to lower the car onto a couple of trestles and drop the lift out of the way, but in the 6 years I've owned my scissor lift it's never been remotely necessary.