2 post lift and buggies

redneckengineered · Mar 30, 2017

Where do you guys lift from on your tube chassis? I've been using the upper link mounts but I'm still playing with locations. It takes a few minutes to get the pads just right. My lift is fairly new and I haven't been using it long so I'm still learning what it's like not to work on my back. Post pics if you got them and any tips/tricks to make life easier.

fordcontraption01 · Mar 30, 2017

Whatever you do do not put one of the tires on one of the arms and give it a test flex ever

redneckengineered · Mar 30, 2017

fordcontraption01 said:
Whatever you do do not put one of the tires on one of the arms and give it a test flex ever

Noted. I have a forklift for those kind of shenanigans.

fordcontraption01 · Mar 30, 2017

Now that being said you can but you better put some car skates under the other tires before you do it. I had mine all 6 feet in the air all flexed out checking my shocks clearance. No problems going up but when it started coming back down the ass end tire had slid over while going up it didn't want to slide back going down. It came down but the lift pad and spacers almost killed me when it went ka boom and I had to go looking for lift parts :****:

redneckengineered · Mar 30, 2017

fordcontraption01 said:
Now that being said you can but you better put some car skates under the other tires before you do it. I had mine all 6 feet in the air all flexed out checking my shocks clearance. No problems going up but when it started coming back down the ass end tire had slid over while going up it didn't want to slide back going down. It came down but the lift pad and spacers almost killed me when it went ka boom and I had to go looking for lift parts :****:

Yep, that's a great point. When I do the flex test with the forklift, always do it on flat ground and put your **** in neutral so it can roll around where it wants. Amazing how much they will walk out at full flex.

fordcontraption01 · Mar 30, 2017

redneckengineered said:
Noted. I have a forklift for those kind of shenanigans.

your right bobcat or forklift for that but it was raining and it was already in there so I said hey I got this lift lol

jeeptj99 · Mar 30, 2017

My dad just got a lift about a year ago and it's a really weird adjustment to get used to it you're right. Havent tried to lift the jeep on it yet.

Side note you have probably the coolest looking shop I've seen so far.

money_pit_yj · Mar 30, 2017

Could you fab up some kind of cradle to go on the end of the arm and lift from the tubing somewhere? Rock slider maybe? Check out the WabFab for a high lift jack to get an idea of what I am talking about. I always hated working under stuff on a lift, especially if you were going to be beating on it or something. I would think it would be hard to get it stable on the link mounts without some sort of contraption.

redneckengineered · Mar 30, 2017

money_pit_yj said:
Could you fab up some kind of cradle to go on the end of the arm and lift from the tubing somewhere? Rock slider maybe? Check out the WabFab for a high lift jack to get an idea of what I am talking about. I always hated working under stuff on a lift, especially if you were going to be beating on it or something. I would think it would be hard to get it stable on the link mounts without some sort of contraption.

Possibly. I have 4 perfect flat spots at the 4 corners of the belly that would be great but it's a very small spread front to back because the belly isn't that wide.

smbroady82 · Mar 30, 2017

I use (2) Hi-lift jacks , does that count as a 2 post lift??

fordcontraption01 · Mar 30, 2017

smbroady82 said:
I use (2) Hi-lift jacks , does that count as a 2 post lift??

pics please molaugh

Jody Treadway · Mar 30, 2017

My lift is a Bend Pak with the individual stand offs and the pad that sets in the stand offs, like yours pictured.
Sometimes i have to remove the pads and use the stand off to "hook" the rocker tubes. I then add appropriate ratchet straps to each arm to better secure them.

Usually I can find a safer way but narrow buggy tubular frame rails and flat rubber pads don't always work well together.

fordcontraption01 · Mar 30, 2017

My lift also has two what looks like two c channels welded together that can sit on the main lift arms themselves. They have rubber on them but I don't think I've ever used them

wizzo · Mar 30, 2017

The way those chassis belly skids are done can make things a little more challenging I'd say. Bend Pak (I'm sure others as well) makes these "frame craddle pads"

Like what others have mentioned. It give you a little security for movement so nothing slides right off the pad.

jeeptj99 · Mar 30, 2017

wizzo said:
The way those chassis belly skids are done can make things a little more challenging I'd say. Bend Pak (I'm sure others as well) makes these "frame craddle pads"

Like what others have mentioned. It give you a little security for movement so nothing slides right off the pad.

Did your lift not come with these? Dad's is a Weaver lift and it came with a set of these.

redneckengineered · Mar 30, 2017

jeeptj99 said:
Did your lift not come with these? Dad's is a Weaver lift and it came with a set of these.

Mine look pretty much just like that but without the edges.

edit: And thanks for the compliment on the shop. I worked in a 1.5 bay cave with a concrete floor that was dirtier than bare ground for 15 years. It was time for an upgrade.

jeeptj99 · Mar 30, 2017

redneckengineered said:
Mine look pretty much just like that but without the edges.

edit: And thanks for the compliment on the shop. I worked in a 1.5 bay cave with a concrete floor that was dirtier than bare ground for 15 years. It was time for an upgrade.

No prob on the shop. from the time i was a kid until 2012 dad and me worked on stuff in a gravel driveway under a quick set up carport. Everything from building motor's to oil changes happened under that tent. I feel ya on rough working conditions.

BUG-E J · Mar 30, 2017

redneckengineered said:
Noted. I have a forklift for those kind of shenanigans.

You mean the place with the mozzarella sticks and the goofy **** on the walls?

I just kick them under my belly pan

1tfrot · Mar 30, 2017

wizzo said:
The way those chassis belly skids are done can make things a little more challenging I'd say. Bend Pak (I'm sure others as well) makes these "frame craddle pads"

Like what others have mentioned. It give you a little security for movement so nothing slides right off the pad.

we use these when using my buddies lift. works great.

sleepsontoilet · Mar 30, 2017

I wish I had enough room to even have one of those. But I am curious if you're full of water, and how front heavy it would make one if you put the pads too close together?