Tank Hydraulic lift Wanted

[andymusgrove]

Hi Guys

If anyone knows of a tank lift truck or has one for sale please let me know
07703204966 - its for a Tiger 1

Kind regards

Andy

[Mike Conley]

Hi Andy! Are you looking for something to LIFT your Tiger up off the garage floor where you can work on it/paint? I think that's what you mean. Anyway, I use my motorcycle lift table I bought years ago (when I built/worked on Harleys). Now, instead of Harleys, I use it as a 'tank bench'.

Here in the States, we have Harbor Freight which sells low priced tools and I've seen a motorcycle lift there at a very reasonable price. I use my lift for working on my Armortek Tiger 1, Panther, halftrack, and Panzer IV. AND, in the spring, to change the oil in our mower! (OR as a 'garage table' when we have a beeer bust by just putting a blanket over it!!)

If this is what your talking about, get a low priced motorcycle lift cause I use mine every day!

Mike in Kentucky

[martin pitcairn]

Hi, checkout Machine mart either stores or on line foe 200kg and 400kg lift tables, good solid tables that a lot of us have, also think of a lazy susan turntable for your workbench.

Martin

[andymusgrove]

Hi Martin & Mike

Thanks for your input, much appreciated, I'll have a look round to see what I can find and the turntable idea is a great idea too... its just starting to get heavy

Cheers Guys

Andy

[Mike Conley]

Hi Andy! Here's my motorcycle lift. It's great for storage or working on'em!

Mike in Kentucky

[andymusgrove]

Hi Mike

Thats awesome thanks for the pic, I only have the one ---- at the moment

Cheers

Andy

[Mike Conley]

Hi Andy!

I've had this air operated motorcycle lift for well over 25 years. Used to restore/build old Harleys but now I only build tanks. I also made this 'Lazy Susan' a few years ago when my rc tanks started going from 1/16 to 1/8 now 1/6.

I found an old (cheap made) swivel bar stool that was bent and going to the dump. I took the seat ring and bearing swivel off, made a 2"x4" frame, turned the seat ring down, and screwed on the wood frame. It's worked GREAT for the RC Armory 1/8 KT, Armortek SdKfz 7, and now this Panzer IV. Makes turning them around SO effortless.

But I didn't want to even try it with the HEAVY T1 and Panther cause it wasn't THAT strong and I didn't want to die. So to work on them I bought one of those little cheap moving dollys, screwed some wood to make it higher (so it'll fit between the tracks), and used that.

Hope these 'hair brain' ideas help! Here's some pics of it being used now (sorry for the mess but I'm right in the middle of 'construction'.) Mike in Kentucky

[mark lawson]

Mike the table you have is for Hog’s over here in Tea sizzler land our motorcycle lift tables are almost half the width 80% of bikes here are Jap bikes, I worked as a motorcycle mechanic for more than 20 years and never seen a lift table like yours.

[Mike Conley]

Hi Mark!

When I originally purchased this 'Handy Lift' it was it's regular width of 24" (80" long). Then twelve years ago I finally got tired ('burned out') working on my bikes and sold most of them off.

So with no bikes to work on my 24" lift became a work table for my Tamiya 1/16 tanks. But to change the oil and sharpen blades of my wifes' riding mower we needed a wider table to put it up on.

I knew Western Manufacturing (who makes Handy Lifts) also made a kit to widen the lifts for snowmobile/riding mowers/ATVs, etc., so I ordered the kit. The kit consisted of two 12" side extentions and wider leg for stability. I placed one sheet of white shower wall paneling on top of it so it would be a 'table'.

The 'regular' 24" width of a bike lift would work fine for one or two 1/6 tanks (and would be QUICk to walk around!) For a little more width, a piece of 3/4" plywood would make it a few inches wider for 1/6 tanks.

Due to my wife and I having this lift this long it's 'part of the family' and it's as 'happy' now lifting my tanks and riding mower as it was lifting 'Knuckles, Pans, and Shovels'.

Mike

[andymusgrove]

Hi Mike and Mark

Thanks for all the info and pics, I like the idea of the Lazy Susan and will keep an eye out for something similar

its great info for someone starting out down the large scale Tank road..

Many thanks

Andy

[William Bath]

Check eBay, that's where I got mine, a really serious industrial strength lift that cost close to £2000 when it was new, £75 bought it and my Tiger 1 sits on it permanently, just the right size.