Johnny_law

We'll add me to the list of Atlas Scissor lift owners. Had my lift delivered today. Unfortunately, it's sitting about 20" above the ground in my utility trailer right now.

Wish me luck getting it out.

Johnny

RichPugh

It is FUDGING heavy! I broke my crappy hand truck just trying to leverage it to wiggle it over enough to get the leverage/lever thing that comes with it (that the pump ultimately bolts on to) to move it off my trailer, LOL. It's worth it. Welcome to the club

Todynot

I'm shopping for one of these sissor lifts and was leaning toward the Bendpak unit. Any of you Atlas owners do any comparison and feel as though you were settling by buying the Atlas? It is about $500 or so less, which on these fairly inexpensive lifts is a lot.

jhg41977

I don't have a bendpak to compare it to but I am happy with the quality of the Atlas. The only thing I would change is the safety lever. It's the only part I feel is cheaply made.

Johnny_law

That ***** is heavy. I did cheat, I have a sub-compact Kubota tractor which made it all possible. It's little but it always amazes me on what it is capable of doing. The Atlas lift at 600Kg was probably at the limit of the little tractor but doing one end at a time I was able to drag it out of the trailer and lift it enough to drive the trailer out from under it. I know, without pictures it didn't happen.

coreseller

Agreed. I fashioned my own out of a Cycling brake lever:

http://www.performancebike.com/bikes...400198__400198

3/4" Copper Pipe and made my own lengthened Cable:

http://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-me...l#post15421846

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

You will be pleasantly surprised when the rear rubber coupler is replaced with that Apex joint.

Magdaddy

I had mine delivered to my worksite at the time. Off loaded it from the truck with a fork lift, and dropped it onto my utility trailer. I arranged for 4 friends to meet me at the house that afternoon. Very easy to lift among four(or more) gents.

Johnny_law

Or 1 tractor....

EMBPilot

this post is for all those out there who lost sleep at night because the safety release lever cable was shorter than the hydraulic line to the pump, thereby creating a situation like this: where the release cable created a trip wire.


nothing earth shattering but i wanted to add some info regarding fixing the length of the safety release cable thing...

some of this has already been added by coreseller, but my approach was a little different than his.

i had originally tried to just lengthen the cable by 30", but no matter how much you try and anchor the joint, there's too much slack. this did not work...



if you have a pair of crimpers, you should be able to fix this with one trip from home, and about 30 minutes of time.
- go to home depot, buy a length of 14' feet of 3/32" cable $4
- go to a bike shop, ask them for 160" of brake cable sheathing $15

crimps, like the ones used to clamp fishing leader cable


remove the release cable off the atlas and keep the threaded fitting ends handy.

thread your new HD cable through the sheathing, leave like 6" of cable on both sides exposed. thread the cable through the bike handle, crimp a cable crimp on the end that will lock into the brake handle... install the threaded end and lock collar to hold the sheathing



zip tie your sheathing to the hydraulic hose.

at the lift end, install the sheathing into the threaded fitting, pull the cable tight through the pulley, screw down the allen screw that locks the cable as your holding it tight. trim the cable so its not sticking out too far. put a crimp on the end of the cable to keep it from fraying.



as an alternative at the handle end... is to use a t-handle. if your crimp fitting is too large to fit into the stock brake lever that comes on the lift, then remove the handle lever itself (C-Clip) and install a T-Handle instead of using the brake lever. just bring the cable line up through the handle, crimp it in a U shape that will jamb into the T and you'll be good to go. as long as the sheathing is secured on both ends it will work fine.



finally, a cable that matches the hydraulic hose length that you dont have to keep tripping over.

EMBPilot

Id like those with Bendpak and Atlas TD6MR to have a look at this.

I noticed this when we had a new corvette on the lift. This issue seems to be consistent when any vehicle is on the lift. the garage floor is level, the vehicles are sturdy, and the lift is typically pampered. However, the roller is not riding level on the upper lifting plate. weird. lift operates smoothly, no noises or unexpected behavior.

I will send an email off to gregg smith regarding this and see what they say.

IXLR8

^ Twisting due to the load on it.

The arm in the above pic is outward to the left at the jack point of the vehicle and attached to the right side of the channel, so it is going to have a moment about it.

No different than my MaxJax. Columns have an outward tilt by an 1/8 inch no load and with an inward tilt by an 1/8" when loaded at the top of the lift.

EMBPilot

Thank you Alex I really appreciate it

IXLR8

Maybe they could have used a wheel with a slight curvature to it like an English wheel so that the edge does not dig in and wear away at your runner.

Keep an eye on it over time.

nine9six

Alex,
You are one bright guy! Great suggestion on the English wheel, my friend.