Table / Trolly for locos

[Kevan]

I am getting a bit fed up with lifting and carrying my Austerity around so I was looking for a solution and saw this on eBay. Has my one tried one of these motorbike lifts ?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120640320690?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=BY3Ea8GCQb2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=V81eU50tRne&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL

[92220]

Hi Kevin.

I'd be very wary of that sort of lift. When at max extension it will be quite unstable for moving around, especially with a large loco on top.. It would be better to look at the Clarke lift tables which are twice the width, in length, and stable when fully extended and moved around. I've had mine for around 25 years and it still works as good as the day I bought it, even moving it around, fully extended, on a bitty workshop floor, with my 5"g 9f on it. They are more expensive if bought new, but looking on Ebay, there is a 300Kg lift at £100 on auction, and another one at £20.00.

Bob.

[dalboy]

As Bob stated I can imagine at full height it would be unstable. It would be Ok when at the lowest position but that may mean that to move around you would need to be stooped over. So compared to the Table that Bob mentioned the table wins hands down

[uuu]

And - even if you only move it around when lowered, the chances of something going wrong as you transfer from bench to trolley, or trolley to car seem quite scary.

As noted in some previous threads, the Golvo patient lifts make a good crane for shifting things about. They're versatile too. Mine currently has a large, full chest of drawers dangling under it. They way too expensive new, and come up on ebay at high prices, but if you're patient, a cheap one may come along.

Wilf

[jo479]

Take the wheels off and mount it on a bigger base (longer), then put the wheels back on the new base, I'm sure this has come up on the site quite recently, try a search

[jo479]

If you look up the personal section, there's a discussion on trolleys, someone was asking for one and an informative discussion followed

[coniston]

Have a look here, my solution is shown using the same sort of lift you have identified. Works fine for moving my 5" B1 around at low level and can be brought up to bench height when required.

modeleng.proboards.com/thread/14728/wanted-handy-height-products-lifting

[dscott]

Yes superb as the ready made ones have small wheels which are no use over the lawn.
I am gathering all the bits and getting adverts for bearings and castors of course.
Trolley jack sat in the kitchen so it will be Brake Caliper Blue to match.

David and Lily.

[JonL]

Thats the exact type I use (in the first post). It moves my William and Planet with no issues. Bumps over the shallow sill kerb of my garage with no issues. The height is almost exactly worktop height. When not in use I lower it, put the safety pin in, and use it as a stool.

Obviously my locomotives are relatively light in the grand scheme of things. 5" gauge might be different.

[Cro]

If you have a big loco - buy two, rail over the top, join at the bottom and link the hydraulics then you have quite a serious lifting frame!

Adam

[dscott]

Some Blue wheels turned up from Screwfix which prompted a play of ideas in the sunny garden.
Then I hit You Tube and other ideas flood in.
At least some metal from stock will be used... Was a neighbours temporary fence after the water main burst
I am still going for the Non Welded version.

David and Lily.

I so need it for this weekend.