Scissor lift group buy...UPDATE 48 Hour Opportunity...

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:38 pm

Following my hugely successful foray in the coco-mat group buy (!), I am looking at a more ambitious project. This is the import of scissor lifts from China! The background is that the L7 club successfully imported a load of quick lift jacks from a Mr Ma in china.

With the help of the guy who did that I am looking at scissor lifts for the 7 club and here (and anywhere else with people I can trust).

I have posted the details in the link below.

http://www.blatchat.com/t.asp?id=179350

Just to explain that it is slightly sub-optimal for caterhams as there is not enough ground clearance so pads or low ramps are needed. It is fine for 911s.

There is quite a lot of work to do this, so I am looking to see if there is any interest before embarking on it! It will be much cheaper than UK-sourced lifts although will take quite a few months to accomplish.

Please register interest and/or questions here. Def no committment at this stage, but I will need 10 or 20 to make it sensible.

Graham

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:43 pm

Just to be sure what you are talking about, do you have a picture of this please ?
Cheers
Tim

middlefour1 · Post by **middlefour1** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:52 pm

Interested, but like Tim would like to see some pics. Certainly the possible price looks very tempting.

Mick Cliff · Post by **Mick Cliff** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:59 pm

http://www.lotus7news.co.uk/lift.jpg

middlefour1 · Post by **middlefour1** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:24 pm

Mick Cliff wrote:http://www.lotus7news.co.uk/lift.jpg

Thanks Mick, looks just the job!

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:54 pm

one of the guys on blatchat has raised the question of quality which would have to be checked out first of course.

Graham

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:41 pm

Interested, Yes

, subject to the QA approval

Who is DDK QA ?
Tim

middlefour1 · Post by **middlefour1** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:57 pm

impmad2000 wrote:Interested, Yes , subject to the QA approval
Who is DDK QA ?
Tim

Hi Tim

More than happy to cast an engineering eye over it, but as a lifting device it is required to be tested and if requested a certificate of conformity should be supplied. It may be in Chinese though.........

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:48 pm

The lift has a CE cert and is sold in many markets including Germany and the US, so I think it passes the safety criteria.

Graham

middlefour1 · Post by **middlefour1** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:56 pm

gridgway wrote:The lift has a CE cert and is sold in many markets including Germany and the US, so I think it passes the safety criteria.
Graham

I thought it would have Graham.

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:21 pm

How does it lift ? Electric, hydraulic, Manual, Pump up ?

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:11 pm

we are going to get some more techy detail. I think it is an electric motor powered hydraulic. Hopefully the answer will come over-night from Mr Ma in China!

Graham

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:00 pm

Things have changed a bit. We haven't got enough interest to get the 20 we need to do a direct import. However we have negotiated a deal with a UK supplier see...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-LIFT-MID-RISE ... 4cec01bc6e

He is putting his price up tomorrow which is why his listing has closed. We have got the opportunity to buy (min 5, max 8 ) from him at a price of 1250 delivered. He'll hold that price for us for 48 hours from this morning.

Can anyone who is (seriously) interested in this price please let me know ASAP and let me have their email address.

ETA this is a higher spec lift than we were looking at with double hydraulic rams. It's the closest we could find to what we were planning to import.

Thanks
Graham

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:52 pm

What locks that baby in place ?
I can't see a failsafe mechanism, Anyone ?

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:10 pm

There will def be an interlock for safety even if we can't see it. The ebay description mentions the safety locks.

Are you interested Tim if we can confirm the info on the interlock (not wishing to sound like a salesman, but time is short)?

Graham