I'm looking to buy a bike lift, pneumatic table style. I'm curious to see what everybody is using and here some reviews, good and bad. Prices would be appreciated to. Thanks in advance!

 

Way out of my league man i just have a cheapie mechanical floor jack! But good luck, that will be a nice toy.

 

Nearly everyone uses something like the Sears red jack which is vastly more convenient to use and store, and costs a tiny fraction of a table lift.

 

I just bought one at the local Napa sale. Its made by Titan. I don't care what it cost, the thing is NICE. I never knew how much I needed one...LOL

Less than a grand and you can get one that will make you life sooooo much easier. I have the sears jack, and it works, but its very low, and not nearly as stable.

I have wasted a grand on way less useful things.

Mine was 890.00 out the door with the lift, the jack, roller and tie downs.

 

the harbor freight lift is actually very nice... it is what i use at home with a black 1100lb jack... this way i do not have to have my air compressor on to lift the bike... for the shop we always have the air running so we use black widow lifts... of course we have powdered everything on them from the wheel vice to the chuck on the front of the harbor freight lift (strongly recommend)







the lifts at the shop

 

I have one from Mac Tools ....cost me $1300.00 its nice and works good

 

I have the direct-lift motorcycle lift. Works great and beats laying on the floor when working on it

here's a couple of the bike on the lift

 

I have the HF one two, never had a single problem with it and i use it upwards of 4-5 days a week $250 with a coupon, and they sell a pnumatic cylinder there for around $100 if you have to have the air on it. Cheap and effective.

 

yeah you cant beat the harbor freights price. hows the hydrolics on it as far raising speed? does it take a million pumps? joe, you said you had a harbor and a widow, whats the difference in stability when raised? hows the price on th widow compared to the harbor? thanks for the replies. also i see the harbor has an "acces panel" to service the hydrolics, is this usable to drop out the rear tire?

 

the access pannel in the rear is there to remove the rear tire... works just fine but to be honest i never use it... i just lift it high enough to clear the fender and roll it out. both lifts are very solid when the bike is up, to get the bike all the way to the top off the top of my head maybe 20 pumps, it is not much. When i am at home i dont want to run the air compressor to lift and lower the bike... i adjust the table height about 15 - 20 times on any given job to make things easier and tend to work well into the night... i also have a 100 gallon compressor so it gets a bit loud when it kicks on... at 5 am while wrenching i dont want to have to turn that sucker on to move the bike around. Honestly i think they are about the same lift, only difference is one uses air one used ME! either way i would highly sugest the locking wheel chuck for the front of the lift, the HF stock vice blows