Nicely done, Dawg. I should have taken that welding/shop class in high school instead of that fourth year of French--but the French teacher was smokin' hot and I was the only guy with 10 girls; nah, I made the right decision.

When you can, how about some dimensions, e.g. base length and width, height at lowest point, for example.

For those of us who don't have welding easily available, I'll continue to recommend the Complete Hydraulic lift; it fits under the bike while the bike is on the kickstand, exceptional width and length for stability, etc. in addition to using it on a bike lift as Dawg is doing.

 

I wonder if your mom knows there are some parts missing off of her car now........

 

Can you chrome it and put some blinkity LED lights on it so we can sell them for $239. You are going to have to weld a plate opposite of the way you have the base due to tipping.

 

Base measures 15" x 4.75" The fabricated top was made out of 2" angle iron welded together to yield 4" so the top is 15.75" x 4" When closed all the way is 4.5" tall. Here's a pic of it under the bike.

 

I noticed that it should probably have a plate welded onto the base of it, but it seems to be ok if the bike is already upright when jacking it up.

 

Why didn't I think to check her trunk for a scissor jack....could've saved me $21

 

That what i did to a buddy of mine i asked if he had a scissor jack in his truck so he said yes so i went out and stole it hopefully he doesnt get a flat. lol.

 

If any of you are in northern Il/ Southern Wi area and need welding drop me a line. Pay me in green tea and good stories.

Dawg, I love ya and your service to the forum but MAN, those welds make my butt pucker

 

I don't weld. A buddy of mine that likes to blow things up and whatnot did the welding He used a (remember I don't weld) big azz welder that you plug in and it was wire fed....mig or tig maybe?

 

what are friends for. I had a buddy in HS was a tranny expert b/c his dad owned a shop. Once he got it apart he confessed. He was an expert disassembler.