Rotisserie - lifting the car?

[Ed]

Hello,

After seeing lots of shots of cars on rotisseries (and still unsure of the spelling).

I was wondering.. how do you get the car up onto the rotisserie, and how many people does it take?

Cheers

Ed

[JB]

Just one person Ed...

And forklift...

For me anyway... LOL

I think the other couple of ways would be lots of bodies... Or a jack one side at a time and then elevate the jack and go again, but you would need lots of supports for the job.

Cheers
JB

[Ed]

good one Jas!  I'll just grab my forklift round the back... lol

I thought an engine crane with a sling would work?


Cheers

Ed

[GM]

Yeah Ed, the engine hoist is the way. I removed the body of my 37 f%#d with the help of one mate.
                 Cheers Glenn

[JB]

It probably would if you could get the height out of it... you can se from the shots how high you have to get it to be able to turn it over...

I think that if you got the rotisserie made with the holes cut to mount the shell the 4 guys should be able to lift the shell and you put the bolts in to start it off in to position. what does a bare sedan shell weigh???

Hope this helps mate.

[EffCee]

Ed,

I got mine up the hard way, I used two pieces of 4x2 (100mmx50mm) one under the front and the other under the back and continued to work each corner up until it was at the desired height. I then attached the rotisserie and let it down and removed what I used to lift it up with.

I used a bottle jack as the tool to lift it up, sliding blocks of wood, tyres and whetever else that I had available that i could put my hands on.

Keith

[Rusty_T]

 ::)

Ed ,

I used the high lift jack from my lux. By myself and very carefully, one notch at a time. It worked , the ute is on it now.

Rusty