damiansd
Been Around the Block
So I've hit a little stall in my bike build (lack of funds and all that).
I've wanted a bike lift for the re-assembly of the bike, plus I'd like to make maintenance on my daily ride a little easier. As things would have it, a new house is being built a few streets away. And when they had finished bricking it, they didn't want their pallets ( I did ask).
The kids helped me lug the pallets home and I set to making plans. To assist with the build, I've also got an old door and some mallemite that I can use.
In basic terms, I'm build a low lying table and ramp to get the bike onboard. Then I'll use my pallet jack to crank the table up a bit higher. And I'll make up some rollable trolleys that the whole thing will sit on so I can move it around.
Here is the old door that will serve as a frame to build the whole thing around.
A number of 2x4s were screwed to the underside, then the mallemite was screwed down on top. I then bolted on some short little legs. I also welded up a chock to hold the front wheel.
Here is the ramp that I'll use to load the bike.
The mighty bandit all loaded up and tied down to the anchor points. And the wheel chock and anchor points did just fine.
Here are my trolleys on castors. Those pallets had every flavour of wood you could imagine.
My able assistant helped me crank up the front and put the trolley under.
Here it is with the rear trolley also in place.
The table on trolleys is 36cm high and is much better on my knees.
The bandit, jacked up with no place to go.
Not neat. But super functional.
Cheers,
Damian.
I've wanted a bike lift for the re-assembly of the bike, plus I'd like to make maintenance on my daily ride a little easier. As things would have it, a new house is being built a few streets away. And when they had finished bricking it, they didn't want their pallets ( I did ask).
The kids helped me lug the pallets home and I set to making plans. To assist with the build, I've also got an old door and some mallemite that I can use.
In basic terms, I'm build a low lying table and ramp to get the bike onboard. Then I'll use my pallet jack to crank the table up a bit higher. And I'll make up some rollable trolleys that the whole thing will sit on so I can move it around.
Here is the old door that will serve as a frame to build the whole thing around.
A number of 2x4s were screwed to the underside, then the mallemite was screwed down on top. I then bolted on some short little legs. I also welded up a chock to hold the front wheel.
Here is the ramp that I'll use to load the bike.
The mighty bandit all loaded up and tied down to the anchor points. And the wheel chock and anchor points did just fine.
Here are my trolleys on castors. Those pallets had every flavour of wood you could imagine.
My able assistant helped me crank up the front and put the trolley under.
Here it is with the rear trolley also in place.
The table on trolleys is 36cm high and is much better on my knees.
The bandit, jacked up with no place to go.
Not neat. But super functional.
Cheers,
Damian.
