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I bought one of these last year.
https://www.harborfreight.com/pneumatic-adjustable-roller-seat-46319.html

As usual, you get what you pay for, but so far its not all that bad. Cheap plastic wheels, and you better have a clean floor or its going to stop suddenly.
For $26, I can wear out and replace several of them for what the good ones cost.

Its especially nice with this.
https://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lbs-capacity-hydraulic-table-cart-69148.html

When working on a piece of equipment, especially when that equipment has some height to it and you need to not only get to all sides, but top and bottom, those work together nicely.
I noticed in the reviews that several people said that the table quit lifting after a few uses and they had to return it. Mine did after the first use. No fluid leak, and I just could not believe that the pump quit working.
Careful examination showed the problem.
The release valve is on the bottom on the cylinder. But the release lever is on the main handle. There is a cable that goes from the lever to the valve.
The way its mounted, the cable is under a strain. When you pull the lever to release the pressure and lower the table, the cable does not slide back and let the valve close even though the lever returns all the way.
Letting the lever "snap" back solved that problem for the first couple of uses, then a rerouting of the cable fixed it permanently later.
 
I showed that to my wife a while back. She told me to buy one. Then I explained that we haven't bought a car for hat much money in 15 years. $12,500.
 
I didn’t say we should buy em, just that we should have’em.
 
You still have to use your about muscles and such to get up lol. They don't help you sit up, just hold the position you pull up to
 
Fordum said:
I bought one of these last year.
https://www.harborfreight.com/pneumatic-adjustable-roller-seat-46319.html

As usual, you get what you pay for, but so far its not all that bad. Cheap plastic wheels, and you better have a clean floor or its going to stop suddenly.
For $26, I can wear out and replace several of them for what the good ones cost.

Its especially nice with this.
https://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lbs-capacity-hydraulic-table-cart-69148.html

When working on a piece of equipment, especially when that equipment has some height to it and you need to not only get to all sides, but top and bottom, those work together nicely.
I noticed in the reviews that several people said that the table quit lifting after a few uses and they had to return it. Mine did after the first use. No fluid leak, and I just could not believe that the pump quit working.
Careful examination showed the problem.
The release valve is on the bottom on the cylinder. But the release lever is on the main handle. There is a cable that goes from the lever to the valve.
The way its mounted, the cable is under a strain. When you pull the lever to release the pressure and lower the table, the cable does not slide back and let the valve close even though the lever returns all the way.
Letting the lever "snap" back solved that problem for the first couple of uses, then a rerouting of the cable fixed it permanently later.
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When my friend got a "new too him" used Rotary lift for his shop,he had the guy he bought it from and installed it,look at his transmission jack..(he also repairs hydraulic jacks and cylinders)..

The jack was new and only used a few times when he got it from another shop up the road that closed up when the owner retired..
The guy told him "It worked perfectly the first time,but after that,it didn't want to pump up,like it was air bound or something,the fluid level is full,and I see no way to bleed it--if you want it,$25,and good luck,maybe someone can fix it"...it was a huge rugged one ,big enough to handle an 18 wheeler transmission..

The lift installer looks it over and it took him like 30 seconds to find the propblem--"see this filler plug for the fluid ?--this is a "shipping plug",made of rubber--there should have been a pipe plug with the jack in the box ,that has a tiny vent hole in it"..
He took the rubber plug out,and ta-da,the jack pumped right up fine!..he then said "I have some of those pipe plugs at my shop,I'll bring you one--or you could just heat up a nail and poke it thru the rubber plug to make a vent hole"...

Then he looked at another hi-lift jack he had, that you use under the lift to hold up a gas tank,etc,that had the same issue,it sometimes would refuse to pump back up after you maxed it out to full extension,it too, had the "sealed" filler plug still in it...removing it "fixed" it..a few days later the guy came back to see how the "new" lift was panning out,and handed my friend the two "vented" pipe plug..

The funny thing was he had bought the high lift jack brand new off a tool truck,and it had no mention of it needing a vented plug installed,or the rubber "shipping" plug needing to be removed,it did not come with the vented filler plug either..
 
ryoken said:
yeah, i saw those on eghey for like $65.. they only have that lower bar, but the price was right...


how do you like them?
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I like them. if I remember correctly I had a special offer and only paid like 80 for both of them.
 
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