Princess SCORE!

[PCD]

99 bucks. I've seen it higher (har har pun), but I'll take it baby
It has a couple of clamps to hold the bike and a cutout in the middle of the table for oil changes.

I adjusted the "do not adjust" knob and it lifts me and the bike easily now. Say 425lbs assuming the bike is 250.

[MICRider]

Now that is sweet! You can work on them at a comfortable height now. That one lifts way higher than my Canadian Tire one too. Excellent score! Gotta get me to Princess Auto some day, I want to pick up some ammo boxes for tool boxes

Regards,
Stew

[PCD]

Originally Posted by MICRider

Now that is sweet! You can work on them at a comfortable height now. That one lifts way higher than my Canadian Tire one too. Excellent score! Gotta get me to Princess Auto some day, I want to pick up some ammo boxes for tool boxes

Regards,
Stew

I've always used the milk crate or chlorine bucket to get bikes off the ground but the beast is too heavy for me. Princess has much nicer lifts that do 1500lbs for example, but thay are quadruple the price. This lift is heavy/sturdy too. I bet it weighs 50 pounds easily.

I suspect the weight restriction is based purely on the design and materials, not the bottle jack. The included bottle jack is EASILY the same size as a standard 2 ton model.
I had to bleed it first, then tighten up the release valve before it would lift the beast. If I were not a mechanically inclined person it would have been returned as defective even though there is nothing wrong with it.

Tools: I started using those bags they sell in lieu of tool boxs a few years ago. Like mini duffel bags. I eventually got about 8 different colors so one is full of screwdrivers, one is electrical stuff, etc, etc. Easy to grab the right color bag and head out to the garage.