Hydraulic Platform Trolley

I need to acquire a small hydraulic platform trolley to move my 5" loco around in and out of the car etc. Weight probably around 50kg.

The only one I can find to buy new is the Sealey 150kg. Has anyone experience of same or can recommend an alternative or has one lurking gathering dust ?

Hi Alan,

look on fleebay........so far I've found that the likes of Sealey operate a badge engineering formuler......

they buy the stuff in from the same people we can more or less but often double the price cos it's got their sticker on it....

No better built and from the same far eastern factory.......

I know this as a fact because the very large motorcycle lift I bought was exactley the same at a tad over 1/2 the price and with courier delivery thrown in........

I do have a couple of supplers (for this kinda stuff) I use if you want the address's PM........

As for the job you want to do please buy something a little bigger than u need, not for strength but for stability...it all get's top heavy real quick when things start to go wrong....

good luck Clogs.........

I am looking for something similar myself for lifting engine blocks etc from near the floor to bench height. First thought was the Sealey ones but I also came across this company based in Bradford that possibly makes them in the UK (I'm not 100% sure on that) No connection etc

Auto-Lift UK

I purchased a 1000 lb. scissor lift table on casters several years ago. It is an Asian product and relatively cheap. It lifts high enough to reach the bed of my pickup truck and lowers to 9". When I made my work benches I made sure the stretchers were more than 9" from the floor. I use the table for unloading heavy items from the truck, getting heavy vises, etc., onto the mill, and for moving my workbench and surface plate stand around the shop. When my benches are cluttered I use it for a workbench. It does leak down overnight so I use a small log to prop it up. I would highly recommend getting one.

I purchased a Clarke 500kg from Miller tools in Swansea ? On the Internet £100-00 less than MM with two days delivery they also do a 350kg

Thanks guys, very helpful.

Alan

Hello Alan,

​I found a site selling good quality pump action pallet trucks recently, sadly I didn't note it at the time, but they had hydraulic scissor lift trucks as well of up to 500 kg capacity at what seemed to me to be remarkable value, as were the pallet trucks which can handle 1000 kg or more.

​Try Googling, you are bound to find it, there were several makers and distributors.

Regards
​Brian

A friend on another forum has found an answer, he has a number of old hospital beds, the type with hydraulic lift and tilt. At the moment he is rebuilding an aeroplane (12" to the foot), and two of these beds are ideal for supporting the wings as they are assembled, mean while another one is serving as an adjustable work bench.

Ian S C

My cheap ex warehouse one off fleebay has a nicely dished top so the oil drips from the loco stay under control. We have a hospital bed at the club which is actually mechanical on the lift pedal though everyone thinks it is hydraulic. The hydraulic bit comes in as a controlled descent mechanism. This might be a necessary precaution in hospitals where a sudden seal failure on the hydraulic lift would be a danger.