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Prevost Service Facility Lifts
Anyone know the manufacturer of the wheel lifts that Prevost uses at their service facilities to lift buses off the ground? Thanks,
David Brady, ’02 Wanderlodge LXi, NC
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A customer of ours, Heartland Automotive Equipment sells those lifts.
His name is Alan Heier. 785-542-5252
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I have 4 lifts that will lift up to 72000 pounds ,each lift is rated at 18000 pounds each ,they are wireless battery packs inside them charge by plugging in to wall 580000 for a set of four made by rotary lift red with yellow L bars they are great.Number is Mch418
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Thanks Rod and Peter. I’ll follow up on those leads.
Best, David Brady, 02 wanderlodge, lxi, nc
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I bought a set of 4 at the county school board auction for 22500 they were not wire less and had to be pluged in but they rolled around easiley and worked great. Dont remember the brand but they were orange,, keep you eye out for state and county auctions
Stertil-Koni are what they are
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This is a view that I had the opportunity to see when I watched the DMI (detailed maintenance inspection) on my “Prevost to be”. Thanks to information from Jon and Tom I insisted on the DMI which will more than pay for itself in the negoiated price. They used six of these portable lifts 16K each I think, to lift the unit. Great fun to watch at the Ft. Worth facility. Pick up in a week or so – getting anxious.
Wave
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Wavel,
Bus looks great, be sure to tell us all about it when you pick it up.
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Very Excellent Wave.
Looks like a Marathon. Tell us more.
A not regarding lifts such as shown in Wave’s photo. Look at the lift on the drive axle. It only extends beneath the outer wheel. The tag axle has its own pair of lifts so the weight of the rear of the coach is carried by two wheels per side. I have seen facilities with these lifts that had only a pair of lifts for the rear and the lifts were like the ones shown in the photo in that they only went under on drive axle wheel and tire.
In the photo Wave’s drive axle is probably carrying 22,000 pounds so lifting under one tire is making that tire carry about 11,000 pounds. But when you have one lift per side trying to lift the rear under one tire those tires are forced to carry about 16,000 pounds. Same with the air bags.
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Jon, I have watched them do this many times to my coach and always wondered about the stress on the drive axel incured by the lift only catching one wheel. Could this be a potentioal hazard to the Alcoa wheel, the studs or the end of the axel itself.
I asume that if there were so danger in this Prevost would not do it?
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Buddy,
I may be worrying needlessly but anytime I see a coach supported in the rear under one axle only, and then under just the outer wheel I think of if the belts on the tires are being damaged, if the air bags are being over pressurized (they have a 100 PSI limit) and if the sudden drop from a blowout would cause the bus to flip or otherwise come down.
At one time in one of the Prevost shops a lift which supported both drive tires per side was used. This is 20 years ago and it would have been in Jacksonville at the old Wilson Avenue shop or the Lyndhurst NJ shop. The tag axle was just left to hang. But I saw a coach with a single lift in the rear in a Detroit Diesel shop and the lift only went under one wheel. That tire was almost flat on both sides because of the weight each was carrying and it was scary to see. The tech worked under the coach without a care in the world.
Maybe I am all wrong. But I doubt it.
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hi Jon Peter here at our shop my brother and I have we use three per side we think its safer for bus plus the tech. Just to clarify I do not work there help some times my twin brother does day to day stuff he’s the brains I supply hard work
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