BendPak Lift with Integrated Dyno

[JSK]

Chris from vintagesaab.com sent me an email asking for help posting his story. Here it is....verbatim.

First...the before photo.



Then the story...

My new dyno (Dynocom 15000 series with 750 eddy brake) arrived last Wednesday. Crated it weighed around 5,000 lbs. so I arranged to have transport from the shipping terminal done on a tilt back auto transporter (that turned out to be a very good decision). See the crate below



It was loaded a bit offset on the bed, and that made for some interesting cornering. Once the truck got square to the garage mouth. Larry (my body and paint man, and flatbed operator), jiggled the crate off the truck bed and on to dollies.

Here she is uncrated but still sitting on the bottom skid. Prior to the arrival of the dyno, I relocated my Bendpak HD-9 4 Post lift to the rear of the garage (the caster kit is very handy). Who needs a forklift when you have a lift  So my friend Mark and I were able to roll the dyno in to position between the ramps. My garage has to serve many purposes, so placement of each major item is a study in compromise.



Here the dyno has been unbolted from the bottom skid. Lift straps are run around the drums and chains make the interface to the lift ramps. Lift is rated at 9000 lbs. but we were near center where the capacity is about half of that. Just about what the naked dyno weighs. The lift when up smoothly and there was no noticeable deflection in the ramps. (the front surface of the dyno has a protective film covering a stainless steel skin)



The lift that did the lifting is a Bendpak HD-9ST (which their short and narrow version). The trained eye might also notice that we trapped the lift behind the dyno. NTW, this lift disassembled and found a new home.

A new Bendpak HD-9XW (extra wide, long, and tall) lift will grace the front of the dyno. In fact the lift arrived on the next day and Mark and I picked it up last Friday. We are pretty good at setting these up and breaking them down so in about 3 hours we had the lift up as you see below.



The column on the left sits between the blast cabinet and my large roller chest. You make the lift wider by moving the left ramp. Notice the rollers are very wide and even with the ramp moved there is no need to relocate the dyno or the lift. Surprisingly, this dyno does not have all the much bigger a footprint than my old 2 roller cradle dyno, but it is taller.

Here is a better shot of the dyno and the above ground kit (the frame/plates behind). Not shown are the d-rings that attach to the plate and are used to secure the vehicle for testing. There a 5 foot wide path behind the dyno. The dynos maiden voyage is Wednesday when Dan comes over with his Miata.



Hope you enjoyed.

Jeff