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Anybody with a lift have one of these?

DynoDave

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Just curious if they work well.

Rotary Lift Spotline� laser spotting guide now available for all vehicle lifts

Rotary Lift’s Spotline™ laser vehicle spotting guide is immensely popular with technicians who use the company’s new Shockwave-equipped lifts. It enables them to quickly and efficiently move vehicles in and out of the bay, saving time on each job and increasing overall productivity.

Now, owners of any brand of vehicle lift can add the benefits of Spotline to the bay, thanks to a new retrofit kit that makes the laser spotting guide compatible with most inground and surface lifts.

“Everyone who has a Shockwave-equipped lift knows how much time the laser saves,” says Ron Lainhart, Rotary Lift parts and service manager, “But there are a lot of people who aren’t necessarily ready to purchase a new lift who could benefit from being able to spot vehicles more quickly and accurately. The new Spotline retrofit kit lets customers increase the efficiency of virtually any lift out there.”

The Spotline laser is installed on the top of the lift or elsewhere above the work area. It projects a green laser line directly in the center of the bay. The technician simplycenters the line on the vehicle hood and dash while pulling in for perfect positioning every time. With Spotline, the driver does not have to lean out a window or a door to properly stage the vehicle.

Rotary Lift invented the Spotline motion-activated laser spotting guide and introduced it as part of its Shockwave system in November 2011. Until now, it was only available on Shockwave-equipped two-post and SmartLift® inground lifts. Spotline uses a Class IIIa laser similar to those in laser pointers.

The Spotline retrofit kit works with two-post and four-post surface lifts, light-duty inground lifts, and heavy-duty parallelogram and scissor lift models. The kit comes complete with a Spotline laser assembly, motion sensor kit, mounting bracket and hardware adaptable to a ceiling, wall or top of a two-post lift. A Rotary AuthorizedInstaller (RAI) can install the kit, or the customer can install it by following the simple instructions provided.

For more information about the Spotline retrofit kit, contact your local Rotary Lift distributor, log on to www.rotarylift.com or call (800) 640-5438. You can also find Rotary Lift on Facebook, www.facebook.com/RotaryLift; Twitter, twitter.com/RotaryLift; and YouTube, www.youtube.com/RotaryLiftMedia.
 
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ringneck

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Nope.... Centering between the posts isn't that difficult, centering the weight over the center of lift is more difficult, and am sure a laser pointed at the top of the roof wouldn't be much help :)
 

brad900

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That video says you can do 1 more job a day with this, you must really **** if it takes that long to pull a car on your lift
 

mattmankow

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I hung a peice of clothesline off of the rafter in the center of the lift. Never was a problem, until I had the wife steer a non-running f250 ccsb in while I pushed it w/the bobcat. So offcenter caught the folded lift arm on one side. Had to pull it out and push it in again. MAJOR PITA!
 
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sensei_

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i just use a wooden frame to chock the wheels against the wall as i park. it helps that i have points in the garage that i can use to gauge the position of my car.
 

scouting

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Really? If you can park in a crowded garage, you can center a vehicle. For me, the time consuming part is making sure your lift arms are lined up properly, and it still doesn't take long.
 

TheShrine

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I have a mirror on the far wall for centering all of my cars/truck on the lift. Each car/truck has different front/back positioning since my lift is an asymmetric design. Easy & quick.

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BigUgly9

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I thought about one, talked to the sales rep that I ordered my Rotary RFP9 from and he asked how many vehicles a day. When I said it mite sit there a half day up to a month. Well he didn't laugh in the phone but I got the message.
Some one will buy most anything. How about an automatic arm positioning device. It could recognize the vehicle, either by license plate or features or you might even enter model.
Just a little fun at my expense, I was actually serious when I called him to see if there were any options that were available that would be more expensive or not possible to add later. Too much time on this old retired farts hands, not because there are not enough projects to more than will cover time I got left.
 
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