Electric kart stands

mike wallace · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:50 am Post subject:

Billy I had a brain fart, he actually pulls one of the little harbor frieght trailers with his kart on it., but the kart stand was nice. It was so different that I actually went over and looked at it and Juan said it was great. Sorry about misleading kart in cooper..........
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Jeff DeMello · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:12 am Post subject:

The trailer Juan uses is a jet ski trailer and he pulls it with a Mini Cooper s.
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Mike Lyda · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:24 am Post subject:

I came across this video last night..

He has the hooks on ebay listed under "Go Kart Stand SOLO Lift Hooks"

I've seen the electric kartlift in person and will be getting one, but the option shown in the video might suffice for certain situations..

Tim Koyen · Advertiser Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Posts: 1557

I've seen 2 dozen, maybe more, attempts at building one person kart stands. Some of them are awesome, some are downright stupid. Most of the simple ones like the hooks on the scissor stand work fine if your kart is light or your're strong enough to put the kart on its tail (and so inclined to do so). You could go to Europe and easily see 10 different electric stands being marketed. There are at least 7 different people in the US alone making and selling a winch powered lifting stand, plus a couple more that think they have a better one on the drawing board.

After being in this business for 9 years, and full time for 7, I've seen just about everything when it comes to lifting kart stands. All the ideas mentioned in this post so far have been done, but that doesn't mean they should be done again, or better. If you're a guy with mechanical engineering background and you love building stuff, go for it. Most people build a cool stand for themselves and a friend, realize there is little to no profit in the business and move on to the next cool project. But its all good. It breeds creativity which is always good.

And for what it's worth, the Harbor Freight sold Badlands winch (which is sold by many people) is the best small winch value on the market today. Take it from someone who uses hundreds of them every year. Once you build a few stands yourself, you'll know why.
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Billy Smith · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:00 pm Post subject:

Is this a 1 person kart stand, or this just a regular Euro style kart trolley?

http://youtu.be/lzECxGNOPAA

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Michael Boone · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:14 pm Post subject:

Justin Martin · Joined: 27 Mar 2012 Posts: 329

If you can afford it I would say got with a streeter or a kartlift. Time stands are nice quality.

The reason I am building my own, is simply because no one produces a stand to fit my needs. I have a limited budget, and stuff my kart and all my equipment into the back of an SUV. I needed it to be adjustable height, as well as allow the stand to plug in and hang off of a trailer hitch reciever.

My newest personal stand in work is very similar to a scissor lift available for rent at uhaul etc.... The way it works is as follows; it starts all the way down when it is down the front wheels are collapsed (rotated) to allow the stand to look like a ramp. The winch pulls the bumper of the kart up the ramp. The forward part of the lift rails are on the ground and the rear are only 9" high if that puts it in perspective as far as the angle it sits. It pulls the kart up the ramp until it hits a stop at the end. It then starts pulling the scissor braces together raising the kart. Meanwhile the front wheels sit on a cam and as the forward scissor brace pulls over the cam the wheels rotate back down into a locked position. Now the kart is free to move up and down as I please.

I am not trying to go into business, just trying to make myself an awesome stand.

On the first one I had $298 invested in steel, argon, casters, winch (chicago electric, same as kartlift) and the battery. The next one will be a little less expensive in steel.

Billy Smith · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:28 pm Post subject:

Justin Martin · Joined: 27 Mar 2012 Posts: 329

Well people are referring to, two different types of "scissor" stand. I am referring to this:

and my stand will be "similar" to this, however rails rather than a platform, and winch powered not ram powered;

HOWEVER, they also refer to the KARTLIFT and STREETER electric kart stands as "scissor" lift even though it isnt truley a scissor lift.

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Michael Boone · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:28 am Post subject: