Transit spec lift

[Bryan]

Is it possible to mount a spec lift recovery device to a SWB van as opposed to a chassis cab? I'm guessing the weight of a vehicle of the rear axle of a SWB might be a problem? Not to mention the chassis of the SWB compared to a chassis cab.

[MrMPuk]

Anything's possible!

[Bryan]

You're talking my language! lol



You'd need a SWB with a good chassis to start with and then maybe need to beef up the chassis with something a little stronger before figuring out how to mount the spec.



Something like this...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Recovery-spec-lif ... dZViewItem



But I can't think how this would mount to a SWB bearing in mind the shape of the rear chassis.

[jay]

why do you want to do this??

[Bryan]

Something different. Haven't seen it done before on a van.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

tommorow i will try and get a piccy of the van near me lwb mk4 s/h spec mounted on back pain in arse to get in the backdoors tho itsnot always there as you can imagine will call by tho

[Bryan]

Please do.

If you could talk to the owner and get a couple of shots of how the spec is mounted to the van that would be interesting.

[Guy88]

100ps how about a hi cube spec lift

[Bryan]

You see the reason this project would interest me is that I already use my Transit for a mobile towbar fitting business (for which I only really use the side door anyway) and if it had a spec lift on the back I could use it for recovery when there are no towbars to fit etc. Double use, double £££ from the one truck.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

always wanted to guy but praticality is not good i will see if the mk4 is about it belongs to a fairly big local company so does get used alot shame he didnt use it to recover us once poxy d reg merc 700 series 45mph max

[Bryan]

Any photos of this mighty mk4??

[100ps_drw_hicube]

well is hasnt been there for the last couple of days but talking to a guy next door to the recovery works, they still have a transit on there fleet havent ever noticed any other transits than this one so will keep trying

[bortaf]

I used to have a harvey frost spec crain hanging out the back of a Mk2 , but it was a LWB

[captain hook]

A Spec-lift on the back of a SWB van would overload the back axle when lifting any car.

I've got a couple of 190 chassis-cabs fitted with spec-lifts. The only cars I can legally lift are small hatch-backs and,that is REAR lfting them!!!

[100ps_drw_hicube]

A Spec-lift on the back of a SWB van would overload the back axle when lifting any car.

I've got a couple of 190 chassis-cabs fitted with spec-lifts. The only cars I can legally lift are small hatch-backs and,that is REAR lfting them!!!

depends 150's can take a fair bit of weight as rac used them for towing cars etc cant remember what the payload is but its a lot higher than normal 100's etc