Justin, its clever/cheap. I couldn't work out initially how they could supply a dual air/manual pump for the price, my searches elsewhere suggested that true air over oil rams expanded the price out to well over $AU1000, so I did wonder how they could supply one to me at $AU800 delivered to depot.
It's typical clever Chinese thinking - the foot pump and the air side share a common reservoir and apply pressure to the ram via the same port.
The air side seems to me to be nothing more than a small air driven piston engine with an eccentric on the end of the crank that operates the foot pump. Neat idea and dirt cheap to implement and means that the ram only has to have one pump acting on it.
I haven't had a chance to look at the air operation in detail - it didn't work the only time I tried it, but I suspect that was due to excessive air leaks as all the mounting bolts and air line connections are very very loose.
The good thing is that even if I do have to have another air motor mechanism sent to me, the table is perfectly usable without it.
To answer others questions. The table is manufactured in China (what isn't these days) and sold to me by a Australian company specialising in vehicle hoists and materials handling lifts. You can find them at
www.happ.com.au The good thing about being manufactured in China is that if you search hard enough you may find the OEM and be able to import direct, or you will find a company in your jurisdiction that is already doing so.
For the record I have an MC-30, I figured that an MC-25 would do everything I needed but HAPP pointed out that they had an MC-30 in a warehouse closer to me and with a lower freight cost and that the MC-30 has the desirable feature of a removable panel so that if you want to take out the rear wheel you do not have to pull the bike rearwards so that the rear wheel overhangs the end of the table. After they applied a generous discount the the price for delivery to their carrier's local freight depot the difference in the price of the two tables was $AU20, bigger is always better - right...
So what did I get?
MC-30 lift table
Accessory frame lift that sits on the table and has two "pads" that go under your frame and apply life - I honestly don't know what I will (or if I ever will) use this for but the guy who shared his quote with me ordered one so I followed suit before I remembered that he owns a number of Harleys and that a frame lift is the preferred way of working on them to change belts or chains.
Anyway, the all up price to depot was $AU800, I picked it up in my trailer and a friend helped me get the box off the trailer and under my house.
