Flipping a Car.,

LukeVorstermans · 01-19-2008, 01:25 PM

Does anyone have a rough estimate of how much flipping a car from its side or just lifting a car from its front equivocates in dead lifting? I know flipping is a bit different but just lifting the front should be the same. I know people will be tempted to guess but please don't give an answer unless you are pretty sure it’s accurate.
Thanks

marina_meggy · 01-20-2008, 08:15 AM

Hi,
I really don’t have any idea about that, Cars all weigh different, have a different distribution of weight, and you will be lifting each car from a different height. Yes I can suggest you to have a look of some of car lifts. Nowadays Auto Body Lift is usually used and they are pretty helpful in such cases.

2004riotuner · 01-20-2008, 12:31 PM

Yeah each car is differant.. For example in highscool we turned my buddys Geo Metro sideways in his parking spot with 4 guys. On the other hand you would be hard pressed to do that with say a Cadilac or a truck.. Then to flip a car you have to look at the center of gravity.. I had a Sidekick with a 3 inch lift that we tipped on the trails one day.. It was easy with two guys to flip back on all fours because it was light and had a high center of gravity. A car on it's side would be really easy to tip back onto all fours.. But to tip a car onto it's side would take alot of effort because of it's weight and low center of gravity.. I would easily say 5 or 6 really strong guys to flip an average car..

Raven1210 · 01-21-2008, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by LukeVorstermans

Does anyone have a rough estimate of how much flipping a car from its side or just lifting a car from its front equivocates in dead lifting? I know flipping is a bit different but just lifting the front should be the same. I know people will be tempted to guess but please don't give an answer unless you are pretty sure it’s accurate.
Thanks

Depends on whos car and what kind is it

nstoolman1 · 01-21-2008, 03:46 AM

I gotta ask. Why would you want to know how hard it is to do? In high school it took six of us to pick a volkswagen up and put it in to the baseball dugout. We were young and stupid at the time. So if you gave more details as to what your trying to do maybe people could give you a better answer or a solution to your problem.