Stabilize Vehicles When Removing Heavy Components with New Light-Duty Jack Stands from Rotary Lift

MADISON, Ind., Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --  Rotary Lift introduces a lightweight, easy-to-use jack stand designed to stabilize vehicles loaded on two-post surface and inground lifts. The new RS4 supplementary tripod jack stand features 4,000 lbs. of capacity and can be raised to a maximum height of seven feet to reach nearly any raised vehicle.

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"If you look at any new two-post or inground vehicle lift, you'll see a decal that recommends the use of supplementary stands when removing heavy components," says Ron Lainhart, parts & service manager for Rotary Lift. "That's because the removal of heavy parts, like transmissions and differentials, can cause a shift in the vehicle's center of gravity. In order to prevent the vehicle from becoming unstable, it's best to have at least one supplementary stand at the vehicle's front and one at its rear during these procedures."

Two new RS4 jack stands can support a vehicle weighing up to 8,000 lbs. This includes most vehicles on the road today, up to and including most Class 2 pickup trucks.

To use the RS4 jack stand, technicians simply pull the locking pin from the top of the stand, raise the column to a desired height, and reinsert the pin. A screw-up adapter at the top of the column provides a fine-adjustment range of 5.5 inches. The adapter is fitted with a rubber contact pad to ensure a secure connection with the vehicle.

"RS4 stands are easy to set up and can be carried from bay to bay depending on a shop's needs," says Lainhart. "They offer an ideal, cost-effective solution for facilities that don't need all the lifting capacity provided by Rotary Lift's heavy-duty wheel-mounted stands."

RS4 jack stands comply with the ASME PALD-2009 safety standard for portable automotive lifting devices.

To learn more about the Rotary Lift RS4 supplementary jack stand, contact your local Rotary Lift distributor, visit www.rotarylift.com or call (800) 640-5438. You can also find Rotary Lift on Facebook, www.facebook.com/RotaryLift and Twitter, twitter.com/RotaryLift. Check out Rotary Lift videos on Vimeo, http://vimeo.com/groups/rotary.

About Rotary Lift

Rotary Lift is the leading brand of vehicle lifts designed to increase technician productivity. Celebrating 90 years in 2015, Rotary Lift was founded in 1925 by the inventor of the first automotive hydraulic lift and now offers the broadest line of lifts for use in professional automotive service, commercial truck and transit applications. There are more Rotary Lift products used in vehicle repair facilities around the world than any other brand.

Rotary Lift is a Vehicle Service Group (VSG) brand. VSG comprises nine major vehicle lifting and collision repair brands: Rotary Lift, Chief^® Automotive Technologies, Forward^® Lift, Direct-Lift^®, Hanmecson^®, Revolution^® Lift, Elektron, Blitz^® and nogra^®. Based in Madison, Ind., VSG has operations worldwide, including ISO 9001-certified manufacturing centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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