Table lift

I work for a firm which manufactures variable height couches very similar to this.
We have often thought about doing this.

Got it off e-bay £72,delivered by shiply £48 quite a saving on a commercial lift.

Good project. Nice idea.

I work at a large hospital and see these being thrown out/scrapped weekly as we get the new Sidhill profiling beds. I spoke to the rep from Sidhill a while ago and mentioned converting beds into motorbike lifts.
He said, if the bed is rated at, say, 180kg, it will have been tested to 360kg. I thought this was perfect as all the bikes I come into contact with are around 200kg or under.
Clinic-style beds/couches are more compact but have a slightly lower weight limit and less adjustability.
Richy,
If you need any hydraulics or castors etc, let me know and I'll wheeech (local slang for pinching :-) ) them before the beds get skipped.

Mercman, thats good to know about the mass capacity.

I tried to post this morning but the phone crashed for some reason when I hit the post button.

I had previously thought abut this but then forgot about it again.

Great project Richy.

Bed frame cut and rewelded to desired width. Tilt handles removed and repositioned.That,s all for now.

I can indeed agree with Mercman,
We test our beds to a lot higher then they need. our hydraulic are rated at 180kg, and our electric are rated to 260kg, with some bigger ones rated to 50 stone, what ever that is in kg.

I also have a large stack of old couches out the back of our factory! lol

Its because its used for lifting people, as opposed to goods, so the safety factor rating is greater than an engine crane for example.

SWL (safe working load) is nearly always a minimum of HALF the weight needed before things start to bend/break - car ramps are a good example