I have boughten lift stands from harborfreight and discountramps both work good. The one from harborfreight has a pin that hold the stand in the loocked postion. Hope this helps
After reading this thread I got the urge to call the Northern Tool store about a mile from my house to look into a decent lift table. The "Lift Fairy" must have been looking over me because they had THIS BEAUTY, item # 14380, on sale... cut from $299.00 to $102.00!!! I was lucky enough to snag the only one they had left. I rarely get this lucky. For those in the market, you may want to call today to see if your local store has any. Pics below are my XC 300 on the new lift and the Husky TC 250 on a Craftsman lift jack that I paid $299.00 for about a year ago. The Northern lift will hoist the bike about 3 feet and collapses enough that it can be rolled under the bike's frame. The Craftsman jack goes to about 16 inches.